In the summer semester 2025, the lecture series "Elementary Ontologies and Media between Politicisation and Depoliticisation" will take place at the Institute of Media Studies. The event is organised by Dr. Sebastian Althoff, Birte de Gruisbourne, Prof. Dr. Tobias Matzner and Dr. Christian Schulz.
The event will address debates that question the proclamation of the Anthropocene as the geological age of mankind and the shift towards the "natural", material and elementary that can be observed in this context. These approaches, which have been increasingly received in media studies and elsewhere in recent years, will be scrutinised in the lecture series for their potential, but also their problems. The series starts on Tuesday, 29 April, with a lecture by Dr. Veit Braun from Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in room E2.339.
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