Kategorie: Stories and excerpts
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The Palm Wine Convention
Conversations with Paula „Are you seriously suggesting that the more people there are in a community, the less democracy is possible? If so, you might as well abolish democracy altogether!“ Picture: Ceremonial kava drinking on Tonga (kava: plant with a relaxing, slightly inebriating effect);from: Buschan, Georg: Die Sitten der Völker:…
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The Reconciliation Meeting
Conversations with Paula 6 „When someone commits a crime, we always ask what kind of undesirable developments in the community might have contributed to this. In this way, we all feel responsible for treating the wounds that the offence leaves behind.“ Picture: Paul Gauguin (1848 – 1903): Market Place (Ta…
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The Seashell Conference
Conversations with Paula 5 „If you don’t have a say in what happens to your shells, you can’t be expected to cede any of your hard-earned treasures to the community.“ Picture: Paolo Porpora (1617 – ca. 1673): Stilllife with seashells (Wikimedia commons)
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The Dignity of the Producer. Talk about the Globalisation
Conversations with Paula 4 „Every item of clothing is characterised by the individuality of the person who produced it. Therefore, respect for the creators demands that we honour their individuality by imprinting their signature.“ Picture: asphotodesign: Seamstress (Pixabay)
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The Trap of Selfishness
Conversations with Paula 2 „Ultimately, we may even own more than you precisely because we own nothing. Because the fact that nobody in our community owns anything also means that everyone owns everything.“ Picture: Unknown photographer: Fifty-fifty (1922); Library of Congress, Washington
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The Maid Automaton
Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie For his research at the conference hotel, which was built at the legendary site of „Emperor’s Eyrie“, Carlo slips into the role of a maid – a completely new experience for him. So this is what life as a maid feels like. It’s…
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