RESEARCH // 2016-2017

In 2016-2017 a fellowship of volunteers, journalists, artists, academics and activists from Ghent visited and thoroughly documented sixty grassroots and civil society organisations during research trips all over Europe, in search for hopeful discourses, methods and practices to counter the present-day upsurge of Euroscepticism and defeatist perceptions of crisis.

We invite you to dive into the texts and interviews we collected, you can browse by region or tags.
Interview with Edi. A. Klobučar

Meet Edi A. Klobučar, a...

Research, Slovenia / 04 Apr 2018

Interview with Tony Fegan from Tallaght Community Arts

In this interview Tony Fegan...

Ireland, Research / 04 Apr 2018

Interview with Carlos Mossoró from A Velha Capital, and Renan Inquérito

Carlos ‘Mossoró’ Guerra Junior and...

Albania, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, Research / 04 Apr 2018

Article about the independent media organisation La Directa

Alternative projects have an important...

Catalonia, Research, Spain / 03 Apr 2018

Interview with Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz from Movimiento Jaguar Despierto and Wretched of the Earth

Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz is a...

Research, United Kingdom / 01 Apr 2018

Interview with Besa Luci from Kosovo 2.0

At the dawn of the...

Kosovo, Research / 28 Mar 2018

Interview with Iñaki Lopez de Foronda from Errekaleor

Errekaleor is a former working class...

Research, Spain / 27 Mar 2018

Report on a meeting of La Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH)

PAH or ‘The Platform of Those Affected...

Research, Spain / 21 Mar 2018

Article about Polish populism by sociologist Sławomir Sierakowski

Born in 1979, Sławomir Sierakowski...

Poland, Research / 21 Mar 2018

Q&A with Marisa Matias from CES

Marisa Matias has a PhD...

Portugal, Research / 19 Mar 2018

Political critique by Agnieszka Wiśniewska from KrytykaPolityczna.pl

From civil society to political...

Poland, Research / 19 Mar 2018

Interview with Igor Stokfiszewski of Political Critique

Igor Stokfiszewski is a literary...

Poland, Research / 19 Mar 2018

Interview with Maria Montavez Sanchez and Fransico Garrido Torres from Cerro Libertad

Cerro Libertad is an occupation...

Research, Spain / 18 Mar 2018

Interview with Rita Harrold from ROSA

In Ireland, ROSA and other...

Ireland, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Kevin Ovenden and Thanasis Kampagiannis

Kevin Ovenden is a left-wing...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Sophie Ghyselen from Commons Josaphat

Sophie Ghyselen from Commons Josaphat...

Belgium, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Logan Strenchock from CE University

Logan Strenchock lives in Hungary’s...

Hungary, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Mussa Idris from Migrant Solidarity Group of Hungary

Mussa has been a refugee...

Hungary, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with mayor Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo from Marinaleda

Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo is...

Research, Spain / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Danilo Prnjat from DeMaterijalizacija umetnosti

The Montenegro born Danilo Prnjat uses...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Brendan Ogle from Right2Water

Brendan Ogle is one of...

Ireland, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Jane Trowell from Platform

Since 1991, Jane Trowell is...

Research, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with an organising member of Calafou

Since 2011, the so-called ‘Colonia...

Catalonia, Research, Spain / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Andri Ibrahimi from Tirana Ekspres

Tirana Ekspres,the alternative art space...

Albania, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with artist Milica Ružičić

Milica Ruzicic is a visual...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Vedran Horvat from the Institute of Political Ecology

“My name is Vedran Horvat....

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Zinka Mujkić from Okus Doma

With delicious and various food...

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Spyros Skouras from VioMe

The self-managed factory VioMe in Thessaloniki is...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Article about Exarcheia and the self-management of public space in Athens

Exarcheia is famous even outside...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Drazen Simlesa from ZMAG

ZMAG (Green Network of Activist...

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Marko Miletić from Mašina

Marko Miletić is one of...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Article on how the liberal establishment sees the future of democracy at the Athens Democracy Forum 2017

Only last year the rich...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Katie Finnegan-Clarke from Countering Colston, Colston Collective Liberation and The Collective Liberation Project

Katie Coutering is one of...

Research, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Article about the three organisations running Les Grands Voisins

From 2015 until the end...

France, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Andrew Dey from War Resisters' International

We met Andrew Dey from...

Research, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Fanin Toth from Aurora

In Budapest we met Fanin...

Hungary, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with C. of Ende Gelände

The setting: a terrace in...

Germany, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Luka Tomac from Friends of the Earth

“My name is Luka Tomac....

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Presentation on La ZAD by Isa Fremeaux and John Jordan

Le Zone à Défendre (ZAD)...

France, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Aleksander Matković from the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory

Aleksandar Matković is currently a...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Jo Hiley from Hope Not Hate

It’s Jo Hiley’s job at...

Research, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Jovica Lončar from Organization for Workers’ Initiative and Democratization

Jovica Lončar from the Organization...

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

A reflection on visiting the remnants of the Grenfell Tower

Please do not walk here;...

Research, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Robert Fai and Branislav Markus Zrejanin from Left Summit of Serbia

Robert Fai and Branislav Markus...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Gábor Bernáth from the Roma Press Center

The Roma Press Center (RPC)...

Hungary, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Iva Cukic from Ministry of Space

In Serbia’s capital Belgrade we...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Apostolos Dimopoulos from Sifnos Island Cooperative

On the Cycladic isle of...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Article about the workshop ‘How to protest against a government?’ from Skills for Action

During our visit to Berlin...

Germany, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Article about the practical philosophy driving Termokiss

Termokiss philosophy just warming up...

Kosovo, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Article about the workshop 'How to protest against a government?' from Skills for Action

During our visit to Berlin...

Germany, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Lampros Moustakis from Shedia

Shedia is a street paper...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Article about U.Lab Scotland

In Scotland’s capital Edinburgh we...

Research, Schotland, United Kingdom / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Bora Mema from Organizata Politike

Bora Mema is member of...

Albania, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Tassos Morfis from Athens Live

Athens Live is an independent, non-profit...

Greece, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Lazar Petkovic from the student movement in Novi Sad

Lazar Petkovic is a student...

Research, Serbia / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with ÇETA Art Collective

In the spring of 2016,...

Albania, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with actrice and activist Ursa Raukar

With the help of Vedran...

Croatia, Research / 09 Mar 2018

Interview with Asad Rehman from War on Want

Where do people find hope...

Research, United Kingdom / 03 Feb 2018

Interview with Sara Araújo from CES

In the Portuguese university city...

Portugal, Research / 02 Feb 2018

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