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  • Interview with Hazar Deniz Eker

    Interview with Hazar Deniz Eker

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    Liene Lūsīte

    After a particularly active Current Preoccupation from mid-April 2026 — featuring a walk to the Belgian-French border and Issue Eleven contributor Hazar Deniz Eker — we published his essay, « Feeling political together ». We texted Deniz about it and borders. ERB What is your relationship with borders? Hazar Deniz Eker Growing up between two…

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  • Feeling political together

    Feeling political together

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    Hazar Deniz Eker

    A four-hour journey into populist algorithms, and a soup that never got made.

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  • The West’s West and the rest’s West

    The West’s West and the rest’s West

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    Oksana Forostyna

    « To see the West as a process means that France was at one time westernized. Rome was westernized. Greece was westernized »

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  • Eight hours don’t make a day

    Eight hours don’t make a day

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    Çağla Aribal

    A story about the art of disappearance

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