Written by Vuslat Topal As a baby,I had small hands;Like every other baby does.As I grew older,My hands grew larger, bigger, stronger.I was able to carry more weight with them;Hold heavy things like bowling balls and depression. My hands also held other hands;Sometimes the wrong ones,But eventually my grip loosened,And let go ofContinue Reading
Written by Carmen Rueda Lindemann Like an archangel she soars, her feathered cloak draped Like satin silk Pouring from her narrow frame And paints the sky black, red and orange in universal refrain. I reach out my weathered palm And oh, how I yearn for her to bear me awayContinue Reading
An earlier version of this article was posted on the CIROS Mag website in January 2024. Written by Daria Aron Right before the end of the year, and probably at the beginning of every year, you may have thought about your New Year’s resolutions or been bombarded with content aboutContinue Reading
Written by: Carmen Rueda Lindemann An Unprecedented Level of Destruction On October 29, 2024, Valencia and its metropolitan area were devastated by catastrophic flooding, as over an entire year’s worth of rain (500mm) fell in just eight hours, marking Europe’s most severe flood event since 1967. This extreme event wasContinue Reading
Why do we keep being shocked by far-right election results? Written by: Daria Aron As I started to write this article on the evening of Sunday, 24th of November 2024 I was watching the election results of the first round of the Romanian Presidential Elections. As the exit polls beganContinue Reading
Written by Barbara Gąsienica Seoul, South Korea – a bustling megacity with over 10 million residents. Seoulites have been searching desperately for places to relax, unaware that the solution has been right there all along. The streams and reservoirs have been quietly waiting for their potential to be recognised. HongjecheonContinue Reading
Written by Carmen Rueda Lindemann In this article, I argue against the normative academic framework shaped by neoliberal reforms and advocate for the meaningful integration of music education into academic curricula. This analysis draws on neoliberal, postcolonial, and utopian pedagogical paradigms to illuminate the limitations of an education system narrowlyContinue Reading
Written by Julia Aleksandra Zmarzlik The Macandra building in Enschede (Overijssel, Netherlands) is one of the last breaths of residential brutalism in the country. Currently it provides affordable housing for international students, but the living conditions are dire and far from comfortable. A major renovation has been announced for aContinue Reading
Written by: Ramona Schnall In the first part of my essay about Bookchin’s dream of municipalism, I sketched his idea of the municipality as the place to resist capitalism and environmental destruction. But then how realistic is the picture of self-sufficiency and autonomy really? When thinking about human nature, wouldContinue Reading
Written by: Ramona Schnall There is one dream that echoes in many of my generation: The dream of a farmhouse somewhere in the countryside, a huge common area, maybe some art studies and if not, at least a little garden for butternut squash and eggplants. In our future, the ideaContinue Reading