George Petelin and Oliver Vodeb: Dialogue and its Potentials in a Pseudo-Intimate World

Here is the latest podcast. This one is all about Dialogue, different ways to think about it, and also about questions on how to practice it in a rather anti-dialogic world: memefest.org/knowledge/me...

Cover of European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, Volume 15, Numbers 1 & 2, featuring abstract black and white geometric art.

Intellect is pleased to present Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication 15.1-2!

Including ‘Knowledge, neo-liberalism and mediatization: The crystal of Wikipedia’ by Nikola Mađenović

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Soccer player Samuel Asamoah breaks neck after colliding with advertising board during match | CNN Togo midfielder Samuel Asamoah broke his neck at the weekend after colliding with an advertising board during a game for Chinese League 1 side Guangxi Pingguo.

Togo midfielder Samuel Asamoah broke his neck after colliding with an advertising board during a game for Chinese League 1 side Guangxi Pingguo.

The Guardian view on Palestine Action: if red paint is terrorism, what isn’t? | Editorial Editorial: Labelling direct action as an act of terror criminalises dissent, chills speech and redefines nuisance as extremism under the banner of national security

Common Knowledge opposes the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Full thread below

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SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics. Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...

Capitalism destroys knowledge. At Australian universities whole departments and disciplines are targeted by management. please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of Ecological Jurisprudence: The Law of Nature and the Nature of Law by Alessandro Pelizzon. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email... Date & Time: Tuesday, 22 April at 20:30 (Cape Town) | 14:30 (New York) | 13:30 (Quito) | 04:30 (Australia) Join us for the exciting launch of Ecological Jurisprudence: The Law of Nature and the Natur...

Our dear friend Alessandro Pelizzon will be launching his book Ecological Jurisprudence - The Law of Nature and the Nature of Law, on Earth Day the 22nd of April 2025: 13.30 (Quito) - 14.30 (New York) - 19.30 (London) - 20.30 (Paris, Rome, Cape Town).
Register here:
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The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

This is now mainstream via the NYT. The Gen X Career Meltdown www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

What a pleasure to talk to the amazing Alexandra Crosby and Ilaria Vanni about their ideas on expanded permaculture design and relational design ecology objects. Memefest's new Radical Intimacies podcast is out now. You can listen to it here: tinyurl.com/yamd3pwh

Champagne sales sink because people don’t want to celebrate | CNN Business The total number of Champagne shipments from France sank by almost 10% last year to 271 million bottles, marking the second consecutive year of declines.

Champagne sales have lost their pop as people around the world aren’t in the mood to say “cheers.”

To Counteract Apocalyptic Technoscience, We Need New Myths If there is contentment on the artist’s face, it is because she knows that she has left Babylon behind and is on her way to Zion.

www.publicbooks.org/to-counterac...

This is cool, also because it includes a review of our Radical Intimacies book as part of the argument!

The Promise of IndyMedia Twenty-five years after its founding, a much-diminished community journalism organization may still offer a model for the future.

The Promise of IndyMedia

Twenty-five years after its founding, an early community journalism experiment may still offer a model for the future.

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Why socialism sucks above two picture, one of a vibrant city for USA and a derelight building for ussr. In reality, the city is Cuba and the ussr one is a picture of Detroit.

Great self-own.

Our second podcast is live. Argentinian medical epidemiologist, family physician, and philosopher Mariano Mussi introduces the idea of the emancipatory potentials of suffering.

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Memefest dropped a new podcast in the Radical Intimacies series: memefest.org/knowledge/me...

We are very excited to be working on a new Podcast series about our latest book: Radical Intimacies. We are planning to drop our first episode in the next two weeks.

See here more about the book and what this podcast will be about!

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