Silke has been invited to give a talk at the Interuniversitäre Einrichtung Wissenschaft & Kunst in Salzburg on “unlearning smells”. Was, wenn wir die gegenwärtige Polykrise nicht sehen, sondern riechen würden? Silke Felber erkundet das transformierende Potenzial von Duft und Gestank und fragt danach, wie Gerüche Wahrnehmungsordnungen irritieren, Nähe erzwingen und atmosphärische Gewalt erfahrbar machen können. Fotocredits: […]

Freda presents “Neutrality as Method? Exhibitions and the Cultural Politics of Sino-Austrian Relations during the Cold War” at the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) Annual Conference. The paper examines how exhibitions contributed to the cultural representation of the People’s Republic of China in Austria during the Cold War, tracing how “China” was narrated, visualised, spatialised and sensorially ordered […]

At the inaugural conference of “SOFAS. New Frontiers and Possibilities in Atmospheric Studies” organized by KOIAS, Kobe Institute for Atmospheric Studies, from 23 to 26 September, Julia will present a paper on Choreographic ‘mise-en-scents‘ and the Making of Atmospheres.