17 May: Urban Space as a Cultural Zone of Negotiation
Symposium. Wednesday, 17 May, 2017, 14:00 – 19:30, W & K Atelier. Organization & Moderation: Siglinde Lang / Sandra Chatterjee. To be able to participate actively in shaping one’s own life is regarded as a fundamental right of civil society and includes the right to cultural participation. But is this participation made use of and fully utilized?
17 May: Christina von Braun (Berlin): “Gender as a Political Issue”
Christina von Braun, a cultural theorist with The Schwerpunkt Gender and History, author and filmmaker, speaks in the course of the lecture series “POLEMIK UND GENDER. KONSTRUKTIONEN – DISTINKTIONEN – PROVOKATIONEN” in the Unipark Nonntal (18:00-19:30h, Erzabt-Klotz-Str .002 (Agnes Muthspiel) – www.wk.sbg.ac.at/kunstpolemik-polemikkunst/aktuelles
16 May: Lecture with Ass.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdin: Cultural Transformation Processes in China from the Intercultural and Transcultural Perspective
To understand China is to avoid stereotypes and prejudices, and instead to illuminate the values and norms of society. Values are important key elements of culture. They are the basis of beliefs and have a decisive influence on human actions, personal goals and motivations; therefore, values form a substantial part of man’s identity.
