30 October 2026 – Friday
30 October 2026 – Friday

So, Where Are You From?

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Violence is Never the Answer in Democratic Politics

Studio or Library: Can Skydance Afford to Be Brave?

To Vandalize or Not to Vandalize? In Defense of Political Destruction

Nelle Foreste Siberiane

defne.tokdemir@studbocconi.it | + posts

Hi everyone! My name is Defne and I'm a BIG student at Bocconi. I'm interested in culture and politics, especially how they combine and shape our daily lives. Additionally, I have a passion for writing in order to connect academic research with journalism. I hope to be able to pursue this professionally in the future.

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The Industrial Revolution and Its Not-So-Artful Consequences 

The Industrial Revolution changed the world around artists, so naturally, it changed their art too. From escaping into nature to resisting mass production, artists found different ways to respond to a world increasingly shaped by machines. Their work shows a side of industrial progress that inventions and production numbers alone could never capture.
Before factories became symbols of progress, they were intrusions on nature and society. Landscapes shaped by agriculture and small communities were cut through by railways and consumed by expanding cities. Work changed with them. Manufacturing moved into factories. Labour…
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Angela Davis: Who Gets to Be Free?

Angela Davis once wrote, “Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’” Throughout her work, Davis has carried this idea into her approach to race, class, gender, and incarceration, arguing that real change requires confronting the systems that allow inequality to persist rather than simply managing their consequences.
Angela Davis once wrote, “Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’” Throughout her work, Davis has carried this idea into her approach to race, class, gender, and incarceration, arguing that real change requires confronting the systems that allow…
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Shaping History Through Art: How Museums Define the Past

Museums are not neutral simply because they preserve culture; they also shape the terms through which culture is understood. Stolen art has long been displayed not as evidence of colonial violence, but as shared heritage, softened by prestige and institutional authority. And that is exactly what allows museums to influence not only how art is seen, but how history itself is remembered.
The way museums choose to display art does more than just preserve the past; it shapes the way people learn to see it. A museum’s cultural authority often dictates who gets to claim that piece of history, with the question most…
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Control, Chaos, and Canvases: Why Modern Art Threatens Fascism

“Too complicated” isn’t always a critique, it can be a discomfort with thinking. Modern art has long been outcast not because it lacks meaning, but because it challenges the narrative. And that’s exactly what makes it powerful.
“Works of art which cannot be understood in themselves but need some pretentiousinstruction book to justify their existence will never again find their way to the Germanpeople.” Adolf Hitler pronounced this in 1937, during the opening of the Nazi…