Safety first is the common response of the authorities in most parts of the world to combat the corona pandemic. As the light in the tunnel is approaching after the Corona lockdown and the restrictions will be locked up, it will be time for the society to genuinely open up …
This is an updated version after Donald Trump’s departure of a post on the Swedish edition of the Bordertraveller blog from 2018. Listen to the story: Demagogues mean agitators or people seducers; their business model is aimed at personal gains in terms of power and wealth by building physical and …
At the birth of freedom of expression in the 19th Century, Europe was a rather peaceful place. A traveller, a Frenchman, an unknown author, who had finished his duties in Hamburg decides to enter a steamboat in order to visit Sweden and its capital. The year is 1844 and the …
Listen to the story: The power of words, both its aesthetics, spirit and influence are often mentioned. To borrow a few words from the short story collection Bordertraveller Stories by LarsGoran Bostrom (that will be published within the coming weeks): “Outside the arena ruling a relative calm. Some kind of …
Listen to the story: Leonardo Da Vinci is most famous for his work as an artist and the so-called central perspective in this visual art form. In addition, his scientific experimentation with exciting discoveries and descriptions for the future is also widely known. Besides this, he was a distinguished musician, …
Meet Leo and his life in the adventurous tech-intensive society IN>D:Valley. His family and neighbourhood, his school, and his creative mind. The first episode will be published soon in the form of a 360 degrees comics, a format that is an adventure in itself. 360 degrees comics are developed in …
Listen to the story: During the Renaissance, academics and students walked between the growing number of universities. This roving academic life still existed to some extent in the 19th century, as the author Karl Kullberg testifies in a travelogue from Europe 1842 (only available in Swedish). There he encounters, among other …
Listen to the story: “Let your work be in tune with your purpose,” Leonardo Da Vinci wrote. This can be seen as obvious, but in practice, it should nevertheless be seen as a guide, an objective. This is what the theory of reflexivity among other things proclaims. A theory based …
Listen to the story: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This is the beginning of Charles Dickens’ novel “A Tale of two Cities” from 1859. This masterpiece came out in the same year as the philosophical reflection “On Liberty” by John Stuart Mill which …
Mark Twain’s authorship is timeless as the words weigh heavy and find new nourishment through decades and centuries. For example, the short story collection Gränsfarare (in Swedish) and with the translated title Bordertraveller stories that will be published in August 2020, which is the starting point for this blog, begins …
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