In 1998, Indonesia has been scenery of a series of racially motivated crimes. Mass violence and demonstrations led to riots in many cities. The reasons are plentiful, including unemployment, economic precarity as well as food shortages. The targets of the rioting masses were mostly Chinese Indonesians. While […]
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The cosmovision of Candomblé
Candomblé is a religion of inspiration for many. Deeply rooted in the history of Brazil, it nowadays attracts more and more Brazilians that join the religious ceremonies and turn to its ideological fundaments. Candomblé is the living reliquial of a time that is too often forgotten, Brazil’s colonization.
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Liberation of Mexico? A visit to the Zapatista village
We are in Mexico, in a village called Oventic, hidden between the mountains of Chiapas where it is protected by a dense forest and can only be reached by hours of driving on long, thin roads, up and down, curve after curve. Oventic is one of the […]
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Sistemas de valores en comunidades indígenas – Decolonizar el debate
Nuestro tiempo contemporáneo deja ver una crisis entre nuestras sistemas políticas y económicas, y deja cuestionar nuestros valores culturales, sociales y ecológicos. De hecho, dos problemas están empeorándose con rapidez: La destrucción del medio ambiente por el humano y el crecimiento de la desigualdad entre las sociedades. […]
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Seksualita – courage to difference
Travelling in Indonesia, on the main land Java, I have met a very kind, intelligent and beautiful LGBT artist. Quickly, I learned that there are many spheres to identity, and that despite our very different background we always find someone that can understand what you are talking […]
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Environmentalism is a concern of everyone
Did you ever find yourself in a conversation about preserving the nature and natural resources or fighting pollution and climate change and your argument got promptly stopped by the killer phrase that only the rich and privileged can afford to even think about tackling these issues? I […]
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