Tag: history
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The Battle of Waterberg (Battle of Ohamakari) took place on August 11, 1904, at the Waterberg, German South West Africa (modern day Namibia), and was the decisive battle in the Herero uprising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterberg?wprov=sfla1 more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/AaiZqgF Today’s episode is the first in a series of conversations about what causes human societies to fall apart and what might come next. David talks to Luke Kemp,… more ›
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In Wifredo Lam’s painting Rumblings of the Earth (1950), nothing and no one appears human. Eyes, breasts, and mouths intermingle with horns, hooves, blades, and arrows. Hybrid figures rise from deep within… more ›
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A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide? https://www.equator.org/articles/surrealism-against-fascism more ›
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On November 13, 2015, three commandos associated with the Islamic State group perpetrated a series of coordinated attacks in the Paris region. The terrorists killed 132 people and injured more than 350 in… more ›
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The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about… more ›
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In the village of Magome, a 16th century discipline leads to a sharper focus on the present moment. Ichigo Ichie has been translated as “for this time only”, “one time, one… more ›
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When did you last hear live music? Granted, this isn’t an ideal time to ask, what with the ongoing pandemic still canceling concerts the world over. https://www.openculture.com/2020/08/composer-john-philip-sousa-denounces-the-menace-of-recorded-music-1906.html#google_vignette more ›
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Discover the complex and manifold legacies of brutalist architecture in Africa with writer and curator Fabiola Büchele. Brutalism, arguably the easiest architectural language with which to have a love-hate relationship,… more ›