You are here: Homepage Sitemap SubjectsPostcolonialismThe culture of remembranceInternational relationsEnvironment and climate policyHuman rightsMigrationLiterature and artsEconomy and tradeSociety and everyday lifeCountriesAuthors Latest Illustration: Julia Neller Colonialism | EnglandIn love with Angelina Jolie The Nigerian author Stephen Buoro rejected the culture of his homeland for a long time. Today, he criticizes how heavily it is being exploited By Stephen Buoro06/04/2025 Photo: Saul Villegas Art | USAThe secret life of cold-water coral The Latin American-Californian artist Saul Villegas blends art and science in his unique 3D digital worlds By Morgane Llanque05/22/2025 Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire RussiaFace to face with Donald Trump Putin is fighting in the Ukraine for the right to an equal dialogue with the West By Oleg Kashin05/03/2025 Photo: Tong Niu End of the West | ChinaThey continue to dream Unlike in the West, people in the East still believe in the future, says Xiaolu Guo. The author and director, who commutes between Europe and China By Xiaolu Guo05/03/2025 Photo: Maciej Zienkiewicz New Global OrderAn era of uncertainty The old order is breaking down: historian Anne Applebaum reflects on the profound changes of our time Interview with Anne Applebaum05/03/2025 Foto: Erika Goldring/Getty Images Mardi Gras | LouisianaThe muses of New Orleans For years, Louisiana’s grand carnival was a men-only domain – until the Krewe of Muses was founded and women took the parade by storm By Morgane Llanque05/02/2025 Foto: Lars Hübner Shift to the right„People want faster solutions“ In Europe and the USA, right-wing parties are increasingly gaining influence, while resistance to them is waning. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai diagnoses a collective democratic fatigue Interview with Arjun Appadurai04/08/2025 Photo: Mai Sararporn Music | ThailandThe Sound of Khlong Toei The rapper Kasidech Saengjan voices the struggles of people in Thai slums. In this playlist, he gives his personal soundtrack to day-to-day life in Khlong Toei By Kasidech Saengjan01/11/2025 Photo: Mittul Vahanvati Solomon Islands | Climate change"Nature-based solutions are for the long term" Informal settlements in particular can benefit from nature-based solutions. Researchers Darryn McEvoy and Mittul Vahanvati explain how planting the right grasses is helping a community in the Pacific region Interview with Darryn McEvoy, Mittul Vahanvati01/01/2025 Photo: Urban Think Tank Empowerment South Africa | ReblockingBuilding a house in two days The social organization Ikhayalami is trying to make informal dwelling in South Africa safer and healthier. How do they do it? By Andrea Bolnick01/01/2025 Foto: Cristian Lourenço/ Getty Images Brasil | FavelasNo to scarcity and yes to power Favelas are a hotbed of innovation. This is where the Expo Favela business trade fair comes in, working to showcase companies from Brazil's informal settlements By Angelica Mari01/01/2025 Photo: private Literature | Personal historyLiving words The writer Helon Habila grew up in Nigeria, later moved to the UK and now lives in the USA. In his books he revisits the people, places and politics he has experienced first-hand By Helon Habila12/19/2024 Photo: Erberto Zani/Alamy Action movies | UgandaFrom Wakaliwood to Hollywood The Ugandan director and producer Isaac Nabwana has made a name for himself with his bloody and humorous action films. His films are made on a tight budget in Wakaliga, a slum in the capital Kampala, is also known as Wakaliwood in a nod to Hollywood By Isaac Nabwana12/16/2024 Illustration: Julia Neller Informal Living | Port-au-PrinceA thousand ways to stay alive Some 300,000 people live in Cité Soleil, the slum in Port-au-Prince in Haiti, a place of gangs, evangelical zealots and abject poverty. An essay by Lyonel Trouillot about the neighbourhood's history and the multitude of lives that have unfolded there By Lyonel Trouillot12/16/2024 Photo: NurPhoto / Getty Images Press freedom | PolandAn uncertain future After coming to power in 2015, the Polish PiS transformed public television in Poland into a propaganda machine. In 2023, the new Prime Minister Donald Tusk immediately set about restoring the independence of the state media. But the dismantling of democratic controls had been thorough By Jacek Lepiarz12/09/2024
