When the machine stops, its fragilities are exposed

At a time when automatisms are upheld as a synonym for progress, even the smallest disruption reveals what many would rather not see: the precariousness hidden beneath the “normal” functioning of institutions.

This is the starting point for a thought-provoking piece by Fátima Alves, from the Societies and Environmental Sustainability Research Group at the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet, Associate Laboratory TERRA, University of Coimbra, and its Extension at Universidade Aberta (Portugal).

Her latest opinion article, published in Diário As Beiras, invites us to critically examine the functioning (or dysfunction) of our social, administrative, and political machinery. A short, sharp read well worth your time.

Read here: Diário as Beiras