Interview: Film-Maker Emanuele Ruggiero On The Storied Past and Sustainable Future of Brno’s Textile Industry
Emanuele Ruggiero is an Italian film-maker who has been based in Brno since 2013. His new documentary, “Fashion Goes Green”, which premieres in Kino Art on Tuesday, tells the story…
Interview With Tomáš Vrška, Director of Mendel University’s Forest, On Adaptation To Climate Change
Tomáš Vrška has been the Director of Mendel University’s forest since 2020. He previously worked as a researcher on the dynamics of forests and their applications in silviculture and forestry,…
Interview With Jan Blazek, A Man Committed To The Promotion Of Czech Culture
Last week, Brno Daily reported on the folklore association Brnensko Tanci A Zpiva, which fights to restore, maintain and develop the cultural and spiritual traditions of the ethnographic region of…
Interview: HaDivadlo’s Táňa Malíková On “Ours”, and Family Relations as a Battlefield of The Climate Crisis
“Ours” is a production by HaDivadlo that depicts a family, on a Sunday afternoon, torn about the right approach to adopt in the face of climate change. The dialogues, created…
“There Is A Tendency To Punish, Not To Understand”: Interview With Students On The Autistic Spectrum
Last week, we wrote about the different forms of discrimination faced by people on the autism spectrum, particularly in education. Despite their challenges and the imperfections of the support from…
“Disabled People Exist and Are Part of Society”: Interview With Ivana, An Autism Rights Activist
Ivana Recmanová is a Czech activist for the rights of women and people with disabilities, especially autism. She is 29 and herself autistic, which she doesn’t keep secret: “It is…