This talk highlights Europe’s under‑acknowledged role in shaping migration diplomacy by recentering European agency both historically and in the present. Rather than viewing Europe primarily as a target of pressure from states in the Global South, the talk argues that Europe has long acted as an introducer of migration diplomacy through imperial systems of population […]
Veronika Eberhart will share her research from the MAK Schindler Residency in Los Angeles. The session will explore the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings and the work of Eisler, a close collaborator of Bertolt Brecht known for his politically engaged music. Through archival material, sound, and speculative gestures, Eberhart will highlight Eisler’s compositional strategies […]
"Can democracy be coded into an app? This talk examines how Belarusian IT professionals in exile have attempted to build democratic futures through a bespoke mobile application and reveals the contradictions embedded in that effort. Designed to enable civic participation and national community-building, the app instead produces what Alana Felton calls "simulated democracy": a digital […]
