HISTORY: Nina Gladitz’s film about Roma and Sinti survivors of Shoah has been hidden in the WDR archive since 1982. Reactions to her book show we live in times when searching for the truth and giving voice to the weakest in societysociety causes suspicion, not respect. But simply accepting that such are the times might be the real problem.
MYANMAR Pots and pans against bullets and bombs: the story of Myanmar’s rising resistance to the military coup of February, 2021.
TECHNOLOGY: How society’s increased lack of attention has been imposed on us by powerful external forces.
TECH: As society suffers from increased digital anxiety and ecological collapse, Big Tech continues to push its nostalgia-based feedback loop of utopian myth.
LABOUR: On the front lines of the visible – and invisible – global platform economy.
RUSSIA: The youthful energy and optimism of Russia’s young opposition activists comes up against the cruel boundaries of an uncaring state
FAMILY: A timeless tale of growing up in a land of both magic and hatred.
AGEING:What can a group of retirees engaged in leisurely hours reading Proust have to tell us about the world we live in today?
TECHNOLOGY: Manipulation of ideas, people, and influences after the attention economy.
MEDIA: Where advertising gives a feeling of well-being, desire and pleasure, new media consumption gives one of paranoia, anger and mistrust. Hate sells. Even on Capitol Hill.
IDENTITY: Instead of placing each other in political identity booths, inflicting shame on each other, we should develop a greater degree of forgiveness and generosity.
JOURNALISM: A vivid portrait of tenacious Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, founder of the Duterte-critical Rappler.com.