Postdoc’ing at the CRC. If I had to summarise my current research interest, I would say: India is now really getting going with digitalization, including banking, biometric data, soft power, […]
LolMyThesis. The working title of my thesis is “Of Figures and Fictions. The Strategic Action Field around Airbnb in Cape Town and Berlin”. In a nutshell, one of my key […]
LolMyThesis. I analyze the links between filming locations, the spaces captured within the television series, and the social imaginaries conveyed to understand the refiguration of Francophone West African series. It’s […]
When a chance conversation between a researcher and an artist sparks the idea for an exhibition, academic research gets to meet artistic expression. A year later, the Spatial Conflicts exhibition brought together 14 international artists to explore pressing questions about migration, identity, environmental destruction, and resistance through different mediums. Set in Berlin’s BHROX pavilion, the exhibition explored the spatial tensions that shape our world.
In a process-based multimedia workshop, Francesca Ceola and Simone Rueß aimed to ground broad, abstract concepts of translocality, transnationalism and hybrid, space-oriented cultural structures. A constantly changing room set-up with three parts challenged participants to think creatively and imaginatively. Thinking with the audio-visual work "Liquid Homes" by Camilo Bravo Molano and the keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Magdalena Nowicka, participants from various disciplines were invited to explore the spatialities of migrants, transnational affect, and translocal homes - both individually and collectively, and with the help of graphic prompts, language and performative explorations.
For certain types of work, it is necessary to immerse yourself in it entirely and not think about anything else for a period of time – the writing process for a dissertation or habilitation is surely one of them. It was precisely for this reason that twelve doctoral and postdoctoral students and associated doctoral candidates from the SFB retreated for a few days of intensive work in Klein Glien, Brandenburg…
How does socio-spatial segregation shape the experience of urban space? In this blog post, Nicolas Zehner reflects on a recent research trip to Cape Town by taking a closer look at the intricate relationships between queer dating, Pokémon Go, and urban transportation. Although seemingly unrelated, these forms of urban sociality are all intimately linked through structural inequality.
In this blog post, Simon Pohl and Linda Hering offer insights into their experiences and takeaways from the workshop held in November at the CRC: “Varieties of Refiguration,” organized by Stefan Kirchner and Nina Baur. While Simon plunges into the discussion of how to extend the theory of refiguration, Linda identifies salient throughlines connecting contributions from the wide range of topics presented at the workshop.
