Category Archives: activism
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Die Erkenntnisse der Klimaforschung sind eindeutig: Um das Pariser Klimaabkommen einzuhalten, sind weitreichende Klimaschutzmaßnahmen erforderlich. Doch weder das Klimaschutz- noch das Kohleausstiegsgesetz werden den Empfehlungen der Klimaforschung gerecht. Die Folgen einer weiterhin ungebremsten globalen Erwärmung sind jedoch absehbar verheerend. Damit … Continue reading
Designing Utopia – Designers as Catalysts for Transformation
by Tom Bieling It is said that if 3.5% of the population, across all classes, are prepared to change substantial aspects of their way of life, this will set in motion a profound change in society. 3.5 %, that doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in activism, architecture, awareness, body, design research, exhibition, gender, posthumanism, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation
Tagged Critical Care, design research, Designtheorie, NDU, New Design University, Political, Social, St. Pölten, tom bieling, Transformation Design, Transformationsdesign, vienna, wien
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Design and Activism – A Relationship that needs Reflection
by Andréa Poshar According to Bart Cammaerts (2007a), activism is a relatively new term. It was introduced in the mid-70s to refer the ability to act and produce changes within society’s history. In other words, activism is all about “generating … Continue reading
Posted in activism, design research, Protest
Tagged activism, andréa poshar, design, Design Activism, politics, Protest
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Moving Protests: The Stories Objects Can Tell
by Anna Feigenbaum Public protests are a highly visible feature of social movements’ activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state, global companies … Continue reading
Posted in activism, awareness, design research, Protest
Tagged activism, Anna Feigenbaum, artifacts, Camp, design, design research, Designforschung, Disobedient Objects, objects, Protest, Social Change, Tear Gas, Things
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Mode-Alumnae ziehen Nominierung zu Fashion Award zurück
Lisa Mann (links) und Hagar Sophia Rieger (rechts), zwei Mode-Alumnae der Berliner Universität der Künste gaben kürzlich ihren Rückzug aus dem Euro Fashion Award Görlitz 2018 bekannt, nachdem sie erfahren hatten, wer als Geldgeber hinter dem Award steht, nämlich: der mit seinen … Continue reading
Posted in activism, fashion, Uncategorized
Tagged Berlin, Görlitz, Hagar Sophia Rieger, Lisa Mann, Rassismus, Sexismus, Udk, universität der künste, Winfried Stöcker
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„Die Kunst als fünfte Gewalt im Staat?“ – Wolfgang Ullrich und Tom Bieling über Artivismus
In jüngster Zeit, vor allem im Zuge der Flüchtlingsdebatte mehren sich Projekte, die sowohl als Kunst verstanden wie an politischer Wirksamkeit gemessen werden wollen. Das Stichwort lautet ‚Artivism’, zusammengesetzt aus dem Englischen „Art“ und „Activism“. Zu den bekannteren Vertretern zählen … Continue reading
CUT//ACT: Video (and) Activism
Have you ever wondered how media has changed over time, and how “video” has been used as a political tool? In this course, you will learn both, not least by producing an activist video yourself! You may improve your knowledge/skills … Continue reading
Summer Scholarships
As two of our Editorial Members are involved in this one (Course: CUT//ACT – Video (and) Activism), we are happy to share this Call for the Berlin Summer University of the Arts: „Artists, designers, musicians and creative minds around the … Continue reading
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Ein Marsch für die Wissenschaft
Wissenschaft und Forschung sind eine Lebensgrundlage unserer offenen und demokratischen Gesellschaft. Da gerade in Zeiten „alternativer Fakten“ diese Botschaft besonders wichtig ist, finden am 22. April 2017 weltweit Demonstrationszüge statt. In Deutschland nehmen am sogenannten „March for Science“ die Städte … Continue reading
Posted in activism, awareness, event, german/deutsch, interview, Politik, research
Tagged Anja Neidhardt, Berlin, March of Science, Post-truth, postfaktisch, research, science, Tanja Gabriele Baudson
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About ‚Ethics in Design’.
