Posts Tagged ‘global social movement’
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Revolution – Almost But Not Quite
Two aspects came to mind from the conversation between the translator Donald Nicholson-Smith and the art historian Timothy J Clark: one was the challenge of ‘translation’, the other the revival of interest in ’68. Transposition The occasion was Nicholson-Smith’s new English translation – ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’ – of the “Traite de savoir-vivre a […]
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Open Cities 34 Openness and Identity – the broad view
Cities undergoing violence before transformation It is impossible to ignore that the current events in the Arab world are played out in cities. Cities are the stage of continuous change, of gain and loss and stalemate. Struggles take place openly throughout the city on open and redrawn frontlines. Who is fighting and for what purpose? […]