Hannah Brunnschweiler, Author at Inter

Countering the Bullshit: Civil Disobedience in an Age of Compliance

By Pieter Vergouw Illustration by Hannah Brunnschweiler Civil disobedience has long been used by marginalized groups to address systemic inequalities in society and bring about change. But what exactly is civil disobedience? Civil disobedience is not legally defined, making it difficult to determine when someone is engaging in it. Roger Hallam, founder of Extinction Rebellion, poses…

Cancel Culture: Calling Out or Bullshitting?

By Vendi Havlucu Levi Illustration by Hannah Brunnschweiler With the growing online sphere, it has never been easier to call out someone on their behaviour or even summon groups to help you on your ‘call out’. This action of ‘calling out’ has been labelled as the word cancel-culture which refers to the act of calling out…

The Feast

By Laura Cadamuro Photograph by Hannah Brunnschweiler When I asked my Dutch flatmate if playing the lottery was something popular in the Netherlands, she looked at me giggling: apparently, it is just seen as any other gambling game, not at all in a positive light. But if you play the lottery in Italy, things can…

An Interview with Annika Iselhorst the winner of the 2023 IIS Create a Course Challenge

By Jasper Brown and Hannah Brunnschweiler If you could take any course at the UvA, what would you take? Every year, the IIS asks this question, and every year one student’s idea is chosen. The theme “Future Change” provided vast inspiration for the five finalists, as well as the editors at Inter. But only one course…

Building Understanding – The role of Legos in supporting problem-based-learning

By Hannah Brunnschweiler On the 11th of April, my classmates and I walked into the room without knowing what the upcoming tutorial would be like. A mysterious bag, which we had just seen our tutor (impressively) carry down the stairs was sitting behind her chair. It was the second week of the honours course, and for…

Remembering the Past: The Historical Legacy Behind the Dutch National Memory

Written by Helge Moes Photograph by Hannah Brunnschweiler Our memory is defined by past events and by those that take place in what is history. History consists of different forms based on the heritage and nationalism of the individual’s country. In this essay, I consider my own historical background, which is Dutch. The Dutch celebrate…