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About ‘how we treat the others’
About ‘how we treat the others’

Artur Zmijewski

Conversation on “Glimpse”

Glimpse shows us scenes filmed in various places. How long did you stay at these places? Was it already known that Calais would be cleared when you started the project?   We spent more than one month filming in Berlin, Calais, Grande-Synthe (the suburb of Dunkirk), and Paris. Yes, it was announced that the French administration was going to “clear” the Jungle in Calais. It was also quite obvious that refugees would be removed from the streets of Paris. Such places, like...
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Eric Baudelaire

A for Anomie

A for Anomie

The idea that terrorism and other forms of political violence are directly related to strains caused by strongly held grievances has been one of the most common explanations to date and can be traced to a diverse set of theoretical concepts including relative deprivation, social disorganization, breakdown, tension, and anomie. Merton (1938) identifies anomie as a cultural condition of frustration, in which values regarding goals and how to achieve them conflict with limitations on the means of achievement.

Gary LaFree and Laura Dugan, “Research on Terrorism and Countering Terrorism”, Crime and Justice, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2009.

 

B for Block or Blocked

If terrorism in each of its expressions can be considered an indicator of the existence of a political block (of an impossibility of reacting if one wishes to react differently), this influences its real ability to modify the situation. Terrorism has been historically more successful when it was not...

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Zur Praxis Harun Farockis
Zur Praxis Harun Farockis

Volker Pantenburg

Einfachheit ohne Vereinfachung

Berlin, Kantstraße 12a, Delphi Filmpalast, Februar 1982. Harun Farocki und Ronny Tanner haben einen Tisch und einen Stuhl im Foyer des Kinos aufgebaut. Ein Schild informiert: »Harun Farocki rührt die Werbetrommel für seinen Film Etwas wird sichtbar und somit an den Schlaf der Welt.« Der Raum ist gut gefüllt, Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer bilden einen weitläufigen Kreis um die improvisierte Bühne. »Kommen Sie etwas näher«, fordert Farocki das Publikum auf, »wir bevorzugen die leisen Töne. Treten Sie etwas näher, bitte. – Meine...
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