BuchaREST

12.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Zoe Alice Deotto, M.A. Candidate Among the luminous trails of traffic on Boulevard Lascar Catargiu and the neon lights of downtown shops, there is a Bucharest that rests. A Bucharest of the past, chained to the present and drawn into it. It rests, broken and silent....

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How free are artists to express themselves? To what extent can a work of art offend the feelings of individuals or even entire communities?

17.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Margherita Galluccio, M.A. Candidate Modern art emphasizes the importance of communication over mere representation. It is through communication that the artist reaches into the viewer’s consciousness, aiming to capture their attention. Throughout history, art has constantly faced a social system attempting to impose its own rules....

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And Yet

30.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Giuseppe Caruso, M.A. Candidate Outside that grid lies a free world, where you will choose who to be, what to say, and who to vote for! Look, observe closely, then let your gaze fall back on that small patch of dark ground, set aside, detached from...

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The Beauty of Freedom

13.02.2025 / Perspectives “Contrast” is the word that best describes the capital of a country that right now is swinging between an intricate sense of nostalgia and the perspective of an uncertain future. Author: Giovanni Gabriele Manca, M.A. Candidate “To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven...

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What I Know

23.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Giorgia Zazzeroni, M.A. Candidate Of suffering, I know nothing. I do not know the depth of pain. I cannot define its edges, not even blurred, the pain that chains my mind, that stifles its power. I know of other lives, drained, abused, silenced, damned, destroyed, repressed....

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Bridging Global Goals and Local Action: The Role of Community Foundations in Addressing Climate Change and Advancing the SDGs

28.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. As we confront the escalating challenges posed by climate change and social inequality, community foundations have a pivotal role in mobilizing local action through strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts. By leveraging the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, these foundations can connect global...

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Enhancing the Infrastructure for Community Sustainability: The role of community foundations in achieving the SDGs

26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by Freepik Sustainability is not happening by itself. It is constantly generated and maintained by how society works. The war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate two of the world’s challenges today that affect sustainability prospects. Globally, overlapping paths of...

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