heimatisierung: … zusammen erledigen wir das

In the organizer's words:

How can we think and live resistance in times of cultural struggles? What scope remains for artists, civil society and academia? What to do in the face of the return of global fascism?

Since September 2024, the heimaten project at Haus der Kulturen der Welt has been examining the processes by which belonging is created in German society. It became clear that different forms of resistance against exclusion, political heteronomy and violence play a crucial role - whether through artistic strategies and humor, political action or protest campaigns. The focus was also on the question of what society can learn from past struggles and tried-and-tested approaches in order to remain solidary, resistant, sometimes vulnerable and, above all, capable of action.

The last evening of the Heimatization series in 2025 will bring together different approaches and fields of work: Actors from civil society, culture, politics and science will discuss in two rounds of talks what a thinking practice in the sense of a defensive democracy can look like - and what practical thinking can look like. Because one thing is clear: democracy is not a given. It must always be fought for and defended anew, through collective efforts. This process is always associated with setbacks. Some have paid for their efforts with their lives. But in their lived struggles, in their voices that remain, lies the strength from which a pluralistic society can continue to draw in the future.

With:

Henriette Gallus, Lydia Lierke, Hannan Salamat, Awet Tesfaiesus and others, moderated by Max Czollek and Ibou Coulibaly Diop