Lecture – Border Crisis Art: Solidarity, Hope, and Reparative Practices
Lecture – Border Crisis Art: Solidarity, Hope, and Reparative Practices
We live in times of polycrisis and an epoch of borderization, akin to a border renaissance. The ongoing influence of the Corona pandemic has accentuated this trajectory, amplifying the unprecedented proliferation of nascent and revitalized borders to unparalleled proportions. In the face of adversity, people, however, often find strength to adapt, innovate, and unite. Crises can reveal the resilience of human spirit, prompting people to envision better futures and take collective action. Artivism, the fusion of art and activism, can serve as a powerful tool to evoke empathy, stimulate dialogue in times of crisis. This talk will look at the reparative potential of artistic practices, arguing that artivism plays a significant role in instilling hope during times of crisis.
30th November 2023, 4.00-5.30pm
Online lecture (WebEx)
Lecture in English
Astrid M. Fellner is Chair of North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland U. She is Head of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies at Saarland U and the co-editor a trilingual Border Glossary, a handbook of key terms in Border Studies. She is a member of the BMBF-project “Linking Borderlands,” and she has been involved in the DAAD-funded Eastpartnership project with Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University in Mykolaiv on the topic of “Bridging Borders” since 2014.
The lecture is part of the lecture series Border Realities: Crises, Resistances, Silences – Perspectives from the Border and Borderlanders.
The series is organised by the UniGR-Center for Border Studies (University of Luxembourg) and the Centre for Border Region Studies (University of Southern Denmark).
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