Wandel der Institutionen

10.08.2023
von Theresa Schütz
Aus der Forschung Impulse Interviews & Portraits Zeitgenossenschaft

Eine Interview-Reihe zum Theater der Gegenwart, seinen Strukturen, Kämpfen und Visionen konzipiert und durchgeführt von Karina Rocktäschel und Theresa Schütz Institutionen sind komplexe Gebilde, die soziales Verhalten regeln, normativ bewerten und relationale Beziehungsweisen des Affizierens und Affiziert-Werdens nachhaltig mitbeeinflussen und regulieren. Ihre Wirkungsweise ist mit gesamtgesellschaftlichen, politischen und ökonomischen Prozessen aufs Engste verflochten. Deshalb stehen … weiterlesen

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Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 Questions to Bilgin Ayata, Cilja Harders, Ricarda Ameling, bahar fırat and Idil Deniz Sakar

25.07.2023
von Blogredaktion
Aus der Forschung Interviews & Portraits SFB 1171

After eight years of intensive research, the project collaboration of team C01 with their current research on “Emotion and Affect within the Context of Authoritarian Transformations” within the CRC Affective Societies ends this summer. As a small farewell, they have given us answers to our “5 Questions…” series. 1.) Which research question affects you at … weiterlesen

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The Potential of Religious Studies for Affect Theory’s “Structure-Bodies-Problem”

21.06.2023
von Max Johnson Dugan
Aus der Forschung Impulse

Affect, Politics and Religion in Iceland Religion in politics is a contested field even without taking its affective and emotional dynamics into account. But exactly this was the aim of our workshop Affect, Politics, and Religion (held by Ricarda Ameling, Aletta Diefenbach and Antje Kahl) that took place at the end of July 2022, for which … weiterlesen

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Divisive Emotions/Uniting Emotions: Brexit, Affects, and Contemporary Fiction

15.11.2022
von Wiktoria Tunska
Aus der Forschung Impulse

‘Are you British or European?’, ‘You are paying too much for your weekly shopping’, ‘More Jobs. Lower Prices. Your family is better off with Britain in Europe’, ‘Your household could be £933 per year better off if the UK left the European Union’…—those are only some examples of the messages included on the leaflets and … weiterlesen

Affective Authoritarianisms

26.10.2022
von Amin Mhidi, Idil Deniz Sakar
Aus der Forschung SFB 1171

Authoritarian and populist leaders have been rising on a global scale for some years now. While Egypt and Turkey slid into dictatorship after considerable public mobilization and revolutionary protests in 2011 and 2013 respectively, seemingly consolidated democracies also experienced substantial political shifts. From India to Hungary, from Russia to Brazil, the number of authoritarian policies, … weiterlesen

Somewhere beyond Berlin and Hanoi

10.02.2022
von Julia Behrens, Ngan Nguyen
Aus der Forschung Zeitgenossenschaft

The series “Vietdeutsche(s) Leben” (Viet German Life) aims to provide insight into the diversity of Viet German life realities. In this context, Birgitt Röttger-Rössler has already reported in an article of April 24, 2021 on the anthology “Ist Zuhause dort, wo die Sternfrüchte süß sind? “(2020), published by Vlab, a non-profit organization that promotes German-Vietnamese encounters and cultural exchange. … weiterlesen

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Viet German Life – Don’t call me a foreigner

19.01.2022
von Christine Võ
Aus der Forschung Zeitgenossenschaft

The series “Vietdeutsche(s) Leben” (Viet German Life) aims to provide insight into the diversity of Viet German life realities. In this context, Birgitt Röttger-Rössler has already reported in an article of April 24, 2021 on the anthology “Ist Zuhause dort, wo die Sternfrüchte süß sind? “(2020), published by Vlab, a non-profit organization that promotes German-Vietnamese encounters and … weiterlesen

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Experiencing Colonial Photographs differently

02.11.2021
von Maren Wirth
Aus der Forschung SFB 1171

For my master thesis I am working on two albums of colonial photographs from the collection of Weltmuseum Wien. The photographs were taken by Max Schoeller, a German entrepreneur and hobby anthropologist. Between 1896 and 1897 he traveled East Africa and collected several thousands of ethnographic objects and took photographs of people, infrastructure, animals, and … weiterlesen

Vietdeutsche(s) Leben – „Noch sechs Monate.“ Vom Kampf vietnamesischer Berliner:innen gegen bürokratische Windmühlen

22.09.2021
von Max Müller
Aus der Forschung

Im Dezember 2019 kam ich während eines Themenabends zur vietnamesisch-deutschen Geschichte erstmalig mit meinem heutigen Forschungsfeld in Kontakt. An dem Abend sollte unter anderem der Film „Bruderland ist abgebrannt“ von Angelika Nguyen gezeigt und besprochen werden. Im Lichte der Feierlichkeiten zum 30-jährigen Jubiläum der Friedlichen Revolution stellt dieser Dokumentarfilm ein wichtiges Zeitzeugnis des rassistischen Alltags … weiterlesen

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How to decolonize knowledge production? Thoughts on the recently launched Affect and Colonialism Web Lab

21.09.2021
von Débora Medeiros, Verena Straub
Aus der Forschung Zeitgenossenschaft

As researchers at a Western university, we are working in an environment that is deeply structured by hierarchies, by neoliberal economic logics and an unequal distribution of possibilities. This situation is also a direct result of colonialism and its legacies – a fact that is often overlooked and therefore remains a blind spot in much … weiterlesen

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