English : Affective Societies Blog

Reaching Out: Screening a War Crimes Trial in Northern Uganda

10.12.2016

von Jonas Bens

The massacre memorial in Abok, Northern Uganda. In the background: the tents for the public screening of the Ongwen trial (image: Jonas Bens).

Among public relations people, there is one prevalent metaphor for the press: „the Beast.“ This is because every day and all the time it demands food: sometimes it happens that it eats a person alive. The Beast has its own laws and customs and they may seem strange to the uninitiated. One must be very … weiterlesen

Gerechtigkeitsgefühle, Sentiments of Justice

An interview with Donovan Schaefer on Religious Affects

28.11.2016

von Christian von Scheve

English Interviews & Portraits

On November 4. and 5., 2016, the thematic group on “religious feelings” of the Collaborative Research Center Affective Societies hosted the international two-day workshop “Inside Out: Affect(s) in Multi-Religious Secular Societies”, organized by Hubert Knoblauch, Christian von Scheve, Anna Berg, Meike Haken, and N. Yasemin Ural. The workshop aimed at reflecting upon and discussing the role of … weiterlesen

Religious Affect, Secular Affect