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Written by deBuren on 31 January 2012
- 29.01.2012 - 31.03.2012 Exhibition: The Residence (a wager for the afterlife)
- 01.02.2012 - 19:30 Lecture: Between Reason and Religion #4: Tariq Ramadan
- 02.02.2012 - 01.04.2012 Discursive platform: The Residence (reading room)
- 28.02.2012 - 19:30 Lecture: Philippe Van Parijs Linguistic justice
- 06.03.2012 - 19:30 Lecture: It's the economy, stupid #4: Mariana Mazzucato
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What would be the collective story of Europe’s top young journalists, brought together to ponder the future of journalism? The temptation would be for aspiring journalists to portray themselves as the victims in a “bad news” story. The headline? ‘Journalism Is Dying’. An opinion piece by Paul Lewis, journalist The Guardian, following his opening lecture at the conference 
Now we have the statistics to make accurate international comparisons, the evidence shows unmistakably that more equal societies – those with smaller income differences between rich and poor – are friendlier and more cohesive: community life is stronger, people trust each other more, and there is less crime and violence. So the deep human intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive is truer than we ever imagined.
Now that we can see and feel the sun again in all its glory, everyone at deBuren wants to go outside and sit at pavement cafés – wonderfully relaxed while people watching… and overhearing? This month ILAH illustrates the suffering that sometimes accompanies this relaxing pastime…
How did you spend your Valentine’s day? Red roses? Moonlight? This week ILAH painted a more realistic picture of love.
In 2010 several Flemish and Dutch artists made beautiful graphic columns for deBuren. You can view these visual pearls by 
The second graphic column by Brecht Evens, winner of the first Willy Vandersteenprijs (2010), immediately rang a couple of art historical bells. What (or whom) does this image remind you of?
The multicultural society is not only a hot potato in Flanders and The Netherlands, but also in other European countries. In his graphic column the artist Daniel Ginelli comments on the statement made by 
Now that fall has come to stay, it seemed appropriate to cheer you up with some visual pearls. The first graphic column of this fall will take you to a luscious location. Brecht Evens, winner of the first ‘Willy Vandersteenprijs’ (2010), sent us this beautiful drawing. Will you dream along with us?