As part of my research in the project „P/Reenacting Emotions. Feeling Futures in the Performing Arts,“ I had the opportunity to attend the entire program of the 19th edition of the TransAmériques Festival. The following text provides insight into my experiences on site in the form of a festival report. A human body and the … weiterlesen
Wie können wir trotz grundstürzender Erschütterungen der Zeit verbunden sein? Wie können wir die Zeit teilen? Gestern, Heute oder Morgen? In Minuten oder Stunden? Wie kann man Teil der Zeit sein? Und inwiefern ist die geteilte Zeit eine gemeinsame Zeit? Das Geteilte verbindet und trennt. Das hat die Zeit mit den Gefühlen gemein. Sie erscheint … weiterlesen
Earlier this year, Laibor Kalanga Moko and Maren Wirth visited the famous Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Founded in 1884 the institution houses collections from various parts of the world, most of which were appropriated during British colonialism. We first initiated contact with Laura van Broekhoven, the Director of the Museum, in 2021. At the … weiterlesen
„Raus aus der Verbitterung, rein in die Gesellschaft!“, lautete eine vorläufige Antwort in Form einer Doppelveranstaltung, organisiert vom SFB „Affective Societies“ und dem Institut français Berlin. Zusammen luden sie die französische Philosophin und Psychoanalytikerin Cynthia Fleury zum Gespräch mit der Journalistin und Autorin Carolin Emcke und einem Workshop an der FU Berlin ein. Anlass des Gesprächs war Fleurys jüngst übersetztes Buch Hier liegt Bitterkeit begraben.
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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