You are here: KULTURAUSTAUSCH Tag Northern America Articles A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023 Judge Abby Abinanti is a member of the Yurok, an indigenous community in Northern California, and has worked for Californian state courts for many years Photo: private Indigenous justice | USA “These days, we have very few trials” Judge Abby Abinanti worked for decades in both U.S. state courts and the Yurok Tribal Court. She says many lessons can be learnt from her community’s close-knit approach to justice Interview with Abby Abinanti 09/20/2023 Sean Sherman is a chef and food activist. For many years, he has dedicated himself to rediscovering and reconstructing the cuisine of the Sioux and Lakota First Nations. In Minneapolis, he runs the restaurant “Owamni”, which serves indigenous cuisine only. Photo: Nate Ryan Indigenous culture | USA “My cuisine is decolonised” The restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis is one of the best in the USA. Its owner Sean Sherman is both a chef and an activist. On serving food with explosive political power Interview with Sean Sherman 01/09/2023 [Translate to English:] Photo: Luis Antonio Riojas Black and white thinking Feminist, lesbian, politician With liberal positions on abortion and diversity, I became a congresswoman in Mexico - and a target of hatred By Lucía Riojas Martínez 04/14/2022 [Translate to English:] Foto: Denys Meak Black and white thinking “Diversity is not an end in itself” Many voices are still not to be found in the mainstream media. Journalist Karen Attiah discusses how debates around cancel culture are accelerating our debates around diversity. A conversation By Karen Attiah 04/14/2022 BL Shirelle at a performance. The musician and current co-director of DJC Records served ten years in prison herself Photo: DJC Records Pop culture | USA “A new prison built every ten days” Songs that break down walls: Poet Fury Young and musician BL Shirelle run a record label for people behind bars. Interview with BL Shirelle, Fury Young 04/14/2022 A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022 Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022 From the event Being Sensitive at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus, with Naika Foroutan (on the wall screen) and Svenja Flaßpöhler (right), moderated by Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (left) Photo: Literaturhaus Stuttgart Black and white thinking Changing our mindset Who has the right to speak and what can be said? The philosopher Svenja Flaßpöhler and the sociologist Naika Foroutan discuss inclusive language, and the fight for equality. A conversation. Interview with Svenja Flaßpöhler, Naika Foroutan 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 Racism researcher Ibram X. Kendi Photo: Stephen Voss Black and white thinking “We are constantly misrepresented” Have we forgotten how to argue? Racism researcher Ibram x. Kendi on polarized debates, personal hostility and his own prejudices. A conversation Interview with Ibram X. Kendi 04/14/2022 The visible consequences of a survived earthquake Die sichtbaren Folgen eines überstandenen Erdbebens Photo: Getty Images Earth quake | USA Ground shaking The world around you starts to vibrate – that only happens elsewhere, you think. Until it happens to you. Reflections on an extraordinary day By Tope Folarin 01/07/2022 On this motorcycle "El Chapo" rode 1.5 km through the underground and escaped from the maximum security prison El Altiplano Photo: Edgard Garrido / Reuters Life underground | Mexico Escape through the drain The notorious Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” escaped through a tunnel from the high-security prison El Altiplano in 2015. How in the world was that possible? By Heriberto Paredes Coronel 01/07/2022 Image from photo series “Hell on Wheels: Photographs from the New York Underground 1977-1984” Foto: Willy Spiller Life underground | USA The New York Subway: A-Train to hell? From a symbol of prosperity to a lawless space: New York’s underground has changed with the city. A journey through its history By Stefan Höhne 01/07/2022 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 Years of apprenticeship Illustration from the discussed volume Graphic novel | Canada At the paper mill In his new graphic novel, Guy Delisle illustrates the summer job he once had in a Canadian paper and pulp factory. By Jennifer Dummer 07/01/2021
A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023
Judge Abby Abinanti is a member of the Yurok, an indigenous community in Northern California, and has worked for Californian state courts for many years Photo: private Indigenous justice | USA “These days, we have very few trials” Judge Abby Abinanti worked for decades in both U.S. state courts and the Yurok Tribal Court. She says many lessons can be learnt from her community’s close-knit approach to justice Interview with Abby Abinanti 09/20/2023
Sean Sherman is a chef and food activist. For many years, he has dedicated himself to rediscovering and reconstructing the cuisine of the Sioux and Lakota First Nations. In Minneapolis, he runs the restaurant “Owamni”, which serves indigenous cuisine only. Photo: Nate Ryan Indigenous culture | USA “My cuisine is decolonised” The restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis is one of the best in the USA. Its owner Sean Sherman is both a chef and an activist. On serving food with explosive political power Interview with Sean Sherman 01/09/2023
[Translate to English:] Photo: Luis Antonio Riojas Black and white thinking Feminist, lesbian, politician With liberal positions on abortion and diversity, I became a congresswoman in Mexico - and a target of hatred By Lucía Riojas Martínez 04/14/2022
[Translate to English:] Foto: Denys Meak Black and white thinking “Diversity is not an end in itself” Many voices are still not to be found in the mainstream media. Journalist Karen Attiah discusses how debates around cancel culture are accelerating our debates around diversity. A conversation By Karen Attiah 04/14/2022
BL Shirelle at a performance. The musician and current co-director of DJC Records served ten years in prison herself Photo: DJC Records Pop culture | USA “A new prison built every ten days” Songs that break down walls: Poet Fury Young and musician BL Shirelle run a record label for people behind bars. Interview with BL Shirelle, Fury Young 04/14/2022
A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022
Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022
From the event Being Sensitive at the Stuttgart Literaturhaus, with Naika Foroutan (on the wall screen) and Svenja Flaßpöhler (right), moderated by Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (left) Photo: Literaturhaus Stuttgart Black and white thinking Changing our mindset Who has the right to speak and what can be said? The philosopher Svenja Flaßpöhler and the sociologist Naika Foroutan discuss inclusive language, and the fight for equality. A conversation. Interview with Svenja Flaßpöhler, Naika Foroutan 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
Racism researcher Ibram X. Kendi Photo: Stephen Voss Black and white thinking “We are constantly misrepresented” Have we forgotten how to argue? Racism researcher Ibram x. Kendi on polarized debates, personal hostility and his own prejudices. A conversation Interview with Ibram X. Kendi 04/14/2022
The visible consequences of a survived earthquake Die sichtbaren Folgen eines überstandenen Erdbebens Photo: Getty Images Earth quake | USA Ground shaking The world around you starts to vibrate – that only happens elsewhere, you think. Until it happens to you. Reflections on an extraordinary day By Tope Folarin 01/07/2022
On this motorcycle "El Chapo" rode 1.5 km through the underground and escaped from the maximum security prison El Altiplano Photo: Edgard Garrido / Reuters Life underground | Mexico Escape through the drain The notorious Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” escaped through a tunnel from the high-security prison El Altiplano in 2015. How in the world was that possible? By Heriberto Paredes Coronel 01/07/2022
Image from photo series “Hell on Wheels: Photographs from the New York Underground 1977-1984” Foto: Willy Spiller Life underground | USA The New York Subway: A-Train to hell? From a symbol of prosperity to a lawless space: New York’s underground has changed with the city. A journey through its history By Stefan Höhne 01/07/2022
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
Years of apprenticeship Illustration from the discussed volume Graphic novel | Canada At the paper mill In his new graphic novel, Guy Delisle illustrates the summer job he once had in a Canadian paper and pulp factory. By Jennifer Dummer 07/01/2021
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