Time: Monday - Thursday, 09:00 - 18:00 o'clock
CW 16: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 April
Interested students of other study programmes can register from 29 January - 09 February 2025 by email to: studium.dfa@zhdk.ch. You will be informed until the end of calendar week 07 about a possible participation.
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Art and culture are becoming increasingly important in peacebuilding and peace studies. When conventional forms of diplomacy or economic aid reach their limits, artistic approaches as well as methods from popular culture can offer constructive complements – but also exacerbate conflicts, for instance in the form of propaganda and populist polarization. This seminar discusses various examples of explicit and implicit peacebuilding projects in contemporary art and culture with a focus on Eastern Europe. We will look at specific types of conflict (culture wars, frozen conflicts, war) and discuss adequate forms of conflict transformation and sustainable, i.e. long-term peacebuilding. Particular attention will be paid to the interconnections between art and popular culture, since especially in activism, art and popular culture are closely intertwined. It is only through popular culture that peacebuilding can have a broad impact. Inputs by peace researchers and activists will round off the seminar sessions.
About the lecturer:
Jörg Scheller (*1979) is professor of art history and permanent guest professor at the Poznan University of the Arts, Poland. His essays are regularly published a.o. in DIE ZEIT, NZZ, frieze magazine, Camera Austria. Besides, he is the singer and bassist of the metal duo Malmzeit and a fitness instructor. www.joergscheller.de
Course language: English
Learning objectives:
- knowledge of peacebuilding theories and practices
- knowledge of peacebuilding through art and culture
- knowledge of potentials and limitations of art activism (“artivism”)