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310 courses since 2014
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Time for U/Dystopia? Reflecting on Power, Politics and Global Crisis
Questions of Utopia and Dystopia return forcefully in the context of the current world crisis. Will the Covid 19 pandemic expose, at last, the failures of the hegemonic global system, and lead to new modes of organization that transcend individualism and defy capitalism and co…
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On the decline of the Ivory Tower & the emergence of Pigeon Towers
The Ivory Tower, or its literal counterpart the modern/colonial university, is terminally ill. Perhaps now with COVID-19 – an equally pervasive illness – it’s time to do away with it and call upon a new figure to guide our efforts to re-image higher education. The Pigeon Tower…
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how do we talk about death?
Death is seen as the great equalizer, no one can escape it and like birth, it is essentially individual. In ‘how do we talk about death?’ we will try to look at death’s inherently subjective experience and at the same time inevitable universality. Attempting to overcome modern…
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Migration: Belonging, Dwelling and Laboring
Migrations do not just happen - they are produced. Capitalist modernity requires massive displacement that seamlessly supports the free flow of labor in the context of globalization. Yet mobile subjects are categorized, sorted and governed in and through the international lega…
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Growing food and wellbeing: gardening in the city
Increased awareness about healthy food and a desire to engage with nature, even within the city encourage more and more people to grow their own food. But how to start? This course will enable students to start their own vegetable garden on their balcony, rooftop or backyard.…
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tea with walter benjamin
Walter Benjamin’s writings belong to the canon of Modern German and European philosophy. However, this course rests on the assumption that the legibility of Benjamin’s work is contingent on the time and place one chooses to engage with his writing. Now seems to be a good time…
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