#Vienna

[hopefulkidshark]

Herrengasse, Vienna, Austria: The Herrengasse is a street in Vienna, located in the first district Innere Stadt. The street existed during Roman times as part of the limes highway system. The first written mention of the street dates to 1216. The section of the street between the Freyung and Lobkowitzplatz squares was known during the Middle Ages as Hochstraße (High Street). Wikipedia

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Hermine Lang-Laris - The Botanical Garden in Vienna (1891)

[julialametta]

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"Bodenschätze" / "found on the floor" / Vienna / Austria / ©Julia Lametta

[hiemaldesirae]

dropping these doodles of @vylad243's radiostatic fanchild lyric and addy+vienna here before i go back to studying

[rubiatinctorum]

i should listen to vienna by billy joel while i sleep. subliminal style. maybe then i'll Get It. burnout prevention 1000%

[jacindaelena]

Vienna by nik29th

[valiumvenus]

In the name of my friends, I am asking for help:

"Please SIGN and SHARE this petition against censorship at the University of Vienna! Give us back our lectures on Palestine!" 🇵🇸🕊️

TLDR: The University of Vienna is canceling lectures about Palestine, and disinviting scholars who have a pro-Palestinian stance; please sign & share the petition to show people everywhere care. The students' demands are listed in the petition. Anyone can sign.

Censorship surrounding topics of Palestine is nothing new - but in the last few months there has been an alarming increase in censorship, where artists have their exhibitions shut down, universities are setting up barriers to knowledge about Palestine, highly unserious articles with very serious accusations about academics are popping up, ... Now two lectures on Palestine were canceled, and another scholar was just uninvited for what he posted on his social media (pro-Palestinian content). A previous protest letter from the academic community was ignored by the University, and a recent sit-in there was met with an unnecessarily high number of police who intimidated the small group of protesters. That is the only reaction anti-Zionist protests yield. -> more info in the petition link

Why/How does the University of Vienna do this? Basically, any public criticism of the Israeli government is misconstrued as antisemitism. Then, the University disinvites the academics in question and cancels lectures, or forces lecturers to "adjust" their content. Scholars are being muzzled. The University doesn't want its students to learn about various perspectives on Palestine. Mind you, this is a public institution we're talking about.

The petition is intended to show the University that people disapprove of these practices. The argument of "safety" is brought up all the time, but at the same time, the University gladly erects barriers between their students and the valuable knowledge that would foster critical thinking and understanding. Palestinians are directly affected by this deadly apathy, and Muslim and Jewish people everywhere suffer from heightened antisemitism and islamophobia fueled by misinformation and myths. And at the end of the day, censorship is nothing but bad academic practice. It is an attempt to shape the minds of students by making information harder to access and to exclude scholars who talk about/are from Palestine. It's discrimination against Palestinians and it's shameless instrumentalization of Jewish trauma.

Anybody who is concerned can sign. Please share widely with any and all communities! The petition should go international! Every signature counts.

Say NO to all barriers to knowledge. 🇵🇸🕊️

[zegalba]

Günther Domenig: Zentralsparkasse Bank (1979) Located: Vienna, Austria

[hipstafootprint]

Flowers · Café Jelinek, Vienna 2023

[allthingseurope]

Vienna, Austria (by Mike)

[escapismsworld]

📍Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: ichmiles

[julialametta]

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„Elephant“ / Vienna / Austria / Julia Lametta

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[byseanbrown]

[breathtakingdestinations]

Vienna - Austria (by Pedro Szekely)