English : Affective Societies Blog

Mapping Media and its Affective Dynamics: Conference „Affects – Media – Power, June 29th to July 1st 2017, Freie Universität Berlin

19.07.2017

von Claudia Töpper

The international conference “Affects – Media – Power” was organized by project B02 “Transcultural Emotional Repertoires in and through Reality TV” and the German Association of Communication Research (DGPuK) division “Sociology of Media and Communication” (in cooperation with the division “Media, Gender and Public Sphere”). Addressing affects, media and power not only promised impulses for … weiterlesen

Affective Publics, Politik und Affekt, Researchers' Affects

Making you feel what we feel. The Freedom Theatre in Jenin

12.01.2017

von Verena Straub

English Interviews & Portraits

Jenin is a small town in the north of the West Bank. Until recently, the town was primarily known for its violent history as a stronghold of armed resistance during the second intifada. In 2002, an Israeli demolition campaign almost entirely destroyed the refugee camp, killing many of its inhabitants. Since then, Jenin has become … weiterlesen

Witnessing

Reaching Out: Screening a War Crimes Trial in Northern Uganda

10.12.2016

von Jonas Bens

Aus der Forschung English

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