Streitraum 2022/23: Emancipation - and if so, how many??

Carolin Emcke and guests

The concept of freedom is increasingly being undermined and abused – either as a masquerade for the monetisation of the living environment and neoliberal deregulation or as a disguise for right-wing fantasies. How could a more substantive, progressive notion of emancipation be spelt out for the present? How can emancipation be conceptualised in terms of a progression towards greater solidarity in society? Emancipation must always be developed and demanded in a pluralistic way because it is pitted against a number of different conflicts and repres- sions. Emancipation from fossil fuel and its correlating ideologies, but also emancipation from authoritarian, racist, patriarchal structures and practices. How can we imagine a socially more just society? Which emancipatory movements and utopian ideas bring us hope?

Streitraum is a monthly discussion series at the Schaubühne that has been moderated and curated by publicist and author Carolin Emcke since 2004. Scientists, writers, politicians, artists and other public figures are invited to join the discussion. The Streit- raum focuses on a new topic every season.

Streitraum is a monthly discussion series at the Schaubühne that has been moderated and curated by publicist and author Carolin Emcke since 2004. Scientists, writers, politicians, artists and other public figures are invited to join the discussion. The Streitraum focuses on a new topic every season. All nine episodes can be watched live online.

Upcoming Events

Past Events

»Gender and Emancipation – oder: Unlearning Freedom« 

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Teresa Bücker (journalist and author), Asal Dardan (author), Tucké Royale (director, author, actor and musician), Georgine Kellermann (journalist)
on 6 Noevmber 2022

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Video (in German)

»Emancipation and climate - what we must/are allowed to free ourselves from» 

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Stefan Rahmstorf (climate and ocean researcher), Kira Vinke (head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations) et al.
on 18 December 2022

»Emancipation and protest« 

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Eva von Redecker
on 15 January 2023

»Defund« and »Abolish« - or: Democratisation of the police

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Vanessa E. Thompson (Sociologist) and Tobias Singelnstein (Criminologist)
on 12 February 2023

»The Dream is Over - The End of Marriage as Emancipation«

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Emilia Roig (author, political scientist and founder of the Center for Intersectional Justice, CIJ)
on 12 March 2023

Streitraum: »Radical Universalism - Is the Idea of Enlightenment Still Salvageable?«

Carolin Emcke in conversation with Omri Boehm and Martin Saar
on 16 April 2023

»Conflict between cars and traffic - how can the energy revolution still work?«

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