http://www.leuphana.de/en/dfg-programme/kdk.html
Organisational unit: Projectteam
Organisation profile
The cultural sciences research training group “Cultures of Criticism” undertakes a productive revision of the preconditions, roles and validity claims of critique. On the one hand, new technologies and distribution channels have given rise to a welter of unexpected critical and quasi-critical practices. On the other hand, the very theoretical foundations of critique have come under massive pressure – and so, it seems, has the modern project of critique as a whole. What may be regarded as an act of critique and which agents, expectations and criteria take part, is currently subject to basal negotiation.
The research training group conceives critique as a praxis that is always already culturally situated, while its efficacy rides on comprehensive claims to validity and authority. The phenomena under critique are inseparably interwoven with the forms and media used to represent them. Representation thus appears as the focal point in which widely divergent forms of critique and their heterogeneous cultures lend themselves to comparative discussion. Building on studies of diverse concrete critical practices, the Research Training Group seeks to remap the interaction between critique and culture in the history of modernity up to the present and employ the tools of cultural studies to frame a well founded and timely conception of critique.
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen
Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Erich Hörl
Topics
Kunstkritik, Medienkritik, Sozialkritik
- 2014
Modes d'existence et de résistance à l'âge du précariat. Nouvelles alliances entre art et politique
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
18.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die leibhaftige Münze und ihr Papierschatten
Holger Kuhn (Speaker)
17.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
MA Seminar: The Politics of Organization - WiSe 2014/2015
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
15.10.2014 → 01.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Krankheit als Metapher
Nele Wulff (Organiser)
01.09.2014 → 30.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Karl Leipold - Heimat und Ferne 2014
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
06.07.2014 → 15.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Theorie des Staatsstreichs
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
14.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Social atmospherics and the question of organization
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
10.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Violence et pratiques de pouvoir
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
07.05.2014 → 10.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
De la lutte des classes aux antagonismes diffus
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
11.04.2014 → 12.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The Aesthetic Turn - SoSe 2014
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
01.04.2014 → 15.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Buster Keaton. Iconic Turn im Stummfilm
Holger Kuhn (Speaker) & Franziska Brons (Speaker)
09.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2013
Démocratie absolue. Actualité et enjeux d'un concept classique
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
29.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft - GfM 2013
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser), Jan Müggenburg (Organiser), Nelly Yaa Pinkrah (Organiser) & Timon Beyes (Organiser)
04.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biennale di Venezia (55)
Nele Wulff (Organiser)
01.06.2013 → 31.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
- 2012
Deleuze reads Foucault
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Austellung "Zwiebelfische"
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
11.11.2012 → 01.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Aesthetics of Existence
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
26.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Towards a New Aesthetic Paradigm
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
25.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Foucault lecteur de Bataill et de Blanchot
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
22.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Existentielle Territorien, Ritornell, Dispositive. Was heißt Wohnen?
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
23.09.2012 → 26.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gerhard Richters Fensterbilder
Thorsten Schneider (Speaker)
31.03.2012 → 12.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Von seltenen Vöglen und Pflanzen
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
21.03.2012 → 21.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Bemerkungen über das Werk des Komponisten Peter Ablinger
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
14.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Atour du livre de Diogo Sardinha: Ordre et temps dans la philosophie de Foucault
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
10.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
documenta (13)
Nele Wulff (Organiser)
01.01.2012 → 30.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
31 : das Magazin des Instituts für Theorie (Journal)
Roberto Nigro (Editorial Board)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft - GfM 2013
Nelly Yaa Pinkrah (Organiser)
2012 → 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2011
L’Union et les états face aux revendications et aux exceptions
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
02.12.2011 → 03.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Theorien der Subjektivierung: Zur Aktualisierung des Poststrukturalismus
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
18.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Technifizierte Theologie. Von der Muttergottes bis zu Wall-E
Holger Kuhn (Speaker)
08.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
La critique de l’anthropologie philosophique comme enjeu majeur pour repenser le politique
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
22.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Geträumte Horizonte, Ozeane und Schiffe 2011
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
14.08.2011 → 29.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Révolution moléculaire et nouvelles pratiques révolutionnaires
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
27.06.2011 → 04.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Über die Aktualität der Frage nach den Regierungskünsten in Foucaults Denken
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
29.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Towards a Criticism of Liberalism and Biopolitics: Foucault Rethinks Political Practices and Subjectivity
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
03.03.2011 → 04.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2010
8 Tage Fließgeschwindigkeit
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
12.09.2010 → 30.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Bemerkungen über die Beziehung zwischen Macht und Gewalt in den modernen Regierungskünsten
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
24.06.2010 → 25.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Das Verhältnis von Sichtbarem und Sagbarem
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
27.05.2010 → 28.05.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Il colpo di stato come teoria e pratica di governo
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
20.05.2010 → 21.05.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Harald Buchrucker und seine Metallwerkstatt (1931-1985) - 2010
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
28.03.2010 → 29.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Construire le Commun
Roberto Nigro (Lecturer)
25.03.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gewalt und Herrschaft: Theorie des Staatsstreiches zwischen Absolutismus und moderner Gouvernementalität
Roberto Nigro (Speaker)
15.03.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Regelmäßige Vorträge
Thorsten Schneider (Speaker)
01.01.2010 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2009
Wo das Land zu Ende ist
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
15.11.2009 → 31.01.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Nietzsche's Legacy in Contemporary Political Thought
Roberto Nigro (Speaker)
02.11.2009 → 04.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Kunst des Spiegel, 2009
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
05.07.2009 → 18.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Institute for Advanced Study Berlin e.V.
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2009 → 2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
- 2008
Actualités - Honoré Daumier 2009
Catharina Berents-Kemp (Curator)
30.11.2008 → 22.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Bauhaus University of Weimar
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
10.2008 → 04.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
- 2007
University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer