Walls

Walls, Photo (detail): Andreas Levers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via flickr


Walls

Whether physical, mental or digital – walls can provide a sense of security by protecting and providing order. But they often block our view of others, of what we share with them and of new developments and situations. [more …]
Gated Community, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Foto: Design Pics / Bert Klassen © Picture Alliance/DPA.

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Gated Communities – Virtual Walls

Wealthy people in many countries are withdrawing into gated communities. These closed-off housing estates have not caught on in Germany so far, however. How come? [more …]
Die Große Mauer von Hao Wei Foto (Ausschnitt): Hao Wei (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

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Chinese Walls: A Paradox

Walls are constructed for reasons of safety, order, and stability. Do they live up to these promises? [more …]
Pace Photo: Giant Humanitarian Robot, CC-BY-2.0, via flickr

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Suffocation 2177

A short story by Zhong Chufu [more …]
Warsaw Photo (detail): "Castle Square" (CC BY 2.0) by Jorge Lascar @flickr.com

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A public sphere without walls

People often bemoan the lack of a European public sphere. But a public sphere does exist – it’s fragile, lively, and different than expected. [more …]
Worldwide internet activities within one day Source: Internet Census 2012 (Carna Botnet)

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"Digital walls must come down too"

Do walls on the web have a future? Anke Domscheit-Berg makes the case for a free Internet. [more …]
EU observers monitors Georgian South Ossetian border © David Urbani

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Of Walls Great and Small

Writer Nina Bussmann on her experiences of walls in Nanjing and in Europe.
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Behind the Horizon Courtesy: Empfangshalle

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Walled in and free: Art in jail

Artists are free. Art is free. Article 5 of the Basic Law, Germany’s constitution, protects art against walls. But what if art goes behind prison walls of its own free will? [more …]