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Arts & Humanities

Roma Diaspora: Space, Place and Identity

The recent spate of evictions of Roma communities across Europe reflect a historical discrimination against those considered as illegitimate outsiders. At a time when walls are going up across the world, the issue of who belongs and who is denied access to certain spaces is evermore prescient, and in need of critical attention.

Arts & Humanities

How Kraftwerk Invented Electronic Music

When Kraftwerk released their album “Autobahn” in 1974, little did the band foresee that their very German brand of elektronische Volksmusik would change the course of pop music forever: their music of the future, made by machines, has become our reality today.

Arts & Humanities

There’s no Longer a Word for Tea

As the result of semantic and cultural shifts, it has become impossible to order a decent cup of tea – a phenomenon that revives the old question about the relationship between language on the one hand and thought and culture on the other.

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