Stateless Democracy

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New World Academy Reader #5:
Stateless Democracy
Editors:
Renée In der Maur and Jonas Staal in
dialogue with Dilar Dirik
Associate Editor:
Şeyma Bayram
Design:
Remco van Bladel, Amsterdam
in collaboration with
Corine van der Wal
Lithography and Printing:
Drukkerij Raddraaier, Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-77288-22-1
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Research, Development,
and Realization Team:
Şeyma Bayram (BAK), Younes
Bouadi (NWS), Vincent W. J. van
Gerven Oei (NWS), Maria Hlavajova
(BAK), Robert Kluijver (NWS), Paul
Kuipers (NWS), Renée In der Maur
(NWS), Rens van Meegen (NWS),
Niek van der Meer (BAK), Arjan van
Meeuwen (BAK), Kasper Oostergetel
(NWS), Sjoerd Oudman (NWS), Gabriëlle
Provaas (NWS), Rob Schröder
(NWS), and Jonas Staal (NWS)
Cover and Chapter Images:
The cover image depicts members of
neighborhood councils and cooperatives
presenting themselves as candidates
for the position of Co-Chair
of the People’s Council for the city of
Qamişlo, situated in the Cizîre canton,
Rojava. This and all other images
in the reader are part of a 2014 photo
series by Jonas Staal, titled Anatomy
of a Revolution — Rojava.
NWA #5 has been made financially
possible by the DOEN Foundation,
Amsterdam and is additionally supported
through BAK’s partnership
with the Centraal Museum, Utrecht,
on the project Future Vocabularies-
Future Collections.
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