Illustration: Julia Neller Colonialism | EnglandIn love with Angelina Jolie The Nigerian author Stephen Buoro rejected the culture of his homeland for a long time. Today, he criticizes how heavily it is being exploited By Stephen Buoro06/04/2025
Photo: Saul Villegas Art | USAThe secret life of cold-water coral The Latin American-Californian artist Saul Villegas blends art and science in his unique 3D digital worlds By Morgane Llanque05/22/2025
Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire RussiaFace to face with Donald Trump Putin is fighting in the Ukraine for the right to an equal dialogue with the West By Oleg Kashin05/03/2025
Photo: Tong Niu End of the West | ChinaThey continue to dream Unlike in the West, people in the East still believe in the future, says Xiaolu Guo. The author and director, who commutes between Europe and China By Xiaolu Guo05/03/2025
Photo: Maciej Zienkiewicz New Global OrderAn era of uncertainty The old order is breaking down: historian Anne Applebaum reflects on the profound changes of our time Interview with Anne Applebaum05/03/2025
Foto: Erika Goldring/Getty Images Mardi Gras | LouisianaThe muses of New Orleans For years, Louisiana’s grand carnival was a men-only domain – until the Krewe of Muses was founded and women took the parade by storm By Morgane Llanque05/02/2025
Foto: Lars Hübner Shift to the right„People want faster solutions“ In Europe and the USA, right-wing parties are increasingly gaining influence, while resistance to them is waning. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai diagnoses a collective democratic fatigue Interview with Arjun Appadurai04/08/2025
Photo: Mai Sararporn Music | ThailandThe Sound of Khlong Toei The rapper Kasidech Saengjan voices the struggles of people in Thai slums. In this playlist, he gives his personal soundtrack to day-to-day life in Khlong Toei By Kasidech Saengjan01/11/2025
Photo: Mittul Vahanvati Solomon Islands | Climate change"Nature-based solutions are for the long term" Informal settlements in particular can benefit from nature-based solutions. Researchers Darryn McEvoy and Mittul Vahanvati explain how planting the right grasses is helping a community in the Pacific region Interview with Darryn McEvoy, Mittul Vahanvati01/01/2025
Photo: Urban Think Tank Empowerment South Africa | ReblockingBuilding a house in two days The social organization Ikhayalami is trying to make informal dwelling in South Africa safer and healthier. How do they do it? By Andrea Bolnick01/01/2025
Foto: Cristian Lourenço/ Getty Images Brasil | FavelasNo to scarcity and yes to power Favelas are a hotbed of innovation. This is where the Expo Favela business trade fair comes in, working to showcase companies from Brazil's informal settlements By Angelica Mari01/01/2025
Photo: private Literature | Personal historyLiving words The writer Helon Habila grew up in Nigeria, later moved to the UK and now lives in the USA. In his books he revisits the people, places and politics he has experienced first-hand By Helon Habila12/19/2024
Photo: Erberto Zani/Alamy Action movies | UgandaFrom Wakaliwood to Hollywood The Ugandan director and producer Isaac Nabwana has made a name for himself with his bloody and humorous action films. His films are made on a tight budget in Wakaliga, a slum in the capital Kampala, is also known as Wakaliwood in a nod to Hollywood By Isaac Nabwana12/16/2024
Illustration: Julia Neller Informal Living | Port-au-PrinceA thousand ways to stay alive Some 300,000 people live in Cité Soleil, the slum in Port-au-Prince in Haiti, a place of gangs, evangelical zealots and abject poverty. An essay by Lyonel Trouillot about the neighbourhood's history and the multitude of lives that have unfolded there By Lyonel Trouillot12/16/2024
Photo: NurPhoto / Getty Images Press freedom | PolandAn uncertain future After coming to power in 2015, the Polish PiS transformed public television in Poland into a propaganda machine. In 2023, the new Prime Minister Donald Tusk immediately set about restoring the independence of the state media. But the dismantling of democratic controls had been thorough By Jacek Lepiarz12/09/2024