Episode 23: Your home, my home - our home?

Our podcast series YOU ASK we explain - Berührungsängste in der Medizin started in 2023 and is published monthly. In our 23rd episode, as part of the TUD Lectures+, we discuss the topic: Your home, my home - our home?

"You are at home where your home is." For many people living in Saxony, the concept of home, and therefore how it is perceived, has changed several times in recent decades. In the GDR era, home meant both local and regional ties, as well as state control and freedom to travel. After reunification, home gained in importance as a place of retreat. Since 2000, the new East German identity has been consolidated, although differences between East and West continue to exist and lead to tensions. At the same time, there has been a movement for an open and pluralistic definition of Heimat, while the terms Heimat and identity are increasingly being reinterpreted and appropriated by right-wing nationalist parties and groups.

We wanted to discuss this with you and answer your questions. Has society grown together as a result of these events or is it drifting further apart? Have these events brought society closer together or is it drifting further apart? What constitutes home for us in Saxony and in Germany today? The answer to this question has profound implications for the mental health and wellbeing of all ages and challenges us to think about how we can create an inclusive and supportive home for all.

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Our Advisors:

• Dr. Johannes Schütz - Chair of Modern and Contemporary History
• Prof. Anna-Lena Zietlow - Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Dr. Lucas von Ramin - Institute of Philosophy

Moderation:

• Patricia Buchmann - B. Sc. in Business Education and Management Training, student at TU Dresden

Music:

• Banda comunale

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This project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments.