You are here: Homepage Tag discrimination Articles Katarína Kucbelová worked on her novel “The Bonnet” for more than two years Photo: Dirk Skiba Literature l Slovakia The seamstress’s story Slovakian author Katarína Kucbelová spent two years visiting the seamstress Iľka in a remote village. Her episodic novel “The Bonnet” talks about tradition and village life, hidden racism and the social exclusion of Roma people Interview with Katarína Kucbelová 08/29/2024 Photo: Bas Losekoot Family life | South Korea The silent protest of women in South Korea The East Asian country has a demographic problem: its population is ageing rapidly but many women have no desire to have children By Hawon Jung 04/30/2024 Technology | Feminism Artifical intelligence and its biases It is well known that algorithms have a way of reinforcing social prejudices, but what can be done about it? Scholar Alex D. Ketchum takes a feminist look at the issue Interview with Alex D. Ketchum 02/12/2024 The protagonist fighting the light: scene from Musquiqui Chihying's film "The Lighting" Photo: Musquiqui Chihyings Technology | Diversity Light and dark Multimedia artist Musquiqui Chihying explores how people of colour are portrayed in film and television - and what camera technology has to do with it. A conversation Interview with Musquiqui Chiyhing 10/01/2022 Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the main station in Przemysl, Poland Black and white thinking Where do we stand now? Discrimination, hate crime, equality: Where was progress seen over the past years and what more needs to be done? By Julia Neumann 04/14/2022 The author Bridget Liane Photo: Bridget Liang Black and white thinking I’m used to feeling unsafe What “Safe Spaces” mean for people who face discrimination - and how we can make them obsolete. By Bridget Liang 04/14/2022 Living together | USA My disabled body and me Today, people with disabilities have access to more spheres of life than they did a generation ago. However, ableist attitudes are still pervasive, observes Andy Marso By Andy Marso 10/01/2021 Patrick Gourneau, grandfather of the author and inspiration for the novel's character Thomas Photo: State Historical Society of North Dakota Books | USA Statutory eradication Louise Erdrich talks about resistance by indigenous peoples in 1950s America By Gundula Haage 10/01/2021 The poetess Natasha Kanapé Fountaine. Photo Julie Artacho Literature | Canada “With my poetry I return home” The Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine on her success and her struggles. By Natasha Kanapé Fontaine 09/25/2020
Katarína Kucbelová worked on her novel “The Bonnet” for more than two years Photo: Dirk Skiba Literature l Slovakia The seamstress’s story Slovakian author Katarína Kucbelová spent two years visiting the seamstress Iľka in a remote village. Her episodic novel “The Bonnet” talks about tradition and village life, hidden racism and the social exclusion of Roma people Interview with Katarína Kucbelová 08/29/2024
Photo: Bas Losekoot Family life | South Korea The silent protest of women in South Korea The East Asian country has a demographic problem: its population is ageing rapidly but many women have no desire to have children By Hawon Jung 04/30/2024
Technology | Feminism Artifical intelligence and its biases It is well known that algorithms have a way of reinforcing social prejudices, but what can be done about it? Scholar Alex D. Ketchum takes a feminist look at the issue Interview with Alex D. Ketchum 02/12/2024
The protagonist fighting the light: scene from Musquiqui Chihying's film "The Lighting" Photo: Musquiqui Chihyings Technology | Diversity Light and dark Multimedia artist Musquiqui Chihying explores how people of colour are portrayed in film and television - and what camera technology has to do with it. A conversation Interview with Musquiqui Chiyhing 10/01/2022
Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the main station in Przemysl, Poland Black and white thinking Where do we stand now? Discrimination, hate crime, equality: Where was progress seen over the past years and what more needs to be done? By Julia Neumann 04/14/2022
The author Bridget Liane Photo: Bridget Liang Black and white thinking I’m used to feeling unsafe What “Safe Spaces” mean for people who face discrimination - and how we can make them obsolete. By Bridget Liang 04/14/2022
Living together | USA My disabled body and me Today, people with disabilities have access to more spheres of life than they did a generation ago. However, ableist attitudes are still pervasive, observes Andy Marso By Andy Marso 10/01/2021
Patrick Gourneau, grandfather of the author and inspiration for the novel's character Thomas Photo: State Historical Society of North Dakota Books | USA Statutory eradication Louise Erdrich talks about resistance by indigenous peoples in 1950s America By Gundula Haage 10/01/2021
The poetess Natasha Kanapé Fountaine. Photo Julie Artacho Literature | Canada “With my poetry I return home” The Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine on her success and her struggles. By Natasha Kanapé Fontaine 09/25/2020
