Alliances with Activists – Students, Scholars and Artists at Risk

#15 Alliances with activists 07/12/2023


Artist Training presents: Alliances – Students, Scholars
and Artists at Risk is the continuation of
the Artist Training Lab for Radical Transformation
(2020/21) and How to Create a Safer
Space (2022) event series. Together with the
representatives and members various Universities and artists,
this workshop series was developed to address and discuss
structural discrimination and obstacles within German
universities, with UdK Berlin being no exception. In
collaboration with the Commission for Equal Opportunities and the
International Office at UdK Berlin, the workshop series focuses
on networking, inventory analysis, and coordination of programs
for students, scholars, and artists at risk in the coming years.
The reflections on the three workshops are being documented
through interviews with participants and invited
professionals by a podcast. 


The third episode of Alliances with
Activists is set in the context of Human Rights Day
2023 and follows the panel discussion titled Activist Art,
featuring Anton Kats, Khaled Barakeh, Michael(a) Daoud and
Natalija Yefimkina, moderated by Humza Abid. Based on an
exploration of the artists' works, the following questions will
be discussed: How can socially engaged artists create effective
collaborations to overcome structural barriers? Where should
spaces for knowledge production position themselves? What role do
activists and universities play in shaping a safer, more
inclusive environment for free expression? Our guest speaker İpek
Çınar, former AStA member for diversity and social justice and
former employee of Artist Training, shares her insights in
conversation with Johanna Madden.





Speaker: İpek Çınar


Production: Johanna Madden (Moderation) & Sel 


Coordination: Melanie Waldheim (Artist Training Team)