Affective Infrastructures of Digital Parenting: Between Surveillance, Belonging, and Burnout

15.07.2025
von Camila Moyano Dávila
Aus der Forschung English

In contemporary societies, parenting is increasingly mediated by digital technologies. From WhatsApp school groups to Instagram accounts offering advice and products, digital platforms have become central to how care is organized, emotions are expressed, and norms are negotiated. But what happens when these platforms, designed to connect, also become spaces of surveillance, comparison, and affective … weiterlesen

„Am und seit“: Affektive Zeitgenossenschaft im Briefwechsel „Gleichzeit“ (2024) von Sasha Salzmann und Ofer Waldman

21.10.2024
von Anne Fleig
Aus der Forschung Deutsch

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

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Reflections on a visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford

15.07.2024
von Maren Wirth and Laibor Kalanga Moko
Aus der Forschung English

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

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Zum Affekt des Ressentiments: Psychoanalytikerin Cynthia Fleury zu Gast

10.05.2024
von Alissa Geffert
Aus der Forschung Deutsch

„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.

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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 English

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 English 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
Aus der Forschung English

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
Aus der Forschung English

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 English

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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