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Seminar
The Aesthetics and the Politics of Collapse
Caroline Kögler Nina Tolksdorf
Information for students
Anmeldung unter: masterclass@temporal-communities.de (bis zum 01.04.2025)
Comments
Building on Jack Halberstam’s recent work on “collapse,” “un/worlding” and queer theory, this masterclass engages with the topic of “collapse” in relation to “deep time.” Focussing on long time spans, we ask how these render visible or produce collapse, how collapse can be read as a symptom of deep time, how collapse may reveal traces of unregistered or unfathomable histories, and how the nexus itself intersects with both human and non-human processes (from politically produced or framed to environmental processes). In relation to literary and cultural productions, we explore the aesthetics and the politics of deep time and how they relate to the formation of communities. How do traces of deep time and/as collapse shape communities and their material practices? How do traces of deep time affect communities or community narratives, or call for their adjustment? close
Additional appointments
Mon, 2025-04-14 10:00 - 12:00 Mon, 2025-05-05 09:00 - 18:00 Mon, 2025-05-19 09:00 - 18:00 Mon, 2025-05-26 09:00 - 17:00