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Confronting catastrophe

Mao Zedong saw the opportunity of radical change when the existing social and political disorder was in a state of critical disarray: “There is great disorder under heaven; the situation is excellent”.   Sean Sheehan   Zizek goes a step further by noting that, while disorder under heaven is once […]

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Architecture (re)constructs childhoods

The war in Ukraine has expelled thousands of children and young people from the country, who are now taking refuge in neighbouring countries. A group of architects work hard to help these displaced young people to integrate into their new communities.   Jorge Raedo   The “Architecture & Childhood” Work […]

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Maria Roxo: from sex-work to film-directing

A sex-worker and a first-time director began making a film which would transform their lives. One from a profession that is often viewed with disgust or through the rosy lens of exoticism, and the other a high-status intellectual role in a liberal society. Maria died before the film was completed. After her death, Renata spent months alone to come to terms with what they had done.