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History of Europe
Because we fight, we are.
In 1994, I hitchhiked to Ukraine. A long-haired high school student, I was eager to explore what my whole life had lain beyond the family’s holiday plans. For us, children of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was something colourless, menacing and intriguingly off limits.
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
The Cracks are Beginning to Show in the Big Data Monolith
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Ukraine: trying to make sense of identity and war in the age of the smartphone
Ukrainian identity is being reinvented by war. Ukraine’s Ministry of…
Partner – Proxy – Glitch
The conflict in Ukraine offers unexpected insight into a military construct which has previously been mostly theoretical. The scenario of Ukrainian ground forces fighting beneath an information domain dominated almost exclusively by American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, while no US forces fight in the conflict, is what 1990s military theorists and strategists described as a ‘vertical coalition’.
Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met a broad range of Westerners absolutely committed to the cause of standing with Ukraine against Putin ‘for as long as it takes’. This includes a remarkable spectrum, from extreme-left anti-fascists, environmentalists and ‘woke’ activists to ‘based’ conservatives, populists and libertarians.
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The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
The Cracks are Beginning to Show in the Big Data Monolith
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Ukraine: trying to make sense of identity and war in the age of the smartphone
Ukrainian identity is being reinvented by war. Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has…
Social Sciences
R.A. the Rugged Man: Dragon Fire
A music video produced for certified legends of Hip Hop Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, R.A. the Rugged Man and Xx3eme. Set in Queens, New York City in the early 1980s, we follow the blood-thirsty “Dragon Fire”, as he avenges the brutal rape and murder of the beautiful Kara Fire by battling street thugs, deadly ninjas and a Rothchild orgy before facing down the Big Boss on top of an abandoned print shop.
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
The Cracks are Beginning to Show in the Big Data Monolith
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Ukraine: trying to make sense of identity and war in the age of the smartphone
Ukrainian identity is being reinvented by war. Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has…
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STS, platform capitalism and the conundrum of expertise
They might be loath to admit it, but many Science and Technology Studies [STS] scholars today long for the halcyon days of the so-called “Science Wars” of the 1990s. Back then, those scholars were relatively united in their defenses against a loos…
by Philip Mirowski
American literature in English
History of Europe
Because we fight, we are.
In 1994, I hitchhiked to Ukraine. A long-haired high school student, I was eager to explore what my whole life had lain beyond the family’s holiday plans. For us, children of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was something colourless, menacing and in…
by Asle Toje
Social Sciences
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
The Cracks are Beginning to Show in the Big Data Monolith
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Ukraine: trying to make sense of identity and war in the age of the smartphone
Ukrainian identity is being reinvented by war. Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has helped to orchestrate this reinvention…
Social Sciences
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
Witnessing Algorithms and the Paradox of Synthetic Media
Synthetic media are everywhere. Digital images and objects that appear to index something in the world but do nothing of the sort have their roots in video games and online worlds like Second Life.
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994, called Security of Eastern Europe: The Case of Ukraine, I could not possibly have imagined that the individual around whom the democratic world would ultimately unite, in a clear stance against the global advance of tyranny, would come from Ukraine.
What is Mr Putin Doing In Ukraine? – Thoughts From Kiev.
Today, Sunday, I went to Maidan. Several hundred thousand Kyiv residents went there also. We came together to commiserate; to…
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Political science
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
by Alexey Ilin
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
What is Mr Putin Doing In Ukraine? – Thoughts From Kiev.
Today, Sunday, I went to Maidan. Several hundre…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
Putin On Pause – Thoughts from Kiev
President Putin’s press conference seems to hav…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
The Vladimir Putin Problem – Thoughts From Kiev
The Russian invasion of Crimea has put the enti…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Rubashov, Koestler, and the Theory of Relative Maturity
Awaiting the outcome of his secret trial in a cold Soviet prison, the Old Bolshevik Rubashov reflects on a long and bloody career as Party revolutionary. In his meditations, Rubashov attempts to make sense of the arc of history.
The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
Because we fight, we are.
In 1994, I hitchhiked to Ukraine. A long-haired high school student, I was eager to explore what my whole life had lain beyond the family’s holiday plans. For us, children of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was something colourless, menacing and intriguingly off limits.
The Cracks are Beginning to Show in the Big Data Monolith
Data isn’t going away. That much is clear. Short of a solar flare, societal collapse or extinction event, data will continue to underwrite the twenty-first century information economy.
Ukraine: trying to make sense of identity and war in the age of the smartphone
Ukrainian identity is being reinvented by war. Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has helped to orchestrate this reinvention through social media campaigns – #standwithukraine – while engaged in a daily struggle against Russian cyber attacks and direct artillery bombardment. At the same time, self-organising groups like the North Atlantic Fellas Organisation seek to limit debates that might undermine Ukrainian messaging. In between the meme wars and the trolling, an image of Ukraine emerges: battered but defiant. Stoicism and resilience in the face of Putin’s extermination. Such messages may…
Partner – Proxy – Glitch
The conflict in Ukraine offers unexpected insight into a military construct which has previously been mostly theoretical. The scenario of Ukrainian ground forces fighting beneath an information domain dominated almost exclusively by American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, while no US forces fight in the conflict, is what 1990s military theorists and strategists described as a ‘vertical coalition’.
