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Tim Brinkhof

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Covers:  Art, culture, history, politics.
Writes about art and history for @bigthink. Also seen in @vulture, @jacobin, @JSTOR_Daily, @newlinesmag + more. Opinions my own.

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Dutch. Currently with Big Think. Freelance critic and travel writer interested in art, culture, and history.

Tim Brinkhof’s Journalist Portfolio

How the 'Chicago Boys' broke Chile

How the 'Chicago Boys' broke Chile

Neoliberal policies implemented by the US-trained economists have invertedly reawakened Chilean socialism.

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Untangling imperialist propaganda in Japanese media

Untangling imperialist propaganda in Japanese media

Fans see ‘Attack on Titan’ as a commentary on Imperial Japan, but disagree on if it's condoning or critical.

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The oddly specific gender politics of 'Parasite'

The oddly specific gender politics of 'Parasite'

Does director Bong Joon-ho argue only men are capable of bringing down the class system?

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A brief history of Iranian protest culture

A brief history of Iranian protest culture

In Iran, a succession of authoritarian regimes cultivated a strong tradition of collective action.

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In Kosovo, a festival celebrates the art of resistance

In Kosovo, a festival celebrates the art of resistance

An arts festival in Prishtina tackles Kosovo's turbulent past amid rising tensions with neighbouring Serbia.

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Visiting Peru's terrorism museum during a constitutional crisis

Visiting Peru's terrorism museum during a constitutional crisis

Peruvian history is a contentious subject. Those in charge of writing it should not be taken at their word.

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Articles

How Best to Look at Russian History Original

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By Tim Brinkhof 
| Foreign Policy Magazine
Many history books about Russia and the Soviet Union published in recent years are microhistories: scholarship that looks at the past as through a microscope, prioritizing the minutiae of everyday life over wars, government changes, economic cycles, and other large-scale events. One recent example is Yuri Slezkine’s The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (2017), about the private lives of Bolshevik elites who shared an apartment building.
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Another YouTube phenomenon crashed theaters this weekend

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By Tim Brinkhof 
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The Last Battle of World War II Took Place on a Small Island You Probably Never Heard Of

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By Tim Brinkhof 
| Yahoo Life
North of the Netherlands lies the Wadden Sea, a protected natural area where low tide exposes sandbanks that connect the Dutch mainland to five islands. The smallest of these islands - Schiermonnikoog - houses but a single village with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. But in a way, this small island has left a big mark on history: during the Second World War, it was the last place in Europe to be freed from Nazi occupation. The Nazis first arrived on Schiermonnikoog on May 15, 1940.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interviewing my parents about the circumstances of my own birth.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Howard Beale.

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