Gesprächsrunde mit AFSAR: Frauengeführte Communities

In the organizer's words:

Deutsche Bank "Artist of the Year" 2025 Charmaine Poh is a member of the Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR). This is a dynamic platform that meets the need for transnational discourse through decentralized and reciprocal exchange between Asian and diasporic Asian artists.

As part of Berlin Science Week, the hybrid storytelling session is dedicated to several women-led communities in China: the Comb Sisters (from Guangdong) and the Vegetarian Women (from Fujian) as well as folk religions that focus on female deities. Members of AFSAR - Charmaine Poh, Christina Yuna Ko, Hye-in Park, Mooni Perry and Sun Park - will share their research on the disappearing history and culture of these powerful, independent communities and discuss what it means to build community today. The conversation will be moderated by journalist and Missy Magazine co-founder Sonja Eismann, whose work and teaching focuses on feminism and pop culture.

In English. The event can also be streamed on YouTube.