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
Wandel der Institutionen
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
Wandel der Institutionen
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
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 Questions to Bilgin Ayata, Cilja Harders, Ricarda Ameling, bahar fırat and Idil Deniz Sakar
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
The Potential of Religious Studies for Affect Theory’s “Structure-Bodies-Problem”
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
Divisive Emotions/Uniting Emotions: Brexit, Affects, and Contemporary Fiction
‘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
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
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
Viet German Life – Don’t call me a foreigner
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
Experiencing Colonial Photographs differently
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