How can play contribute to semiotic agility and an active role in shaping the future? @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social of @leibniz-ios.de explores ways of building imaginative capacities in times of uncertainty and crisis in our latest #Frictions post
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The myth of "no design process" Process can add friction, but trying to get rid of friction by getting rid of process dooms design to irrelevance.

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The myth of “no design process” · Why meaningful design starts where ease ends ilo.im/168zk6 by Pavel A. Samsonov

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Oleksiy Kandyuk | The European Union’s Strategic Autonomy, Transatlantic Shifts and Ukraine Trump’s return to power means Europe faces a choice between strategic dependency and autonomous leadership, with Ukraine’s fate serving as the ultimate test of the EU’s geopolitical maturity

#Trump’s return to power means #Europe faces a choice between strategic dependency and autonomous leadership, with #Ukraine’s fate serving as the ultimate test of the #EU’s geopolitical maturity, argues Oleksiy Kandyuk (Konstanz). Read more at #Frictions

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“Wendezeit”: Helmut Kohl, German Foreign Policy and the Dispute over NATO’s Eastern Enlargement Lisa Marie Freitag examines the contested narrative surrounding NATO’s eastward enlargement after the Cold War, which has been central to Russian justifications for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The e...

“Broken promises” or selective memory? Lisa Marie Freitag of @bundesstiftkohl.bsky.social revisits #NATO’s eastward enlargement, Kohl’s quiet diplomacy and how the #Kremlin recycles Cold War myths to justify its war on #Ukraine.
Read the essay in #Frictions
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told India's Narendra Modi the "right choice" is for their countries to be friends and partners, as the world's two most populous nations explore a rapprochement accelerated by their shared frictions with the United States. https://cnn.it/46eXbDx

Chinese leader Xi has told India's Modi the "right choice" is for their countries to be friends and partners, as the world's two most populous nations explore a #rapprochement accelerated by their shared #frictions with the United States.

New #Frictions: Victoria Harms explores how Johns Hopkins’ image as a meritocratic pioneer masks a history of exclusion: of women, Black students and Jews. She echoes of debates over inclusion and elitism across US #HigherEd today in fights over #DEI, #race, #gender
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New #Frictions piece: Chris Kostov critiques Trump’s approach to Ukraine as a return to cowboy diplomacy: reckless deals, undiplomatic bluster & enabling Putin. By blaming Ukraine & excusing Russian aggression, Trump fuels authoritarianism over democracy.

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contested ports #infrastructure #ports #seaisthenewland #frictions #ports
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ERC grant for Emmanuel Adu-Ampong Wageningen researcher Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong has received a starting grant worth 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council for his research into tourism in relation to slavery and colon...

And for #Frictions project looking at tourism in relation to slavery and colonial heritage, check this article www.wur.nl/en/newsartic...

Sweet moment of celebration at @w-u-r.bsky.social as both my dear friend Emmanuel Adu-Ampong and I are launching our #ERC Starting Grant projects! Keep an eye out for #GreenFrontier & #Frictions research!

Frictional Computing

I’m happy to share that the wonderful conversation I had with Eylül İşcen on “Frictional Computing” has just been published in the Counter-N project. If interested:

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