The European Project
Promised Land No More?

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The shifts in current European politics, particularly the rise of nationalist, populist, and Eurosceptic movements, are shaking the very core of the European project, and fundamentally challenging its ideals.
 
The situation is further charged by recent pivotal political events in the UK and several European countries, and exacerbated by the present migratory crises along European borders. What has for so many come to represent a ‘Promised Land’ offers in fact very different realities.
 
We invite you to leave the comfort zone of liberal consensus and join the debate on how to move forward in these uncertain times.
 
With a timely programme of events the Goethe-Institut London provides a unique platform to raise urgent debate and awareness of the challenges, responsibilities and consequences the current political climate presents.
 
We are collaborating with an exciting range of partners, such as Culture+Conflict, the ICA, Frieze Projects and Central Saint Martins, to engage renowned national and international artists, intellectuals and experts, as well as the wider public.
 
 
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Articles on the topic of migration 

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Interview
Michaela Crimmin | January 2017

Michaela Crimmin, founder and co-director of Culture+Conflict, ‘a not-for-profit agency focusing on art produced in, or in response to, conflict and post-conflict situations across the world’ answers questions asked by Alessandra Cianetti.

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Article
Europe: The Reconstruction of the Free World

Are borders really the normal state of affairs? A critical and historical approach suggests this is in fact a very recent development. [...]  A radical futuristic plan for a borderless Europe.

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Article
Where on Earth are you?

The one border we all cross, so often and with such well-rehearsed reflexes that we barely notice it, is the threshold of our own home. We open the front door, we close the front door: it’s the most basic geographical habit, and yet one lifetime is not enough to recount all our comings and goings across this boundary.

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