ifa - Research on International Cultural Relations

The #ICRRA Conference 2024/2025 continues! Join our conversation on the impact of #artivism on #postcolonial narratives w/ leading artists from #Mexico & #Colombia on 27 JAN at 5pm (Berlin time). Infos & registrations ➡️ bit.ly/ICRRAConferenc…

@VectorInst @Concordia @Carleton_U @TorontoMet

🌎How can #AI contribute to #climateprotection without becoming a burden due to high energy consumption? Heike Brugger (Fraunhofer ISI) explored this issue in #Canada for the German gov. lecture program. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4ajG2Je @GermanyInCanada @AllemagneMTL

Science and the Arts join forces for our planet: Prof.Christof Wittwer, Climate Ambassador Barbara Botos, István Bart and musicians @katicaillenyi and @PeterSarik harnessed facts and passion (and a #theremin!) to support Climate Protection. @ifaCultExtern #KnowledgeExchangeGER

💡 How can sustainable ways to support #artistsatrisk beyond relocation programmes be developed? Read or listen to the 🇬🇧 version of the ifa study by Lisa Bogerts & Serap Yılmaz-Dreger ➡️📖 culturalrelations.ifa.de/en/research/re… 🎧 ifa.de/deep-dive-cult… | #forumculturalrelations #research

Join our online discussion with Eva Illouz & Michael Brenner, moderated by @amiraelahl on "Complex Thinking in Conflictual Times" with a focus on Israel, on 26 Nov at 6pm CET➡️ bit.ly/TotallyGlocall… #AreaStudies #TotallyGlocally #forumculturalrelations @EHESS_fr @LMU_Muenchen

"We need to begin to consider the various ways in which the loved ones left behind in home land constitute a vulnerable category we need to care for." Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa @UniIbadan about the concept of #Extalgia. #migration #ICRRA2024

"We need to change the tone of the conversation, then the content can change. All kinds of frameworks need to be questioned." Dr Özlem Canyürek on the topic of decoloniality, #ICRRA2024

"In the last 15 years, there has been a focus on #diversification processes in #cultural #institutions in #Germany. Yet, they remain mainly White, despite the many plans and strategies for diversification. Why?" Dr Özlem Canyürek, #ICRRA2024

"Decolonial theory wasn't applying to our region, as we are not a traditional case of overseas colonialism, we were omitted from the general context." @TetyanaFilevska @ua_institute #ICRRA2024

"It's not a new conflict, it's a neocolonial war." @TetyanaFilevska #ICRRA2024

Join us for #ICRRA2024 2nd panel (10:00CET) "Interrupting Epistemologies of Cultural Relations& Policies" w/ @TetyanaFilevska @ua_institute, Lucy Zoria @BritishCouncil, Özlem Canyürek Uni. Hildesheim, moderated by @Meike_Lettau ➡️ bit.ly/ICRRAConferenc…

"Working with the wampum belt is not about recreating the history of our people, it's about looking to the future". Artist Jeff Thomas, #ICRRA2024 2/2

"The importance of realizing that what I learnt was frozen in time, was not. It's not us who are frozen in time, but the way of collection of the Europeans about us." Artist Jeff Thomas #ICRRA2024 1/2

"The problem of relying on colonial documents is that original names in their metaphoric form get lost, as they are translated to make meaning for the authors". @AlanCorbiere, Historian, about the "Feast of the Dead" ritual, originally named "Kettle" in Huron language. #ICRRA2024

Join us at 17:00CET for the 1st panel #ICRRA2024 Conference "Unsettling Settler Diplomacy: #ICR in a Decolonizing World" w/ @AlanCorbiere @Skawennati Alan Michelson & Jeff Thomas. Moderation: @sarah_ek_smith &Lynda Jessup @nacdiplomacyi ➡️bit.ly/ICRRAConferenc…

🔎Curious about current debates/practices on decolonizing #InternationalCulturalRelations? Register now for the next #ICRRA2024 conference ➡️ bit.ly/ICRRAConferenc… @BritishCouncil @sarah_ek_smith @Meike_Lettau @AnitaBudziszew1 @Skawennati @UA_Institute

What does growing nationalism mean for future cultural relations? The traditional consensus of international cultural relations is being questioned. Together with experts, we will discuss the causes and consequences. 🔗 Join us in Berlin or follow online: bit.ly/3YxjWyC

How can #culturalinstitutions both protect #artisticfreedom & provide non-discriminatory spaces? With polarising debates, how to keep the dialogue going? Join our conversation on 25Nov @LiteraturhausStg tickets ➡️ bit.ly/TotallyGlocall… #TotallyGlocally #forumculturalrelations