ISSUE NO.10–A Spiritual Geography

Common Language Magazine

Words Common Language Team

Updated March 17th, 2026

Despite their differences, a common thread connects the guests of this tenth issue of Common Language. All of them discuss a relationship to geography. Of course, it is not literal, and while some question borders, whether artistic or political, here they are rather speaking of a spiritual geography. Take, for example, the filmmaker and author Axelle Jah Nike, who draws inspiration from the writer Bell Hooks, who in 1984 published Feminist Theory, from Margin to Center. The American writer is also one of the references for the architect Meriem Chabani, co-creator of the New South agency, which, as its name suggests, strives to rethink our conception of the "Souths."

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