The Silent University, initiated by Ahmet Öğüt in 2012, is an autonomous platform for academics who cannot share their knowledge… Read more AHMET ÖĞÜT ° The Silent University
Keyword: Democracy
ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
Ants are a „secret world power“ – dumb individually, but supersmart as a collective: a „superorganism“. They make decisions without… Read more ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
ANNA CLARA BASILICÒ ° Assemblying for Climate Justice
Assuming the methodological and theoretical frame of the assembly as meant by Negri and Hardt, it is possible to look… Read more ANNA CLARA BASILICÒ ° Assemblying for Climate Justice
ATHENA ATHANASIOU ° Shifting the Conditions of Possibility
What do we lose when we win? What do we win when we lose? Such questioning involves the collective work… Read more ATHENA ATHANASIOU ° Shifting the Conditions of Possibility
BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
Hospitality is first and foremost a social practice and can be situated in any place and become manifest in many… Read more BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
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
REYHAN ŞAHIN aka LADY BITCH RAY ° Siktir lan amına Germany, Bend Over!
As Lady Bitch Ray, Reyhan Şahin pioneered feminist sexualised German rap in a clearly male-dominated hip-hop scene. As an Alevi… Read more REYHAN ŞAHIN aka LADY BITCH RAY ° Siktir lan amına Germany, Bend Over!
DAVID MULDER VAN DER VEGT ° The Architecture of Assembly
Parliament is the space where politics literally takes shape. Here, collective decisions take form in a specific setting that organizes… Read more DAVID MULDER VAN DER VEGT ° The Architecture 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
WOLFGANG KALECK ° Juridical and Civil Society Tribunals. The Example of the Congo Tribunal
When discussing new means in the context of human rights, one must also talk about the arts. Art has become… Read more WOLFGANG KALECK ° Juridical and Civil Society Tribunals. The Example of the Congo Tribunal
EVA VON REDECKER ° The Assembly is dead
The Assembly is dead. It rests on an ableist appeal to mobilization. It celebrates human representation when even the most… Read more EVA VON REDECKER ° The Assembly is dead
LISA ITO-TAPANG ° On Trial. The Performance of Justice
This talk threads through different historic people’s tribunals in the Philippines and by Filipino compatriots abroad against state terrorism and… Read more LISA ITO-TAPANG ° On Trial. The Performance of Justice
MIRIAM IBRAHIM ° A Personal Insight. Deconstructing Toxic Structures in Theatre
“Racism and structural racism are parts of my everyday life as an artist. They have shaped me and my work… Read more MIRIAM IBRAHIM ° A Personal Insight. Deconstructing Toxic Structures in Theatre
MICHAEL GABRIEL ° Stubborn and Independent: The Ultras
The emotional attachment and cultural expressions of football fans shape professional soccer worldwide. Clubs and the fan culture associated with… Read more MICHAEL GABRIEL ° Stubborn and Independent: The Ultras
LOTTE VAN DEN BERG ° Building Conversation
Building Conversation is a dialogical art platform, based in Amsterdam, initiated by Lotte van den Berg and Daan ’t Sas,… Read more LOTTE VAN DEN BERG ° Building Conversation
TEODOR CELAKOSKI ° Možemo! Step by Step
The presentation will demonstrate the trajectory of a progressive political project taking place in Zagreb and Croatia. This trajectory could… Read more TEODOR CELAKOSKI ° Možemo! Step by Step
MARCELO EXPÓSITO ° The (Forever Postponed) Dream of a Real Democracy
The official political discourses persist in glimpsing the way out of the crisis after each new crisis experienced during the… Read more MARCELO EXPÓSITO ° The (Forever Postponed) Dream of a Real Democracy
TANIA BRUGUERA ° Truth or Dare
Artist and activist Tania Bruguera has always challenged her audience to become active participants not only in her work but… Read more TANIA BRUGUERA ° Truth or Dare
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
MARINA OTERO VERZIER ° Architectures of Unconditional Hospitality
Architecture, as a biopolitical and normalizing technique, participates in constructing distinctions and categories. The work of architects oozes Cartesianism. It… Read more MARINA OTERO VERZIER ° Architectures of Unconditional Hospitality
MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
The form of the table, who sits at the table, and how to sit at the table, as well as… Read more MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
NORA STERNFELD ° What is a Radical-Democratic Museum?
Today, we often hear about a “museum of the future”: as a contact zone, arena, forum and platform – perhaps… Read more NORA STERNFELD ° What is a Radical-Democratic Museum?
JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
We might have expected the pandemic to shut down popular assemblies, since they have traditionally presumed access to shared space. … Read more JUDITH BUTLER ° Where are We Now? Assembly, Care, and Connection
MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
What are the afterlives of the Occupy Movement, now ten years on? On the one hand, groups and tendencies that… Read more MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
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
ATIYYAH KHAN ° How Jazz Musicians Fought Against Apartheid
Jazz in South Africa played a huge role in mobilising communities and unconventional venues during apartheid, creating spaces of political… Read more ATIYYAH KHAN ° How Jazz Musicians Fought Against Apartheid
OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
Assemblies provide a crucial platform for direct decision-making in any attempt to make societies more inclusive and democratic, more just… Read more OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
Assemblies are normally held on a scale that allows for direct discussion and participation. However, during the Spanish protest camps… Read more JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
ALIA MOSSALLAM ° To Chant the Worlds Away. The Anatomy of the 2011 Revolution
thbat. Ithbat can be translated as ‘stand still’, ‘steady’ and ‘unshaken’. It was one of the newer chants that were… Read more ALIA MOSSALLAM ° To Chant the Worlds Away. The Anatomy of the 2011 Revolution
CLAUDIA BOSSE ° Assemble in Choirs
Choir is also a gathering of different interests that approach each other over a period of time, negotiating their differences,… Read more CLAUDIA BOSSE ° Assemble in Choirs
DIE VIELEN ° We Are Many
With the growing self-confidence of various far-right parties in Europe, the attacks against artistic freedom have also become more massive… Read more DIE VIELEN ° We Are Many