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Read MoreThe scientific evidence that trees communicate and are sentient beings
Science has proven through new break through research how trees communicate with each other and how they are sentient beings, just like humans and animals are. Knowing more about the research being done on the topic (through an illuminating 18-minute Ted Talk) will change the way you think about how we as human beings relate to the world.
Read MoreWhat the built environment does to people: the lack of public spaces and democracy in the district of Los Olivos
Public spaces are essential to city life. Public spaces are places such as plazas, parks, streets lined with things to do, where people can see other people. “Others” are not just family and neighbors, but moreover people one would not normally see in one’s own area of residence, including people from different socioeconomic backgrounds or from areas of the city different from ours. Public spaces are thus central for people to become accustomed to seeing strangers and developing a sense of diversity and civic congeniality. The district of Los Olivos (Lima, Peru) has developed as an up-and-coming residential neighborhood with lots of parks but with no real public spaces. In this article, I explore how this affects public life and people's high sense of danger and lack of public security.
Read MoreEducation sells: a small visual critique of market-driven education
This is a picture taken in San Juan de Lurigancho, a populous district of Lima. These are typical street signs for businesses, or rather, “academies” and “education centers.” What they are selling is the possibility of passing admission exams at prestigious universities in Peru. What is shown in this picture might be alien to most people, but it is actually closer than what you imagine to the current state of education in places such as the United States, where the outcome of education is measured more by statistics than the happiness and wholesome growth of children.
Read MoreAdorno and Marcuse: critical opinions on student protests, violence and democracy
This was originally posted as a way to better understand the nature and consequences of student protests in South Africa. However, read it carefully and you will see that at the heart of the problem is that of the consequences of violence, the possibility of using "democracy" as a flag for oppression, and the possibility of the rise of net-fascisms in the name of the left (or the idea of "freedom").
Read More"Comfort women," memory and reparations. A comment on the recent decision reached by the governments of Korea and Japan
The issue of "comfort women" is a lot more problematic than the recent decision reached between the governments of Japan and South Korea would seem to suggest. This is my personal comment, but with it I am also sharing a link that caught my attention. Unlike most media that praised the reparations the Japanese government is offering to former Korean "comfort women" (who were basically based as war-time forced prostitutes of Korean origin), the authors have a very critical perspective
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