The lecture series "Elementary ontologies and media between politicisation and depoliticisation" at the Institute of Media Studies will take place in the 2025 summer semester. The series starts on Tuesday, 29 April, with the lecture "Und wenn die Welt weich und unscharf w?re: On the old authority of the new nature" by Dr Veit Braun from Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in room E2.339.
The lecture will address debates that question the proclamation of the Anthropocene as the geological age of mankind and the shift towards the "natural", material and elementary that can be observed in this context. These approaches, which have been increasingly received in media studies in recent years, will be scrutinised in the lecture series for their potential, but also their problems. The event is organised by Dr. Sebastian Althoff, Birte de Gruisbourne, Prof. Dr. Tobias Matzner, Patrick Henschen and Dr. Christian Schulz.
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