Video - Demonstration 06/12/07

Here some impressions of a demonstration against the reformation of the academic system in Bordeaux. They like to make noise here in France.

Politik im Netz - Politics on the Internet

Interview von Markus Beckedahl (netzpolitik.org) durch die Blogpiloten. Thema: “Politik im Netz”.

Interview (in German) with Markus Beckedahl (netzpolitik.org) about politics on the Internet made by Blogpiloten.

Link: sevenload.com

Homophobia and sexism in German HipHop

An article on Telepolis about homophobia and sexism in German HipHop and how it's linked to the roles of women and men in our society. Interesting issue!

Die Ängste der Jugend sind – glaubt man den Shell-Jugend-Studien – gerade die vor Arbeitslosigkeit und sozialem Abstieg. Hinter vermeintlichen phallischen Triumphen am Mikro steckt in Wahrheit eine panische Angst vor "Entmännlichung" (Horst-Eberhard Richter).[3] Darauf deuten auch die neusten homophoben Entwicklungen in der HipHop-Szene hin: Sie sind Angriff in und Abwehr einer Risikogesellschaft, die zugleich eine Konsensgesellschaft ist, in der alle miteinander sollen, in der Männlichkeit mitunter "neue Männlichkeit" bedeutet und diese Männlichkeit das Weibliche im Manne meint.

HamburgerKino - Kabaret Trailer 2006

Here the trailer I've made in 2006 for the HamburgerKino Kabaret. Of course with the help of a lot of nice guys!

Road sign

Here a nice contradictory road sign on the way from the campus to the downtown. If you are driving on the rails of the tramway you may have to pay 130 €. Cyclists are at the end of the food chain here in Bordeaux... (Merci à Jim pour la photo)

La fin du blocage

The 'blocage' was stopped because of a ballot. This 'blocage' thing is all about the application of a reform to the academic system in France. That's why the vote included two questions:
1. Application of the law: Yes or No
2. Stopping the 'blocage': Yes or No

Here the result:

• Pour la loi LRU : 671 (soit 21,5%)
• Contre la loi LRU : 2456 (soit 78,5%)

• Pour le blocage : 1349 (soit 42.7%)
• Contre le blocage : 1808 (soit 57.3%)

A big majority is against the reform and a small majority against the 'blocage'.
The president of the university is accepting the vote against the 'blocage' but not against the reform that is that he will call the police if there would be any attempts to block the university. And this has happened already. On the whole that means more political actions will take place on the campus.

Students standing in line for the ballot:

Le travail de Bruno - Brunos work

This is a short documentary film we (a group of students) have made in a "cinéma" course. This version is almost finished. The titles are missing in parts and we have to overwork the sound. When I get the final version I will update this message. Anyway the film is for French speaking people.

Le blocage

In the last three weeks the university "Bordeaux 3" was blocked. This means that no course, no seminar and no tutorial took place. Too bad...:)
I took a few pictures to give you a glance of the French resistance and protest culture:


This is the site were the plenum takes place:


And here is the building in which I'm studying if there is no strike. In the entrance is sitting a strike guard looking for strikebreakers.

Sorry the view is rotated. I don't know how to change it...

Update:

Home sweet home

Today I felt for the first time at home. Like nothing has changed. I've been to IKEA...