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| HETEROTOPIAS A Discussion Series by Mark Terkessidis A utopia of an immigration society no longer seems to exist in the Federal Republic of Germany. Yet it is precisely the absence of abstract concepts that provides an opportunity. An everyday life of an immigration society has already long since developed, which is progressed much farther than the talk of dangerous "parallel societies". A popular culture of immigration is firmly established, which is evident in many small spaces – in "heterotopias", as Michel Foucault once called these kinds of places. These spaces are manifest in inner city bars that are operated and frequented by migrants, in new, "mixed" families, in anti-racist groups and sometimes even in the seemingly traditional "Turkish men's cafe". Four discussions in the series "Heterotopias" will address these spaces and the future of the immigration society with participants from various fields such as politics, science, filmmaking and anti-racist efforts. Mark Terkessidis, psychologist, lives and works as a freelance
author in Cologne. Paul Mecheril / Hito Steyerl Paul Mecheril is a psychologist with a special interest in the life plans of "Other Germans". He teaches at the University of Bielefeld. Hito Steyerl is a documentary filmmaker and has examined ideas of being German or European in film works and essays. She teaches at Goldsmiths College in London. Wed., 16 Feb., 7 pm Santina Battaglia / Cem Özdemir Santina Battaglia is a psychologist and has examined the development of identity among people of binational origins in Germany. She teaches at the University of Freiburg. Cem Özdemir is a social educator. He has long been an advocate for migrant interests, as a member of parliament for the Green Party, as speaker for domestic policies for the Federal Government, and in books. He is a representative of the Green Party in the European Parliament in Brussels. Thurs., 3 Mar., 7 pm Erol Yildiz / Ljubomir Bratic Ljubomir Bratic is a philosopher. He is working in the field of antiracism in Vienna and has published an anthology on the different forms of antiracism with the title "Landscapes of action". Erol Yildiz is an educator. In his dissertation he called the immigration country Germany the "bisected society of Postmodernism". At University of Cologne he participated in the study "The multicultural city" about the Cologne district Ehrenfeld. He is a professor for intercultural education science at the University of Hamburg. Thurs., 7 April, 7 pm Nora Sternfeld / Die Unmündigen Nora Sternfeld is an art and culture agent. She took part in the protests against involvement of the "Liberals" in the Austrian government and she has played a part in the exhibition „gastarbajteri – 40 years of workmigration“ arranged by the "Initiative Minderheiten" in Vienna. At present she works as an assistant professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna. Michael Brumlik is an educator. For a long time already he is engaged in the topic of the immigration country and the Jews in Germany. He works as a professor at the Institute for general educational science/ University of Frankfurt. Wed., 27 April, 7 pm Project Migration – an initiative project of the |
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