We Were Like Brothers
Our author was friends with neo-Nazis – and had to run away from them. That paradox was par for the course in 1990s East Germany. And today? Daniel Schulz describes life as a youth in the 90s after reunification in East Germany.
An Essay by Daniel Schulz more
Chain Reaction: Thinking across Europe
Intellectuals in a thought experiment: every essay ends with a question, which another participant of the project "Freiraum" should discuss in an essay. On August 21, Ainhoa Achutegui answered Nora Gomringer's question and put her question to the next author.
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Diego Fernandez
Madrid
March 14th 2018Do Roma people represent the free spirit of a Europe without borders?
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Beata Kowalska
Kraków
April 5th 2018A democratic, social and solidly united Europe without borders still remains a utopian dream that we must all work to realize.more
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Beata Kowalska
Kraków
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Michalis Attalides
Nicosia
April 17th 2018Freedom and equality are a question of the financial viability of social security systems. European countries should focus more on their core competencies of culture, science, research, ecology and social integration for positive economic developmentmore
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Michalis Attalides
Nicosia
April 17th 2018How can we make social, cultural and environmental issues a more prominent part of national and European policy making?
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Cecilia Hansson
Stockholm
May 16th 2018We can listen more to art and literature, because they nurture empathy and understanding and act therefore as a firewall against totalitarian currents.more
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Cecilia Hansson
Stockholm
May 16th 2018Are we living in a really post-fascist Europe, a Europe as we want it to be?
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Nikita Dhawan
Innsbruck
June 16th 2018The democratizing forces at work in Europe are offset by nationalisms, racisms, and exclusions, so that the promise of a post-fascist Europe reveals itself to be a missed appointment with history.more
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Nikita Dhawan
Innsbruck
June 16th 2018How can one fight gender and economic injustice worldwide without reinforcing European hegemony...
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Iskra Geshoska
Skopje
July 5th 2018The struggle for economic, political, cultural and gender equality and liberty must be consistent, constant, adequate to each context individually, and needs to create a sense of belonging, unity and emancipation.more
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Iskra Geshoska
Skopje
July 5th 2018Has freedom become only discursive, empty of semantic value in a world which is imprisoned by economical, ideological and political injustice?
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Nora Gomringer
Bamberg
July 26th 2018The concept of peace has not been lost so long as people who carry it in their minds, on their lips and on their flags and helmets...more
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Nora Gomringer
Bamberg
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Ainhoa Achutegui
Luxembourg
August 21th 2018It is above all civil society that is qualified to ensure, and indeed responsible for, the future of freedom in Europe. This responsibility cannot and must not be delegated blindly.more
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Ainhoa Achutegui
Luxembourg
August 21th 2018Is the liberal principle of “my body, my choice” still guaranteed in today’s Europe?
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Samuel Hamen
Heidelberg
September 14th 2018A guarantee of sovereign power over your own body, according to the Luxembourg journalist and writer Samuel Hamen, has so far been more utopia than reality. more
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Samuel Hamen
Heidelberg
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Andreas Degkwitz
Berlin
October 11th 2018Freedom and responsibility are directly related – but we often do not care to admit it. Those who desire freedom without assuming responsibility run the risk of restricting the freedom of others as much as they do their own. Freedom is therefore charged with preconditions. more
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Andreas Degkwitz
Berlin
October 11th 2018Can the decisions of "artificial intelligence" based on algorithms better guarantee freedom in the long run than human beings?
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Rasmus Ohlenschlaeger
copenhagen
November 5th 2018Nothing can guarantee freedom – not algorithms, artificial intelligence, or human beings. Freedom is something we negotiate with ourselves and our social and political surroundings on an everyday basis against a horizon of unlimited, but unattainable ideals. more
These Goethe-Institutes and their partners make up the Freiraum tandems, and aim to find answers to the questions of their respective counterparts.
Our partners
42 Goethe Institutes from various European countries are participating in the "Freiraum" project. In order to obtain better information about the situation on the ground, they work intensively with local partners. These are theatres, art centres, NGOs, universities, associations and local initiatives.
An overview of our partners can be found here.