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Hoe moet ek Auschwitz aan my kinders verduidelik?

January 27, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

Twee jaar terug het ek (toevallig) Auschwitz besoek. Dis ’n dag wat ek nie sal vergeet nie. En ek weet nog nie hoe om met my (half-duitse) kinders daaroor te praat nie. Maar dalk is dié skrywe ’n begin.

Beaches, please!

January 10, 2021January 27, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

On the beach regulations: what constitutes a beach, may I surf or swim, may I be arrested for doing so, and will the law save us all?

My pa dans met frontaletemporalelob demensie

November 26, 2020November 27, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis

My pa dans ’n dans met demensie, wat my leer wat die essensie menswees is, hoe daar nie meesters is wat ons kan leer hoe om dood te gaan nie, en dat ons eintlik nooit heeltemal doodgaan nie - iets bly altyd oor, waarvan nuwe dinge begin.

Why public spaces are important for democracy

September 7, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis

Spaces like the agora is important for democracy because it allows for space where people can consider views other than their own. These public spaces, to follow from Aristotle, allows for the awareness of difference, a place where diverse people converse and intermingle in everyday life.

Tsundoku of history

August 12, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis ~ Leave a comment

On the art of piling up books to read one day, and the comfort (and sometimes discomfort) it brings.

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