Panahi received the 2025 Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also the focus of the 2025 Sydney Film Festival retrospective.
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White saviourism is the paternalistic notion that white people are needed to “save” people of colour from their circumstances.
Contemporary characterisations of squatters and street vendors as a “nuisance” reproduces colonial urbanism ideas of hygiene and order.
The hybrid nature of threats to South Africa’s energy infrastructure can only be solved by an integrated solution, including severe sanctions that should include fines and imprisonment.
When artists destroy their works, it’s usually to express their disdain for critics, dealers and curators. But does this get lost in the attention, hype and money that follows?
As Donald Trump prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, here’s a detailed explanation of how one goes about subverting democracy via a stooge.
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Professor of Languages and Linguistics and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Law and Security, University of Canberra; Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Sociology, University of Essex
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Lecturer at the Faculty of Military Science / Affiliate Member, National Security Hub, University of Canberra and Researcher for Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University
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