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Valletta and Our Common Good: is-Suq tal-Belt

December 15, 2018 by Josephine Burden Leave a Comment

How does Is-Suq tal-Belt, the restored old market that covers a block linking Merchant St with St Paul’s St, shape up on good neighbourliness and enabling human interaction?

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: commons, European Capital Of Culture, Valletta

Valletta and Our Common Good: Strada Stretta

December 6, 2018 by Josephine Burden 4 Comments

After having been involved into the community consultation processes in preparation for Valletta’s bid to become European Capital of Culture, I’ve started to think about the things that we all share as humans—the commons or the common good.

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Cities of the Future and the Power of Radical Creativity

September 10, 2018 by Raisa Galea Leave a Comment

“There are artists who are more into playing with the rules of art and artists who would rather play with the rules of society and the legal regulations. To me, the real art is the latter—the art that exists between creativity and criminality (not because it’s ‘criminal’, but because it challenges unjust legal practices).”

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Filed Under: Panem et Circenses Tagged With: commons, creativity, democracy, European Capital Of Culture, utopia, Valletta

Malta’s Public Art Displays and the Culture Wars That Surround Them

February 22, 2018 by Raisa Galea 2 Comments

It is not the ‘ugly and stupid’ art that needs to be smashed and never sent for repair, but the insecure conservatism which, frankly, is way too provincial to be part of the European Co-Capital of Culture. [Read more…] about Malta’s Public Art Displays and the Culture Wars That Surround Them

Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Panem et Circenses Tagged With: art, European Capital Of Culture, stereotypes, Valletta

Valletta: A Capital of Whose Culture?

January 5, 2018 by Raisa Galea 1 Comment

Valletta does not lack culture of its own. On the contrary, it has plenty of it—the little mundane rituals of “hello” and “how are you”, the feasts, the relationships between the people whom Valletta comforts and makes feel at home. [Read more…] about Valletta: A Capital of Whose Culture?

Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: class identities, culture, European Capital Of Culture, gentrification, heritage, Valletta

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