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Room temperature: housing in crisis
The housing crisis of a century has been brewing since 2008. As mortgages have proven a risky investment, global capital has been increasingly involved in the renting business, triggering major structural changes in home ownership, wealth accumulation, and most importantly, communities. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 lockdowns hit an already fragile and faulty system. Eurozine launches a focal point in cooperation with Viennese urban research magazine dérive and Estonian cultural monthly Vikerkaar to survey the ongoing crisis in housing, the transformation of cities and settlements, and explore alternatives. For more information and contributions please contact Réka Kinga Papp at r.k.papp@eurozine.com.
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Disinformation is not the cause of illiberalism but its medium. The great majority of it is home grown. Thinking about ‘what to do’ about disinformation means understanding information as a public good. Abandoning a purely reactive strategy will stand democracies in better stead. For more information and contributions please contact Simon Garnett at s.garnett@eurozine.com.
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The technoliberationism that accompanied the early days of the web now belongs to myth. Deleting Facebook is the new rebellion. Surveillance capitalism is the buzzword. Regulating is radical. Technology critique today starts with Big Tech’s power. For more information and contributions please contact Simon Garnett at s.garnett@eurozine.com.
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In a politicized age, literary debate seems to be seeking consensus. But many still argue that the task of writers is to voice what would otherwise be seen as unacceptable. Today, the question is as much about how literature is talked about as what it talks about. For more information and contributions please contact Simon Garnett at s.garnett@eurozine.com.
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