Photoshop Meme „Pepper Spraying Cop“, Fotografie während der Occupy-Proteste UC Davis 2011 und Meme-Varianten im Netz

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Research

The image politics of current protest movements, (post)colonialism, (post)migration, as well as matters of ecology, are part of the profile of the chair in their references to art. In particular, various approaches involving postcolonial, gender and affect theory play an important role in our research.

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Research Projects

Affective Archives – Artists' Travels Abroad during the GDR

The project Affective Archives – Artists' Travels Abroad during the GDR, funded by the Thyssen Foundation, is dedicated to the recollections of trips undertaken, imagined, and prevented, and searches for their archival traces and artistic testimonies.

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Image Protests on Social Media

What role do images play in protest movements worldwide? To what extent can images be viewed as political actors that not only document, but shape and initiate protests online? The DFG-funded research project investigates the aesthetics, affects and algorithms of contemporary image protests on social media.

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Art in Networks: The GDR and its Global Relations (1949-1990)

Art in Networks seeks to reveal the connections established by artists, architects, museums and other cultural figures between the GDR and countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and to trace the international networks that emerged as a result.

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Researching Visual Culture in the Global Context

Research Projects

Publications

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schankweiler is a member of the concept group to support „Disruption and Societal Change“ (TUDiSC) on issues related to networking and theory building within the project collaboration. Learn more

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