Critical Diversity Podcast

#15 Alliances with activists 07/12/2023

Artist Training presents: Alliances – Students, Scholars and Artists at Risk is the continuation of the Artist Training Lab for Radical Transformation (2020/21) and How to Create a Safer Space (2022) event series. Together with the representatives and members various Universities and artists, this workshop series was developed to address and discuss structural discrimination and obstacles within German universities, with UdK Berlin being no exception. In collaboration with the Commission for Equal Opportunities and the International Office at UdK Berlin, the workshop series focuses on networking, inventory analysis, and coordination of programs for students, scholars, and artists at risk in the coming years. The reflections on the three workshops are being documented through interviews with participants and invited professionals by a podcast. 

The third episode of Alliances with Activists is set in the context of Human Rights Day 2023 and follows the panel discussion titled Activist Art, featuring Anton Kats, Khaled Barakeh, Michael(a) Daoud and Natalija Yefimkina, moderated by Humza Abid. Based on an exploration of the artists' works, the following questions will be discussed: How can socially engaged artists create effective collaborations to overcome structural barriers? Where should spaces for knowledge production position themselves? What role do activists and universities play in shaping a safer, more inclusive environment for free expression? Our guest speaker İpek Çınar, former AStA member for diversity and social justice and former employee of Artist Training, shares her insights in conversation with Johanna Madden.

Speaker: İpek Çınar

Production: Johanna Madden (Moderation) & Sel 

Coordination: Melanie Waldheim (Artist Training Team) 

Artist Training presents: Alliances – Students, Scholars and Artists at Risk is the continuation of the Artist Training Lab for Radical Transformation (2020/21) and How to Create a Safer Space (2022) event series. Together with the representatives and members various Universities and artists, this workshop series was developed to address and discuss structural discrimination and obstacles within German universities, with UdK Berlin being no exception. In collaboration with the Commission for Equal Opportunities and the International Office at UdK Berlin, the workshop series focuses on networking, inventory analysis, and coordination of programs for students, scholars, and artists at risk in the coming years. The reflections on the three workshops are being documented through interviews with participants and invited professionals by a podcast. 

The second podcast Alliances with art universities focuses within the exchange meeting: On the way to the postmigrant society:  in collaboration with Unlearning University and with representatives of art universities. The guest is Alejandra Nieves Camacho, Diversity Manager at UdK Berlin. Together with moderator Johanna Madden, they will reflect on the expiring programs and ideas for further development.

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Speaker: Alejandra Nieves Camacho (Siversity Manager at UdK Berlin)

Production: Johanna Madden (Moderation) & Sel
Coordination: Melanie Waldheim (Artist Training Team) 

The first podcast of the series "Alliances with representatives of Berlin's universities" with eight universities focuses on exchanging ideas, analyzing and building stronger alliances. The meeting takes place against the backdrop of the discontinuation of DAAD funding for refugees at universities in Germany. The first guest is the author and activist Sanaz Azimipour. Together with moderator Johanna Madden, they will reflect on the expiring programs and ideas for further development.

The workshop series How to Create a Safer Space I-III aims to discuss structural discrimination and inequalities within UdK Berlin and to develop strategies for equality with experts from the fields of anti-discrimination and organisational development. Each workshop is accompanied by a podcast. 

The third podcast episode, "How to Create a Safer Space III: Experiences from the Recognizing Barriers Day," features anonymous guests from the Recognizing Barriers Day event held on December 5, 2023. For this workshop, we created an experimental space that encourages members of the University, including students, professors, and academic staff, to speak freely about their experiences with discrimination and observations within the University. During the podcast, we ensured complete anonymity for the individuals sharing their experiences by altering their voices through Artificial Intelligence. Our moderator, Johanna Madden, will reflect on these cases.

In collaboration with the Critical Diversity Blog 

Production: Johanna Madden & Sel 

Workshop development: İpek Çınar (Artist Training Team) 

Coordination: İpek Çınar & Melanie Waldheim (Artist Training Team)

The workshop series How to Create a Safer Space I-III aims to discuss structural discrimination and inequalities within the UdK Berlin and to develop strategies for equality with experts from the fields of anti-discrimination and organisational development. Each workshop will be accompanied by a podcast. The second podcast episode, How to Create a Safer Space II: Anti-Discrimination Clause, features two guests: Sonja Baltruschat and Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz. Together with podcast series host Johanna Madden, they reflect on the second workshop and discuss the needs of the UdK Berlin and what kind of document might best meet those needs. 
Speakers: Sonja Baltruschat & Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz
Production: Johanna Madden & Sel
Coordination: İpek Çınar & Melanie Waldheim (Artist Training team)

The How to Create a Safer Space I-III workshop series aims to discuss structural discrimination and inequalities within UdK Berlin and develop strategies for equality with experts from the fields of anti-discrimination and organizational development. There will also be podcasts accompanying each workshop. In the first podcast episode, How to Create a Safer Space I: Code of Conduct, there are two guests: Armeghan Taheri (writer, artist and founder of the art and literature magazine Afghan Punk Rock) and Elena Buscaino (student at UdK Berlin, member of the Critical Diversity Blog, and activist). Together with the moderator of the podcast series Johanna Madden, they reflected on the first workshop and discussed further the needs of UdK Berlin, as well as the possible implementation of a Code of Conduct.

In dieser Folge spricht Katharina Lüdin anlässlich der bundesweiten Wissenschaftswoche #4GenderStudies 2022 mit Jayrôme C. Robinet, Autor, Übersetzer, Spoken Word Künstler und ehemaliger Kollegiat des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs "das Wissen der Künste" der UdK Berlin über sein Promotionsprojekt Ästhetiken und Politiken von trans und nicht binärem Spoken Word, über transformatives Potenzial und das Spannungsfeld zwischen geschriebener und gesprochener Sprache.

Anlässlich der bundesweiten Wissenschaftswoche #4GenderStudies vom 12. - 18. Dezember 2022 hat Katharina Lüdin in dieser Folge mit Annika Haas, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Gestaltung an der Universität der Künste Berlin, über ihr Promotionsprojekt "Avant-Theorie – Hélène Cixous' écriture du corps" gesprochen.

In dieser Folge spricht Katharina Lüdin anlässlich der bundesweiten Wissenschaftswoche #4GenderStudies vom 12. - 18. Dezember 2022 mit Prof. Dr. Miriam Oesterreich, seit dem Sommersemester 2021 Professorin für Theorie der Gestaltung und Gender Studies an der UdK Berlin.

Dr. Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz ist seit dem 1. Februar 2022 Diversitätsbeauftragter an der UdK Berlin. Er ist einer der ersten Diversitätsbeauftragten mit Schwerpunkt Antirassismus an einer Berliner Hochschule. Dies ist das Resultat von den teils jahrzehntelangen kollektiven Kämpfen verschiedener studentischer Initiativen an der UdK, die im Sommer 2020 einen ihrer Höhepunkte fanden. In dieser Podcast-Folge sprechen die zwei Studentinnen Sarah Herfurt, ehemalige AstA-Referentin für Antidiskriminierung und Mitglied in der AG Intersektionale Antidiskriminierung, und Elena Buscaino, studentische Mitarbeiterin in der AG Critical Diversity und Mitorganisatorin von #exitracismUDK, mit Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz über die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft von antirassistischer Arbeit an der UdK Berlin.

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