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Law vs. Reality: a thinking piece

14. Mai 201914. Mai 2019 Danielaactivism & political theories

The rule of law is one of the basic pillars of liberal democracies. It determines the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to established and unambiguous laws. The idea of this principle is that no person should be treated differently than others, and that all people should be equal before the […]

knowledge vs. education

5. September 201714. Mai 2019 Danielareflexivity & personal development

I was never one of the brilliant students. I fulfilled what I was asked to. I didn’t question the system I was embedded in. School was school: a teacher in front of a class, and some group projects once in a while. I didn’t really think about any alteratives. Also growing older, I never took […]

theory empowering practice: deepening democracy

13. August 201713. August 2017 Danielare-thinking democracy

Is liberal representative democracy a feasible system to create spaces for active engagement? Is it enough to ensure inclusiveness and equality? Or should democracy be more than a one-day-event in which people can express their opinion through a single vote? Liberal representative democracy increasingly comes under criticism. Luckily, over the past years a whole area […]

viennese foodcoops & grassroots democracy

18. Juli 201713. August 2017 Danielare-thinking democracy

When I moved to Vienna in Spring 2017, I was full of energy and enthusiasm. I wanted to take up my role in social change – or at least take a first step towards that direction. Having worked in Brazil the past year, I was full of this Brazilian activist-ness. I wanted to go to […]

5 questions to horizontal decision-making

26. April 201713. August 2017 Danielare-thinking democracy

In 2016 I worked together with the hub of Casa Fluminense (short: Casa), a network that provides space for social leaders, activists and researchers to connect, align their strategies and projects, and – together – foster their collective voice in the public politics debate in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Casa aims […]

pixação – art lies in the eyes of the beholder

26. April 20176. August 2017 Danielaactivism & political theories

Tagging. Graffiti. Disturbance of public order. Vandalism. – Or something else? Pixação is a unique form of tagging that developed in São Paulo. Different from conventional street art pixação unfolds its beauty not to the outside, but reveals it to the inside: It exists for those who make it, the pixadores, the painters. Drawing on […]

nuit debout and prefiguration

26. April 20176. August 2017 Danielaactivism & political theories

Nuit Debout won my heart in the very first second. French for ‘rise up at night’ [1], Nuit Debout is a French movement that gathered for the first time on 31st of March 2016. First, it was only a couple of people that protested against new law reforms, occupying la Place de la République in […]

unruly politics & why we need activism

26. April 20176. August 2017 Danielaactivism & political theories

When I was younger (and with this I mean probably until last year), I never purely understood activism, state resistance and illegal acts. I always agreed that demonstrating was important, but believed in the limits set by the state, the rule of law. In fact, I never really got engaged – not even in what […]

unconditional basic income as solution to capitalism?

26. April 20176. August 2017 Danielasocial entrepreneurship & such

Unconditional Basic income (UBI) is ‘an income paid by a political community to all its members on an individual basis, without means test or work requirements’ (Van Parijs, 2000). As such, it differs from the minimum income guarantee or welfare state securities as It is being paid to individuals and not to households; It is […]

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The wordplay between the two Greek words ou-topos (‘nowhere’) and eu-topos (‘a good place’) is the foundation of the word Utopia, posing its fundamental question: can a perfect world even exist?

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