Janima Nam
Janima Nam is a freelance journalist, translator, and editor living in Vienna. She has a BFA in film from New York University and a Masters degree (MA) from the London Consortium in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Profile I Friedrich Schipper
“In war, culture is anything but irrelevant. Destroying someone’s cultural identity is just as painful as any physical wound.”
Friedrich Schipper often travels without insurance – the destinations are considered too high risk. The places...
Anna Karnitscher I Profiles
“Coffee culture is booming. Which also means that these days, we even have to compete with the fancy espresso machines people have at home.”
Café Weidinger is off the beaten path, a corner café on...
Profile | Danielle Spera
“If we read people’s memoirs of the buildings important Jews lived in, a lot of them do not exist anymore. We are trying to tell the stories of what has been lost.”
In 1995, as...
Culture Books | November
To Vienna, with Love
In Kevin Wignall’s new thriller, Vienna takes the spotlight and steals the show
With a name like To Die in Vienna, Kevin Wignall’s new novel might give the impression of being one...
Profile | Hannes Duscher & Roland Gratzer
“Wiener Schmäh is saying Schlagerl (mini-stroke) instead of Schlaganfall (stroke). It’s a way of being obsessed with death without ever talking about it.”
Hannes Duscher and Roland Gratzer host an evening show on radio FM4...
Profiles | Gebrüder Moped
“Wiener Schmäh is maudlin, weepy, self-pitying, but also nostalgic, wistful, gemütlich and comforting.”
If you really want to know what Wiener Schmäh is, ask a German. So say the Viennese cabaret duo, Gebruder Moped (Franz...
Profiles: Karin Fleck
Founder, Vienna Textile Lab
“If synthetic dyes originate from crude oil, does it make sense to be using them for a 5-euro T-shirt you throw out after six months? It just doesn’t compute.”
Karin Fleck, 36, has a PhD in...
Profiles: Toni Steinmetz
Regional Secretary, PRO-GE Vienna
“Some say, ‘Live and let live.’ I can only live well if I can allow others to live well and be able to look after their needs.”
On Toni Steinmetz’s desk stands a small iron...
Profiles: Helene Wagner
Deputy Head of Special Exhibitions, Vienna Technical Museum
“Our goal isn’t to say to our visitors, ‘OK, here’s the future, take it or leave it.’ We want to offer them the chance to gain some insight and to be...