The 105th College Art Association CAA Annual Conference, with its more than 250 Sessions, is considered to be one of the largest international gatherings of professionals and research in the visual arts environment. Andréa Poshar went to New York City in … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Conference, Politik, Protest, report
Tagged andréa poshar, Andrew deRosa, CAA, Collega Art Association, conference, DeCertau, design, design education, Design ethics, ethics, Laura Scherling, Mariana Amatullo, Meredith James, New York, Paul Nini, social innovation, Umberto Eco, visual art
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Building Gravity: On Gravity in Architecture, Urban Development and Utopia
PROTOCOL Magazine’s recent issue (No. 8) showcases a variety of original works brought together under the theme of “the ground”. In their contribution “Building Gravity” Fernando Luiz Lara* (Austin University of Texas) and Tom Bieling** discuss the concept of “gravity” not exclusively related to the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, architecture, art, design research, philosophie, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation
Tagged architecture, blockupy, curitiba, democracy, democratic, design, favela, fernando luiz lara, gravity, jorge luis borges, movement, participatory, Protest, protocol, rio de janeiro, Social, Soziale Bewegung, space, spatial planning, teilhabe, tom bieling, urban planning, utopia
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Ene Mene Muh und welche Stadt willst Du? (Contribution to the Berlin state election 2016)
“The debates and struggles in Berlin for civic involvement in urban development arise from an increasingly urgent desire for genuine participation. Ene Mene Muh und welche Stadt willst Du? poses questions regarding the theory and practice of participation and paths … Continue reading
Posted in activism, art, event
Tagged andrej holm, art, bürgerbeteiligung, Berlin, citizen, kunst, ngbk, participation, participatory, politics, public space, wahl 2016
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Changing Worlds – Ideologies, Utopias and Ambitions in Science and Technology
The latest issue of the Graduate Journal of Social Sciences (GJSS) has a strong focus on Science and Technology Studies (STS) topics. Its title “Changing Worlds” alludes to multiple meanings as not only are we changing the world – or worlds –, but they … Continue reading
Posted in accessible, activism, alternative communication, augmentative communication, deaf-blind, design project, design research, design study, disability studies, Diversity, Enhancement, Literature, STS
Tagged Berlin, deaf-blind, deafblind, design research lab, gesche joost, lorm glove, Lorm Hand, lormhand, STS, taubblind, tiago martins, tom bieling, Udk, wearable
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Protest, Widerstand und Arbeitskämpfe von 1848 bis 1990
Seit Beginn der Industrialisierung prägen Kämpfe um Produktion, Reproduktion und Teilhabe den Alltag von Arbeiterinnen und Arbeitern. Von den Protesten gegen Hunger der 1910er Jahre, über das Engagement für bezahlbaren Wohnraum Anfang der 1930er Jahre, bis hin zu den Streiks … Continue reading
Posted in activism, event, exhibition, Politik, Protest
Tagged arbeiter, arbeitskämpfe, august bebel institut, ausstellung, Berlin, konferenz, links, Protest, spd, widerständ
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Elske Rosenfeld – A Vocabulary of Revolutionary Gestures
Elske Rosenfelds Ausstellungsprojekt “A Vocabulary of Revolutionary Gestures” bearbeitet filmisch und performativ Sequenzen historischer Ereignisse – 1989, 1968 und 2011/12. Ausgehend von ihrem eigenen Erleben der Ereignisse von 1989 in der DDR untersucht sie in ihren Video- und Performancearbeiten den … Continue reading
Posted in activism, art, event, exhibition
Tagged ausstellung, Berlin, body, Elske Rosenfeld, galerie im turm, körper
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Policital Interventions (Book Review, german)
Wann immer soziale Protestbewegungen ihr Formenrepertoire erweitern, verschieben sich auch die Grenzen von politischem Aktionismus und Kunst. Historische Beispiele finden sich etwa im Kontext der Arbeiterbewegung der 1920er, der Friedens-, Frauen-, Studenten- und Bürgerrechtsbewegungen der 1960er, oder der Öko-Bewegung der … Continue reading
Posted in activism, art, Literature
Tagged activism, aktionsimus, aktivismus, Anke Hoffmann, art, book, Bruno Magrini, buch, Christoph Wachter, design, Dieter Daniels, Dominik Landwehr, kunst, Mathias Jud, Mercedes Bunz, politik, review, Stefan Heidenreich, technologie, technology, tom bieling
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Pride Parade (Berlin 2014)
“Freaks and Cripples, Lunatics and Gimps, Deaf, Crazy, Blind or just ordinarily weird people – come out into the streets again, because we own it! We were many, we will be more!” Put barriers in the museum, it’s time to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, Berlin, demo, disabilty, freaks, party, pride parade
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Tom Shakespeare speaks at our Research Colloquium (on 2nd of august)
This august is full of interesting guest speakers. Before Graham Pullin (august 9) and Tuuli Mattelmäki (august 23) come to talk at T-Labs’ Research Colloquium, we are happy to have Tom Shakespeare speaking on “What do we need to know … Continue reading
Visual Activism – Disability Rights Movement on the banner
Here is some from our collection of activism graphics around the disability rights movement. As far as we know, all authors are unknown. [“Ich bin/werde behindert” by Dieter Werdel] In Germany, in 1981 (the UNO year of the Disabled), the “Krüppelbewegung” (“Cripple Movement”) started … Continue reading
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