HKW Podcast

„Ich gebrauche jetzt die besseren Wörter nicht mehr.“ So beginnt Ilse Aichinger ihren kurzen Essay Schlechte Wörter und die gleichnamige Textsammlung, in der sie ihre widerständige Poetik entwickelt. Eine Verweigerung gegen das Gebotene, gegen falsche Zusammenhänge und Gewissheiten. Können wir verlernen, die Gewalt in der Sprache zu reproduzieren? Sind die schwächeren Ausdrücke die Rettung? Ausgeh...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. As part of The White West IV: Whose Universal?, the podcast invites participants of the conferences and other experts to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Priyamvada Gopal in conversation with...

„Ich gebrauche jetzt die besseren Wörter nicht mehr.“ So beginnt Ilse Aichinger ihren kurzen Essay Schlechte Wörter und die gleichnamige Textsammlung, in der sie ihre widerständige Poetik entwickelt. Eine Verweigerung gegen das Gebotene, gegen falsche Zusammenhänge und Gewissheiten. Können wir verlernen, die Gewalt in der Sprache zu reproduzieren? Sind die schwächeren Ausdrücke die Rettung? Ausgeh...

Around 1989, what were the promises of techno and its fictions? How are they significant today? And to whom? Episode 2 focuses on past, present and future of the Detroit-Berlin axis. By means of an interview collage, writer and Make Techno Black Again activist DeForrest Brown, Jr., Lerato Khathi aka Lakuti (founder of Uzuri Recordings and the Bring Down the Walls initiative), Boris Dolinski (resid...

Around 1989, what were the promises of techno and its fictions? How are they significant today? And to whom? This episode is led by DeForrest Brown, Jr., author of Assembling a Black Counter Culture, in conversation with Steve Goodman (a.k.a. Kode9, founder of Hyperdub) and Nkisi (co-founder of Non Worldwide). Collectively they discuss the migration of techno music from North America to Europe wit...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. As part of “The White West IV: Whose Universal?,” the podcast invites participants of the conferences and other experts to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Florian Cramer and Felix Stalder in...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Ana Teixeira Pinto and...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Ana Teixeira Pinto in...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Ana Teixeira Pinto and...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Kader Attia in convers...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Kader Attia in convers...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Anselm Franke in conve...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Kader Attia in convers...

The music industry is dominated by neoliberal structures; large corporations hold the monopoly. How can the gatekeepers’ power be redistributed? Is it possible to collectivize mainstream digital platforms? And what role do class, privilege and representation play? The third episode of the Politics of the Dance Floor podcast explores the economic aspects of club culture. The producer, performer and...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Ana Teixeira Pinto in...

The legacies of colonialism tend to find expression in a language that contemporary audiences find familiar and compelling, and hence remain largely unquestioned. In the run-up to the conference The White West IV: Whose Universal? (summer 2021), the podcast invites participants of the conference to discuss the overlaps between metaphysical predicates and colonial formations. Ana Teixeira Pinto in...

How can nightlife be designed in harmony with the earth’s finite resources? What would really be necessary to create a club experience that takes the climate and fragility of all of us into account? And how does this relate to physical pleasure? Community organizer Sarj Lynch hosts the second episode of the Politics of the Dance Floor podcast and discusses sustainability in club culture with Camil...

Raving is community, solidarity, contact. A club can be a safer space, especially for People of Color, Black people and LGBTQ+ people. How do the communities bridge the pandemic void? What mechanisms of social exclusion exist even in the music scene and club culture? And what role does gentrification play? In the first episode of the Politics of the Dance Floor podcast, Erkan Affan speaks with Yuk...

The podcast series by Sarah Farina and Kerstin Meißner aka Transmission explores the varied responses of club culture to current events. How can this momentum advance new ways of raving and experiencing club music? In three podcasts, representatives from the diverse spectrum of club culture will focus their eyes and ears on the Politics of the Dance Floor.

A lecture by Karin Knorr Cetina as part of the “Governing the technosphere” seminar at the Anthropocene Curriculum 2016: The Technosphere Issue

Dictionary of Now #5 - Kader Attia, Françoise Vergès and others - BODY November 3, 2016 8pm Lecture performance, dialogues, talk Kader Attia: Introduction In his works, the artist Kader Attia addresses the concept of “repair” as a constant in life. In the oldest and largest anatomy lecture hall at Berlin’s Charité he develops a narrative about the body in three fragments for the Dictionary of Now....

Dictionary of Now #5 - Kader Attia, Françoise Vergès and others – BODY November 3, 2016 8pm Lecture performance, dialogues, talk Lecture by Françoise Vergès In his works, the artist Kader Attia addresses the concept of “repair” as a constant in life. In the oldest and largest anatomy lecture hall at Berlin’s Charité he develops a narrative about the body in three fragments for the Dictionary of No...

Museums stage objects as testimonies of specific narratives. How do these museum things articulate the global order and supplant alternative narratives? What meanings do they adopt in the context of the dynamics of globalization and decolonization? At one of the last events at the Dahlem location of the Ethnologische Museum, Arjun Appadurai, Tony Bennett and Sharon Macdonald will explore the “thin...

Dictionary of Now #3 - Wole Soyinka & Manthia Diawara - TRUTH May 4, 2016 7pm Film, discussion A meeting of the Nobel laureate in literature Wole Soyinka and the film theorist Manthia Diawara to discuss the notion of truth against the background of global postcolonial conflicts. What role does the truth play in the context of violence and human rights violations, of reconciliation and reparations?...

Dictionary of Now #2 - Dipesh Chakrabarty & Eyal Weizman – FORUM April 11, 2016 7pm Lectures, discussion Within what forums can the political evolve today? In the face of post-democratic mechanisms of globalization, the crisis of the national state and increasing restrictions on human rights and civil liberties, there have been shifts in the places and practices of social negotiation. There is an...