De Facto Live On Tour #3
With Ukrainian musician Oleg Lysenko, Elten-born Wim Tjerkstra on post-war border corrections and professor Henk van Houtum about why we should change our maps and atlases. Of course also with graphic designer Floor Koomen with a talk about stamps, a quiz by Suzanne Hendriks and moderation by Jorie Horsthuis.
Suzanne Hendriks | 3 Jun 2024
The Scars of Eurovision 2024
Our explorer Jonathan Casewell has been following the Eurovision Song contest for years. He was was present at the Jury rehearsal this year and writes about the politics of this festival. ‘Underneath the sleekness and dazzle, an awkwardness was beginning to grow.’
Jonathan Casewell | 19 May 2024
Mapping Modernity
Mapping Modernity is an exhibition at the Design Museum in Den Bosch (The Netherlands). It has been compiled of 250 maps, so make sure you eat a ‘Bossche bol’ beforehand and take your time to visit this exhibition and take in all the depictions of power and control the maps display.
Suzanne Hendriks | 11 Jan 2024
Struggles on Stamps
Struggles about states are usually accompanied by discussions, diplomatic rows, border issues and sometimes even full-blown war. But also on tiny pieces of paper, the smallest expression of self-determination – stamps – these territorial claims are being fought.
Jan Heijs | 24 Dec 2023
De Facto Live #8
‘Vanishing Lands’. With scientists Ingrid Boas and Ruben Dahm about the island state of Tuvalu, Elvira Osmanovic about the vanished state of Yugoslavia and graphic designer Floor Koomen about the micronation Hutt River. The Slavuj choir with traditional songs from the Balkans and the Black Sea. Quiz by Suzanne Hendriks, moderation by Jorie Horsthuis
De Facto | 16 Nov 2023
The World's Next Independent State?
On November 15 Christopher Brucker from the University of Jena (Germany) will give a lecture on Bougainville’s prospects of becoming an independent state. He will talk about his field trip, summarize the conflict and outline the fundamentals of post-conflict peacebuilding in the region.
De Facto | 7 Nov 2023
