Saturday, 7 December 2024
Two presentations on 6 December
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Double bill on 6 December: in the morning, I was the keynote speaker at the ICOM MPR / ICOM Georgia conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
The age-old paradox of democracy
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My presentation today at the NEMO conference. Here
Saturday, 2 November 2024
Without water, one dies in nine days, yet one can live for five years without human touch. Is the latter a luxury?
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Choir of ex-miners at the Mines of Lousal. Coming together to sing was (and is) important to them. (Photo: Maria Vlachou) The title is a quo...
Saturday, 26 October 2024
Thanks, but no thanks.
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It is not easy to read Ece Temelkuran’s book “How to lose a country: The seven steps from democracy to dictatorship”. The Turkish journalist...
Saturday, 19 October 2024
And now for something completely different: the populist museum
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Back in November 2022, the Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, talked about the need to better protect works of art from the a...
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Against culture passes
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House with a roof but no foundations was a post I wrote in 2011 regarding the initiative of the Brazilian government to give a sort of “cul...
Saturday, 12 October 2024
Beyond the law
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National Museum, Prague In 2021, I was in Prague, visiting the National Museum. Having taken the elevator to reach the cupola and get to see...
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