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19-05 2021

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Woensdag 19 mei 2021 17.00 – 18.30

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19 05 21

From Cosmetics to Toxins

Stories of Skin Care

Over time, the world of skin care has won a spot in almost everyone’s bathroom and nightstand. Commercials promote the ‘right’ skin care routines resulting in health and beauty. But isn’t there more to it, what are the true stories behind skin care?

20 05 21

On Earth, Outer Space, and Space Waste

Clogging up the Final Frontier

Catastrophically thinking, space debris’ specificity—their size, traveling speed, untraceability, and volatility—could potentially wipe out the global satellite system on which many services we have gotten accustomed to rely. Despite the dangers, there is not enough (public) awareness and a lack of concerted efforts to fund and develop clean-up operations. Who is responsible for waste in space? And should we even get rid of all this ‘waste’ or does some of it hold cultural value? What imaginaries do space and space waste encode?

20 05 21

De publieke vriendschap

Naar aanleiding van zijn nieuwe boek Doodgewone vrienden en zijn verse Denkerschap spreken we filosoof Paul van Tongeren over vriendschap – in haar private én publieke vorm. Want kunnen we de Denker des Vaderlands niet als zodanig opvatten: een ‘vriend’ van de mensen, die raad geeft en spiegels voorhoudt?

25 05 21

Postcolonial Practices in the Netherlands and Norway

Culture, Coloniality and Companionship

How to relate to a colonial past that has influenced today’s cultural institutions, universities and archives? What strategies do present-day researchers and artists employ to both acknowledge detrimental histories and ‘unlearn’ them? Taking renowned cultural theorist Ariella Azoulay’s notion of ‘companionship’ as our starting point, we explore the very different yet in ways remarkably consistent Dutch and Norwegian postcolonial practices.

26 05 21

Unfolding 21st Century Scenarios

Experiencing Art in Pandemic Times

Nothing is like it used to be in the art world: the Covid-19 pandemic has caused art institutions globally to relocate events and activities to online spaces and social media, or postpone those for which physical presence was deemed essential. The art world has fundamentally existed in and as a physical space: what are the consequences of the major transformation taking place in art institutions as a result of the ongoing public health crisis?

26 05 21

The Longer Histories of Statephobia in Europe

Covid-19 has brought the role of the state into full visibility. It has both highlighted the unequal effects of the dismantling of welfare state regimes and appeals for a ‘return of the state’ to the provision of public goods such as healthcare. Can this moment of crisis provide opportunities for a new politics?

27 05 21

‘Die ersten Menschen’

Bijbelse broedermoord en moderne erotiek

Die ersten Menschen vertelt het verhaal van het eerste gezin in de Bijbelse geschiedenis van de mensheid: Adam en Eva en hun zoons Kaïn en Abel. Joep Leerssen legt de cultuurhistorische context bloot van een onbekende maar fascinerende en broeierige opera.

27 05 21

Autobiografie van een pionier

Bent ú de burgemeester?

Joyce Sylvester is een pionier, steeds is zij de eerste zwarte vrouw in haar functie. Sinds 2016 is ze substituut ombudsman, eerder was ze waarnemend burgemeester van Anna Paulowna en Naarden. Twaalf jaar lang was ze senator voor de PvdA. Naar aanleiding van de lancering van haar autobiografie Bent ú de burgemeester? verkennen we vanuit verschillende invalshoeken het belang van diversiteit in publieke functies.