In the modern Western World, our model of democracy is highly valued and defended. This system of government famously owes a great debt to the Ancient Greek city of Athens. Yet ancient Athens was originally only one among a thousand autonomous city states, each with their own form of government. …
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In the first episode of the semester, Radio UF is hosted by Jenny and Benjamin from the UF Travel Group. Earlier this summer, the group visited Rwanda. They tell us all about their trip and what they learned about this country… but beware! You will be very tempted to by…
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Av Frank Melander Den bästa hamburgare jag någonsin ätit intogs på ölbaren Mansugyo våren 2019 i Pyongyang. Ett ovanligt uttalande, särskilt med tanke på den gråa avbildningen av Nordkorea i västerländsk media. Under en termins studier i Pyongyang hade jag tack vare ett tillhörande studentvisum möjligheten att fritt utforska staden…
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By Tornike Kakalashvili There is nothing new with food disputes or culinary claims between different countries or cultures. The Greek-Danish decades-long “gastronomic fight” over the feta cheese and current feud over halloumi cheese between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are some of these examples. The Caucasus region is seemingly one…
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By Emily Nilsson Food is one of the main ingredients of human life. For one thing, it provides us with subsistence to survive physically. At the same time, it is a source of social and emotional nourishment. The act of sharing a meal with others is one of the simplest,…
Read MoreBy Sara Lannebo Flour and water are the only ingredients you need to create wonders and fill your kitchen with that warm smell of freshly baked bread. Learning how to combine these two components into a loaf with a hard crust and springy inside, is not only rewarding in deliciousness,…
Read Moreby Lapo Lappin Recently I was sucked into a WhatsApp group chat called ”The Italians” – a safe haven for Erasmus students far from the peninsula. The thumbnail for this group was a ”Hawaii pizza”, the chunks of pineapple clearly visible in the foreground. As soon as the group was…
Read MoreAv Nike Radhe Precis innan pandemin knackade på dörren gick jag på terminssittning på en av Uppsalas studentnationer. Utöver att vara den sista stora festligheten innan den nu pågående eran av social distansering och munskydd inleddes, var det även något annat som gjorde den här gasquen speciell: nästan alla åt…
Read MoreUndoubtedly, a central part of any culture revolves around taking the time to gather around and share a meal with a community, whether it be with friends or family. So why is food especially important to people who live in a cultural diaspora?…
Read MoreBy Javier Díaz Espinosa In 1892, the Russian anarcho-communist Peter Kropotkin wrote The Conquest of Bread, an attempt to criticize the economic system of his time using the singular metaphor of bread. In the book, he claimed: “We have the temerity to declare that all have a right to bread,…
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