Os limites às “políticas participativas” evidenciam a necessidade de se construir instrumentos culturalmente adequados de participação direta e efetiva dos grupos étnicos. English
Public spaces in Cairo have evaporated in the last decade. Could this be why the social gap has evolved into alarming segregation accompanied with ignorance, ‘othering’ and disdain?
The struggles of a variety of movements, peoples, communities and organizations have opened new and creative spaces for participation. Português
Our constant clashes over ‘the commons’ are not just conflicts over public resources. This is a dispute over what passes as common sense.
These protests did not oust the government of Peña Nieto, although they demanded the resignation of the president, but they did force the government to react and try to explain what had happened.
The writer reflects on the role of language, foreign and Arabic, colloquial and classical, in Morocco; and on the appropriation, polarisation, and xenophobia of the Egyptian counter-revolution.
The concessions which Britain will be granted today in negotiations with Brussels and Berlin may well turn out to be self defeating in the long run, because they will marginalise Britain.
Many celebrations of the great American musician Bob Dylan involve a personal journey through the archives of memory. Here, David Hayes recalls a thrilling series of concerts Dylan performed in 1981...and a late-night encounter. (This article was first published on 24 May 2011)
