My daughter commented recently that the global pandemic reminds her of all the dystopian scifi books on her bookshelf; a genre all of its own, there are even sections dedicated to it in bookshops. Steve Latham For my generation, growing up watching TV programmes about World War 2, […]
In Focus
In Focus
Picturing the refugee and migrant experience
In “The Castle”, Richard Mosse deploys hi-tech thermographic cameras of the kind associated with stealth surveillance by the military. He uses the technology to record moments of life in refugee camps and border crossings along the migration routes into Europe from neighbouring continents. Sean Sheehan The site for […]
Wittgenstein and Trump: the politics of grammar
In Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus”, language has an unassailable grip on reality. It pictures the world but cannot say how it mirrors reality because we cannot get outside of language to see this mirroring. In his late philosophy, we find the antipode: language has no essence; language-games have different rules and different […]
In today’s Bolivia: racism, intolerance and violence
The burning of the Wiphala flag —which represents native peoples and farmers— and the prevention of access to public places experienced by women in traditional pollera skirts (carried out by groups aligned with the de facto government and new authorities that do not represent the people) are proof of the […]
Remembering the rebellion against the poll tax
Thirty years ago, the new municipal tax implemented by the government of Margaret Thatcher came into force, the same that marked the beginning of its fall months later. To remember the consequences of what its implementation meant, a talk will be held with an expert in this part of British […]