The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies.” Today we introduce Billy Holzberg. Billy Holzberg is Assistant Professor in Social Justice at King’s College London. He is a sociologist and … weiterlesen
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies.“ Today we introduce Milagros Pellicer Planells. She is working on a PhD at Departamento de Filosofía y Sociedad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, … weiterlesen
I did not have a TikTok account when I began this journey. As a researcher and artist in the field of dance, I decided to create one and embarked on an (almost) ethnographic experience within the app’s “field.” I navigated through the network, immersed myself in the video landscape, attempted to dance, edit, and play. … weiterlesen
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
Hope, despair, apathy, rage… What does it take to run an independent media outlet under an authoritarian regime? What is the emotional toll of journalistic work in such a climate? And what feelings arise for readers confronted with the raw, unsettling truth? These are the questions explored by Polina Aronson, sociologist and Affective Societies’s public relations officer, in a conversation with Galina Timchenko, publisher of the leading Russian-language independent media platform Meduza…
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
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
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
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
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