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17th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society / Europe: 500 years of utopias: Commemorating the 500
Published in 1516, Thomas More’s Utopia not only opened up the way for the development of a new literary tradition, but also a new way of...
Qi Sun
Mar 7, 20162 min read


Notara 26: The compass of self-organization will make the refugee’s Odyssey of survival, a journey o
Squats are attempts of reclaiming the public space away from the meaningless dipole of state-private property. Those self-organized...
Evangelos Tsirmpas
Mar 4, 20164 min read


Bristol 800 Festival of Ideas
Established in 2004, the Bristol Festival of Ideas emerged out of the city’s bid to be the 2008 Capital of Culture. Bristol800 is a...
Qi / Alex van Doon
Mar 1, 20162 min read


A school that teaches solidarity: The Sunday School of Immigrants in Athens
The education system has always been closely connected with the dominant class and its interests. An instrument of ideological...
Evangelos Tsirmpas
Feb 26, 20162 min read


VIII International Winter Conference on Education and Cultural Heritage
“Utopia and Education” At 9.30 on the 26th February, the 8th edition of the International Winter Conference on Education and Cultural...
Alex van Doorn/Qi
Feb 24, 20161 min read


Solidarity comes through the stomach! Social kitchen "The Other Human" in Lesvos
Solidarity kitchens are embodiments of self-organized empathy to the weakest parts of the society. As we analyzed in our previous...
Evangelos Tsirmpas
Feb 19, 20165 min read


Haus Mainusch
Our tour continues in Germany, where we are going to discover another cultural organization which promotes alternative, utopian lifestyle...
Beatrice Senese
Feb 15, 20162 min read


Utopia into practice: Refugees Welcome!
Depicture of the drowning bodies of countless refugees in the Aegean throughout the illustration Aegean Guernica by the Bulgarian...
Evangelos Tsirmpas
Feb 12, 20163 min read


France and Portugal: “Stop Food Waste – Feed All People.” Will You Be the Next One?
With regard to the recent changes in the French law, we want not only to shake hands of local law makers tackling the issue of food waste...
Viktorija, Diana and Chloe
Feb 11, 20163 min read


Utopia is taking over the entire world: More and more in Portugal
We did not have a chance to talk about it yet but there is a phenomenal town of Óbidos in Portugal, located around 90 km up to the north...
Viktorija/Diana
Feb 4, 20162 min read


French Toast
Preparation time: 5 min In France most of the population eats the typical hard on the outside and soft-like air on the inside baguette or...
Jakub
Jan 31, 20161 min read


Bigos – Polish hunter’s stew (Poland)
Bigos - (pronounced bee-GOHSH) is the national dish of Poland. It can vary by region and by family, but most contain meat and cabbage....
Jakub
Jan 22, 20161 min read


Community Building: Moving Cause and AMEP
Moving Cause was established in 2009 to promote social initiatives happening in East Timor throughout Europe. The project was conceived...
Chloe
Jan 22, 20163 min read


Beef Fajitas (Mexico)
A fajita is a Tex-Mex dish, commonly referring to any grilled meat usually served in a taco on a flour or corn tortilla. The term...
Jakub
Jan 21, 20161 min read


Tetrazzini (Ham) – USA
Preparation time: 40 min Often confused as an Italian recipe, Tetrazzini is an American dish made with diced poultry or seafood and...
Jakub
Jan 12, 20161 min read
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