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Identity drag

Published on: 4 May 2010

Written by: Travis Jeppesen All articles by Travis Jeppesen

Identity has emerged as one of the most pressing questions of our time. Travis Jeppesen looks at how the Berlin...
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Siberian Shamans Come in From the Cold

Published on: 30 April 2010

Written by: Ken Hyder All articles by Ken Hyder

After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Authenticity and textual violence: the case for Autofiction

Published on: 6 April 2010

Written by: Heidi James-Dunbar All articles by Heidi James-Dunbar

Is it possible for Life-Writing to actually present authentic truths, or do they always fall into the betrayal of...
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Itchy Homo, or Why I Am So Terrible: Notes on the 10-Year Making of The Suiciders

Published on: 30 March 2010

Written by: Travis Jeppesen All articles by Travis Jeppesen

Writer Travis Jeppesen reflects on the tactic of "bad writing" and the creative process involved in the writing of...
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One or Several Wolves: multiplicities and packs in art

Published on: 29 March 2010

Written by: Anthony Faramelli All articles by Anthony Faramelli

A brief theoretical look at how Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's philosophy of becoming-wolf can be applied to...
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Style over kitsch: the four lives of David Sarkisyan

Published on: 24 March 2010

Written by: Clementine Cecil All articles by Clementine Cecil

Russia has lost a great dissident campaigner for Moscow’s built heritage with the death of David Sarkisyan, museum...
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Introducing the Discourses series

Published on: 17 March 2010

openDemocracy is launching a new quarterly series of live art events featuring art exhibitions and discussions on a...
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Fiction as truth, not myth

Published on: 9 March 2010

Written by: Ollie Brock All articles by Ollie Brock

openDemocracy author Heather McRobie speaks with Ollie Brock about her upcoming novel where she looks at both...

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