Airports as non-places of inequality

Even though many people won’t pay much attention to it, I think it’s hard to ignore the often colourful and uniquely designed carpets in airports in Southeast Asia. It became a thing to photograph the carpets and let my Instagram followers guess which country I arrived in when I travelled regularly in 2019.  In The … Continue reading Airports as non-places of inequality

Dear Europe: Time to Confront Your Hypocrisy on Trump’s America

If we want to understand the political and material conditions that make anti-democratic movements like Trumpism possible, then we must openly and honestly confront how our own apathy in the face of eroding rights for society's most vulnerable. By Christian Christensen, Professor of Journalism at Stockholm University Carlo Attardi, Unsplash The United States is witnessing … Continue reading Dear Europe: Time to Confront Your Hypocrisy on Trump’s America