Transport is the only sector that has not yet contributed to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. To understand why sustainable transport has...

In the age of globalization, the transnational dimension of sciences like medicine seems to be given. However, the agents connecting different part...

In Europe, the far right is gaining momentum on the streets and in parliaments. By taking a close look at contemporary practices and strategies of ...

Namibia’s colonial history casts a long shadow over the country’s present. Contemporary authors and artists confront the legacies of German and Sou...

Professional musicians who perform in hospitals, retirement homes and prisons, creatively stimulated by the residents; babies crawling over exercis...

Russia's large-scale invasion on the 24th of February 2022 once again made Ukraine the focus of world media. Behind those headlines remain the comp...

Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansio...

Liberal democracy is under pressure worldwide. It is challenged by anti-liberal movements and parties as well as by authoritarian regimes. Liberali...

In the past years, the transiency of European city-making and dwelling has become increasingly hard to disregard. This urban flux calls for a metho...

How are art, architecture, critical research, and activism entangled with the politics of urban transformation under the regimes of modern capitali...

Despite the impact of ideological rigidity, the primary challenge of heritage planning in Tehran and beyond lies not in the dominance of an inflexi...

Urban Resilience is seen by many as a tool to mitigate harm in times of extreme social, political, financial, and environmental stress. Despite its...

When the Bell Telephone Company built their new research facility in 1957, they did not opt for a functional box but for a cathedral of glass, stee...

Piazza virtuale by the group of artists known as Van Gogh TV was not only the biggest art project ever to appear on television, but from a contempo...

The archipelago of Venice is often at the centre of socio-ecological discussions due to its uniqueness and ambiguity. It is a world cultural herita...

The COVID-19 pandemic has reorganized existing methods of exchange, turning comparatively marginal technologies into the new normal. Multipoint vid...

How do video games and mental health intersect from the perspectives of psychology and game design? In recent years, the topic of mental health has...

This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 workshop – Perceivin...

In recent years, ideas of post- and transhumanism have been popularized by novels, TV series, and Hollywood movies. According to this radical persp...

While it has traditionally been seen as a means of documenting an external reality or expressing an internal feeling, photography is now capable of...

Due to global processes of transformation and the social challenges posed by demographic change, rural areas increasingly demand attention from pol...

Voice Assistants such as Amazon's Alexa populate private homes as well as smartphones, TVs and cars. While suggesting easy living with smart device...

Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. What does it mean to wait fo...

Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory can help to better understand and describe developments of the 21st century. The contributors address t...

War and mass displacement in Ukraine triggered intensive reevaluations of the past and collective identities. The contributors to this volume exami...

Modern waste disposal systems in mega-cities of the global South are embedded in socio-cultural belief systems, colonial histories and neoliberal l...

A new take on Afrofuturism, this book gathers together a range of contemporary voices who, carrying legacies of 500 years of contact between Africa...

In the Global South, Indigenous and Native people continue to live under colonial relations within formally independent nation-states. Sebastian Ga...

From time immemorial, humans have been making deals, consuming goods, cultivating interests, thereby manifesting specific forms of life. Now, these...

In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. How could marginal figur...

What are the characteristic features of avatar-based singleplayer videogames, from Super Mario Bros. to Grand Theft Auto? Rune Klevjer examines thi...

In exile and migration, the things that forcibly displaced people take with them become mobile testimonies of defiance, mourning, creativity, and r...

How do artist archives survive and stay authentic in radically changed contexts? The volume addresses the challenge of continuity, sustainability, ...

The courageous acts of whistleblowing that inspired the world over the past few years have changed our perception of surveillance and control in to...

Ethnic diversity, race, and racism have been subject to discussion in American Studies departments at German universities for many years. It appear...

In a neighbourhood facing massive redevelopment, racialized residents speak about stigma, social mixing, and what the island community means to the...