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Editorial

Isabella Kalte — 2023-11-16

Report on Eduard Arriaga’s Master Class “Afro-Latinx Digital Storytelling: A Twine Journey to Narrative Decolonization” and Keynote Lecture “Afro-Brazilian Community Data Networks: Technological Hybridity, Data Decolonization and Human Reaffirmation”

Fiona Quast — 2023-06-19

Report on ESSCS/TransHumanities Joint Summer School 2023 “Bouncing Forward: Future Narratives, Scenarios and Transformation in the Study of Culture”

Ziling Song — 2023-11-08

An Introduction to Disability Discourses in Kenya

Andrea Zittlau — 2023-11-08

Disability Studies is closely linked to social justice and activism. This collection of contributions began at a symposium in 2017 in Nairobi and is a refreshing perspective from the Global South in the field. The four parts of the book bridge different disciplines (law, social sciences, accessible education, media studies) and provide important data for further discussion. The editors Nina Berman and Rebecca Monteleone powerfully connect different voices and reflect on the variety of discourses involved.

Forms of Study — Or How to Interpret Black Music

Noah Grossmann — 2023-11-08

In his book, Dhanveer Singh Brar analyzes phenomena of Black music. He contributes to debates about undercommons, aesthetic sociality, and Blackness, and develops the concept of sonic ecology. Using three case studies, the author shows how musical-social practices mediate and counter the racialized reality of the early 21st century.

Reclaiming: How to Reveal Discrimination as an Act of Empowerment

Anastasiia Marsheva — 2023-11-08

The theory-based and at the same time practice-oriented volume Reclaim! Postmigrantische und widerständige Praxen der Aneignung, edited by Jara Schmidt and Jule Thiemann, analyzes counterhegemonic practices. The contributions are not only interdisciplinary and international but also based on different types of data. The authors succeed in revealing the forms of discrimination without restricting the agency of those who face discrimination.

On the Verge of Collapse

Christian Müller — 2023-11-13

A well-founded overview that does justice to its scientific value: With his handbook on the German economy in World War I, Marcel Boldorf not only presents the latest research results, but also shows, based on the various economic sectors, that the German state took on a new role between 1914 and 1918. In 23 well-written articles, the authors provide insights into one of the most blatant structural breaks in European economic history. Worth reading!

Masculine, Customized

Saskia Ketz — 2023-11-13

In which expressions does patriarchal language appear? What is the impact of gender-specific design for navigation in public space? Why do Wikipedia articles, algorithms, and speech activation systems encourage traditional stereotypical perspectives? When does the design of living and working environments act in a discriminatory manner? The freelance journalist Rebecca Endler focusses on these questions in her debut book Das Patriarchat der Dinge: Warum die Welt Frauen nicht passt. In nine chapters, she examines material and immaterial patriarchal design in the Western world.

Literature, Theater and Film as Spaces of Confrontation with Right-wing Violence

Andrea Horni — 2023-11-16

There is still a lack of remembering right wing-violence — in collective memory as well as in scientific research. The volume Rechte Gewalt erzählen counters this and illuminates the issue mainly from the perspective of literary and media studies. The contributions focus on novels, plays, films and photo books as spaces for confrontation with right-wing violence. The analyses discuss possibilities and limits and offer numerous impulses and starting points for further interdisciplinary research.