Chemnitz is, perhaps surprisingly for many, an extremely interesting city. During the GDR era, it was called Karl-Marx-Stadt. However, it… Read more ULF BOHMANN ° Karl Marx’ City
Keyword: Agonistic Pluralism
ALEXANDER KOCH / NEW PATRONS ° Negotiating Commons. Conflict, Art & Mediation in Neighbourhood Democracy
For many citizens, the proximate social world – the neighbourhood – is not a given safe haven. It is a… Read more ALEXANDER KOCH / NEW PATRONS ° Negotiating Commons. Conflict, Art & Mediation in Neighbourhood Democracy
NÚRIA GÜELL ° When Morality Becomes Immoral
Núria Güell’s artistic practice continuously challenges moral and legal conventions when, for example, she offers herself as a bride to… Read more NÚRIA GÜELL ° When Morality Becomes Immoral
CHANTAL MOUFFE ° Towards an Agonistic Conception of Assembly
While having sympathy for activist movements like OWS, the Spanish Indignados or the French Nuit Debuit, political theorist Chantal Mouffe… Read more CHANTAL MOUFFE ° Towards an Agonistic Conception of Assembly
DIDIER ERIBON ° How and When Can We Say „We“? On Social Protest and Political Dissent
Didier Eribon reflects on the construction of a „We“ that wants to be the subject and no longer just the… Read more DIDIER ERIBON ° How and When Can We Say „We“? On Social Protest and Political Dissent
MARKUS MIESSEN ° Crossbenching
“Crossbenching” is a practice of individuals acting without mandate, a conceptual frame that he generated out of the necessity to come… Read more MARKUS MIESSEN ° Crossbenching
MILO RAU ° From Symbolic Institutions to Microecologies
Milo Rau believes in staging and realistic representation in his theatre plays, while for his tribunals and trials or the… Read more MILO RAU ° From Symbolic Institutions to Microecologies
FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
The past decade has been marked not only by numerous activist movements and gatherings but also by a wide range… Read more FLORIAN MALZACHER ° Spheres of Pragmatic Utopias and Radical Imagination. The Art of Assembly
OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
Do we assemble for a cause or for reasons? What is the nature of a political cause? What is it… Read more OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
EDUARD FREUDMANN & GIN MÜLLER ° Schandwache.Vigil of Disgrace
The Schandwache (Vigil of Disgrace) took place in October 2020 at the monument to the former mayor of Vienna Karl… Read more EDUARD FREUDMANN & GIN MÜLLER ° Schandwache.Vigil of Disgrace