Mental Prototypes and Monster Institutions. Some Notes by Way of an Introduction by Universidad Nómada
Mental Prototypes
For quite a while now, a certain portmanteau word has been circulating in the Universidad Nómada’s[1] discussions, in an attempt to sum up what we believe should be one of the results of the critical work carried out by the social movements and other post-socialist political actors. We talk about creating new mental prototypes [...]
The political economy of public space by David Harvey
The idea of the “public sphere” as an arena of political deliberation and participation, and therefore as fundamental to democratic governance, has a long and distinguished history. The imagery of the Athenian agora as the physical space wherein that democratic ideal might be attained has also had a powerful hold upon the political imagination. As [...]
Gaza je tudi naša odgovornost
V Jeruzalemu, prve ponovoletne dni. Vojna ni daleč stran. Vendar je občutek, da življenje v mestu teče tako kot ponavadi, srhljiv. Le občasno nebo preletijo vojaška letala.
Že nekaj tednov smo priča nepredstavljivi agresiji države Izrael na palestinsko območje Gaze. Območje, po dolžini veliko 45 km in po širini 10 km je zaprto z vseh strani, [...]