February, 2012
Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 17:17 - 3 Comments
Exhibition | Review: Santigo Sierra, ‘Dedicated to the Workers and Unemployed’ (Lisson Gallery)
Janine DeFeo reviews Lisson Gallery's recently concluded major retrospective of video and new works by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra.
Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire, Unknown Spins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:09 - 0 Comments
Unknown Spins | Where’s the (musical) avant garde?
In the first installment of his new fortnightly column on experimental and independent music, Ceasefire's Andrew Fleming takes a look at two recent books on the musical avant-garde: an analysis of the cult journal 'Source', and Simon Reynolds' much-discussed work on 'Retromania'.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:01 - 3 Comments
Comment | Why is Tibet Burning? A reflection on the self-immolations of Tibetans
Over the past few months, two dozen Tibetans, mostly monks and nuns, self-immolated in protest at the Chinese occupation of their country. Anna Alomes reflects on what these actions mean, and what could lie ahead.
Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Monday, February 27, 2012 20:38 - 0 Comments
Exhibition | Decolonising Architecture’s ‘Common assembly’ (Nottingham Contemporary)
Decolonizing Architecture/Art Residency (DAAR,) are an art and architecture collective based in Palestine, whose work critically examines the role played by architecture in the occupation of the Palestinian territories. Tom Bennett visited 'Common Assembly' their current exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary.
Editor's Desk - Monday, February 27, 2012 17:29 - 5 Comments
Editorial | The BBC: who cares if attacking Iran is illegal, look at these shiny F16s!
Are you a journalist struggling to write about the seemingly impending attack on Iran? Hicham Yezza offers a few tips.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 26, 2012 21:27 - 1 Comment
Comment | Malcom X: between theory and the riots
In the wake of last week's anniversary event featuring academic heavyweights Paul Gilroy and Tariq Ramadan, Jonathan Bennett and Adam Elliott Cooper argue that it is through real life contexts, rather than theoretical abstractions, that we can best understand, and honour, the legacy of Malcolm X.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Senegal: Democracy on the brink
Tomorrow, Senegal votes for a new president with the incumbent, Abdoulaye Wade, running for a third term after a controversial constitutional amendment and widespread weeks-long protests. Oualid Khelifi reports from Dakar.
New in Ceasefire, On Corporate Power - Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:00 - 5 Comments
On Corporate Power | White Philanthropy For Black (Mis)education
Michael Barker looks at the central, highly ideological, role played over the past 150 years by US white philanthropists in shaping education policies for blacks, promoting the freedom of the few to exploit others, and the freedom of the many to endure it.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 0:09 - 1 Comment
Books | Review: ‘Palestinians in Israel’ by Ben White
Ceasefire's Hilary Aked reviews Ben White's new book "Palestinians in Israel", which examines an under-reported facet of the region, the Palestinian population within Israel itself.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, February 17, 2012 10:59 - 2 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Jean Baudrillard: Symbolic Exchange
Jean Baudrillard is one of the most lauded theorists of poststructuralism, yet is widely regarded as a cynic and fatalist. In a major 14-part series, Andrew Robinson reinterprets Baudrillard as anti-capitalist theorist of alienation and resistance. This week's introduction presents Baudrillard's account of symbolic exchange as a crucial dimension of non-alienated life.
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