Culture and ethics

La Forma Equivalente: new vision on image and power in Central America

October 2008 -

Twenty young artists from Central America expose how 'image marginalisation' takes place in their countries in a travelling exhibition.

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São Paulo Biennial quarantined

October 2008 -

The São Paulo biennial art exhibition, the largest of its type in South America and one of the most important in the world, will begin on 26 October 2008 without a single art work being displayed.

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Seun Kuti: 'Africa must save Africa'

October 2008 -

While his famous father Fela's message was 'stand up and fight', with his mere 25 years son Seun calls upon his listeners not to fight, but to think.

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Female Arabic writers: neither mannish nor Scheherazadian

September 2008 -

Syrian-Kurdish writer and journalist Maha Hassan lived for a year at the invitiation of Amsterdam Vluchtstad (till August 2008) in the former, renovated apartment of Anne Frank and her family at the Amsterdam Merwedeplein. According to Maha Hassan the female author in the Arabic world is still caught in stereotypes. 

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'Espacio Aglutinador makes space for independent art'

July 2008 -

In her house in Havana, curator Sandra Ceballos organizes artist in residence projects and pioneering exhibitions.

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Virtual gallery for Palestinian art

July 2008 -

An online exhibition and an educational project make the work of Palestinian artists accessible at different levels.

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Nasrin Alavi has hopes for the Iranian blogosphere

April 2008 -

If Nasrin Alavi, writer of the blog book Wij zijn Iran, can be believed the next revolution in Iran will be triggered by the blog community.

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Lornah Kiplagat: "Even in a war, sports can get communication going"

March 2008 -

The government of the Netherlands has earmarked sixteen million euros to stimulate sports in ten developing countries over the next four years. Long-distance runner Lornah Kiplagat will be the project's ambassador.

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Indian prostitutes speak out in their own magazine

October 2007 -

Every month in a Mumbai brothel, a group of women meets to plan, write, collate stories and publish a magazine.

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Leading part for Kurdish culture

August 2007 -

Half Moon, the successful film by Kurdish Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi, has been banned in his own homeland because of 'separatist elements'. The ban is already strongly affecting Ghobadi's career.

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