The Mumbling Round

Noise, agitation, acceleration — the modern world overwhelms the senses. Many have denounced everyday stress and nervousness as a dark side of progress. In this episode, we revisit this topic, looking at a social context rarely associated with modern frenzy: the German Democratic Republic. Using health magazines and similar sources from behind the Iron Curtain, Lukas Bartl analyses how people (and the government) handled the nerves of actually existing socialism.

The Mumbling Round is a podcast of the International Graduate School (IGS) “Resonant Self–World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices,” a collaboration between the University of Erfurt and the University of Graz.

Host/Editor: João Tziminadis.

The third episode of The Mumbling Round hosts Paul Klausing and invites listeners to put themselves in a skateboarder’s shoes to see the city in a new light. Sliding over the rough surfaces of urban environments and early academic careers, the conversation takes us through the embodied experience of street encounters, sociological theory, and how to research something you’re so deeply engaged with.

The Mumbling Round is a podcast of the International Graduate School (IGS) “Resonant Self–World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices,” a collaboration between the University of Erfurt and the University of Graz.

Host/Editor: João Tziminadis.

In this episode, we consider the Song of Songs and its affectionate eroticism as a paradigm for responsive and transformative relationships: between two human beings, as well as among humans, the world, and the divine. Raphaela Swadosch guides us through this ancient biblical text by exploring the resonance potential it embodies.

The Mumbling Round is a podcast of the International Graduate School (IGS) “Resonant Self–World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices,” a collaboration between the University of Erfurt and the University of Graz.

Host/Editor: João Tziminadis.

The Mumbling Round is a podcast of the International Graduate School (IGS) “Resonant Self–World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices,” a collaboration between the University of Erfurt and the University of Graz.

Besides Marcus Tullius Cicero, in this opening episode we talk with Elisabeth Begemann about the origins and workings of the IGS and reflect on the expectations, experiences, and surprises that follow an interdisciplinary and international 9-year project.

Host/Editor: João Tziminadis.