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ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Europarama with Yanis VaroufakisThe "other now" described by Varoufakis could exist somewhere in a fissure of the time-space continuum. In this dimension, capitalism (as we know it) is dead, but a liberal and democratic society is thriving.Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician and a former Minister of Finance of Greece, member of the Greek Parliament, co-founder of the European Transnational Party "DiEM25", and science fiction writer.This episode is hosted by Giuseppe Porcaro, and co-hosted with Alberto Cottica, from the Science Fiction Economics Lab and sees the participation of Teresa O’Connell, acting chief editor at Are We...
2022-01-2028 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe Presents: Europarama (An Unfinished History)Welcome to Witness, an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab to build the world of Witness. It is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space. Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You...
2021-08-2337 min
EuroparamaHistory of WitnessIn this final episode, Giuseppe Porcaro, Alberto Cottica, and the Architect of Witness, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, talk about to the history of Witness, and wrap up the whole season. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic mo...
2021-08-1336 min
EuroparamaAethnographyWe explore the fictional academic discipline of aethnography - the study of the behavior of humans engaged in mutual interaction - which has a solid tradition in the universe of Witness. Giuseppe and Alberto are joined by Amelia Hassoun, senior researcher and lead ethnographer at Edgeryders. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a pos...
2021-07-3027 min
EuroparamaAvantgridIn this episode, Giuseppe and Alberto, together with guest Hugi Ásgeirsson, sail through a sector of the fictional world Witness known as Avantgrid. Hugi is one of the co-directors of Edgeryders and director of blivande - a participatory culture hub in Stockholm.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people ar...
2021-07-1624 min
EuroparamaThe CovenantThe Covenant is religious institution Distrikt of Witness, tracing its history back to the grand powers of Roman Catholicism.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic model, but all of them connected by being constrained i...
2021-07-0227 min
EuroparamaHyggeHygge is the first Distrikt of Witness. It was initially meant to be the " nervous system of Witness." The political history of Hygge begins with the founding of Witness itself. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a diff...
2021-06-1821 min
ARE WE EUROPEAre We Europe presents: Europarama (Sailing to Witness)Welcome to Witness, an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy. For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab to build the world of Witness. It is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where people are organised by districts each experimenting a different social contract and a different economic model, but all of them connected by being constrained in that floating space. Europarama is brought to you by Are We Europe, a border-breaking media trying to bridge the gaps in European culture and identity. You...
2021-06-1433 min
EuroparamaSailing to WitnessIn this episode, we sail to the Witness - an open-source fictional world exploring the future of economy. Giuseppe Porcaro and Alberto Cottica, your guides for the season, along with Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, a science fiction author and Architect of Witness, take you there.For this season, Europarama joins forces with Edgeryders and their Science Fiction Economics Lab as they had an incredible idea. Instead of writing academic papers, they decided to channel out-of-the box economic research by building the world of Witness. Witness is a fictional city floating in a post-climate change Planet Earth, where p...
2021-06-0432 min