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Politics, Peace, and Sports
In his new article “Die neue Regel ist der Regelbruch” (The new rule is breaking the rules) for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Jörg Scheller argues that the decline in global peacefulness and the increasingly violent policies of the Trump administration, the Kremlin, or the Chinese Communist Party can be analyzed as a departure from the principles…
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Central Eastern Europe and Geopolitics
In his new article “Ostmitteleuropa ist ein Bollwerk des Realitätssinns” (in German) for the magazine Schweizer Monat, Jörg Scheller argues that Central Eastern European perspectives have long been marginalized in Western Europe, especially in the context of geopolitics.
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Der Westen liegt am Schwarzen Meer: Eine Apologie des Dazwischens am Beispiel Osteuropas
New article by Jörg Scheller in the Journal “Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie“, 2024/1.
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Counter-intuitive Peacebuilding: An Encounter with Artist Daniel Rycharski in Rural Poland
In 2024, Jörg Scheller met Rycharski in his home town of Sierpc and interviewed him. The artist, who is openly gay and an activist for queer rights, but also a devout Christian, lives and works in rural Poland amidst the electorate of Poland’s national conservative PiS party. Through long-term cooperation with the local population, especially…
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The research project featured on ZHdK’s Kunstlicht podcast
Rada Leu and Jörg Scheller spoke with Kunstlicht co-host Eva Pauline Bossow about the potentials and limitations of art as peace(building). Rada gave insights into her research in the Republic of Moldova. https://www.zhdk.ch/meldung/wie-kuenste-den-frieden-foerdern-7061
