27 28 Sep 2021 SymposiumLatexCritical Inflections on (Neo)Extractivism in Latin AmericaThe symposium seeks to examine and question the different modes of extractivism that have marred and marked the histories of Latin America and the Caribbean. 4 Oct 2021 16 00 - 18:30 WorkshopThe Refusal of Timewith Natalia BrizuelaBrizuela’s talk seeks to complicate the notion of ’aftermath‘, which is usually inscribed within a Western, linear conception of time and points, like an arrow, to a future that is to come—a future that we must invest in and create. 26 Oct 2021 20 00 LectureAndreas CremoniniPrekäre Verkörperungen: Die Figur des Helden zwischen Exemplarität und SingularitätWas ist ein Held, eine Heldin? Eine Figur, die bestimmte menschliche Eigenschaften, verkörpert, die wir für exemplarisch halten und Dinge tut, die vorbildlich sind? 28 29 Oct 2021 WorkshopAssembling MilieusWorking the Camera after Fernand Deligny 6 Dec 2021 19 30 Discussion ScreeningThe Spectacle of Dysmorphia in Moara Passoni’s film EcstasyCinematic narratives of eating disorders run the risk of presenting their characters largely passive – a risk compounded by the fear of ‘contagion’ that haunt the images of bodies affected by these disorders.
