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The Archipelago #6: Leigh Alexander – Living and Dreaming Online

In this episode of The Archipelago, Leigh Alexander talks about the evolution of the internet over time and how it affects us, the conclusions drawn from having moved our lives online during the pandemic, digital memories, magical thinking in the online world, and toxic gamer culture following Gamergate. Leigh Alexander is a narrative designer whose credits include “Her Majesty” and “Game of Thrones” from the acclaimed “Reigns” video game series. Her work studies all aspects of the digital and is spread between writings in outlets such as The Atlantic, the Columbia Journalism Review and Vice, a podcast on The Guardian, fiction, as well as books.

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The Archipelago #19: Dimitris Papanikolaou – The Greek Weird Wave in Cinema and its Biopolitical Realism

In the years of the Greek crisis from 2010 onwards, a new style emerged in Greek cinema. Named by curators and journalists “Weird Wave,” it gradually took over international audiences despite its vast diversity in themes and styles. In 2018, “The Favourite,” the latest feature film of one of Weird Wave’s pioneers, Yorgos Lanthimos, was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Following years of work in...

The Archipelago #18: Samo Tomšič – On Alienation, Enjoyment and the Damaged Life

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The Archipelago #17: Stathis Gourgouris – The Orientalist Dream of Modern Greece

Twenty five years ago, Stathis Gourgouris, a Professor of Classics, English and Comparative Literature published his seminal work “Dream Nation: Enlightenment, Colonization, and the Institution of Modern Greece”, in which he applied the tools of psychoanalysis and post-colonial theory in Modern Greek history. In this episode of The Archipelago, the second of two specials to coincide with the...