Gray, cold and right? How do we talk about "East Germany"?

What is “East Germany”? We want to talk about a space that is usually perceived as gray, cold and politically right-wing. We want to discuss how East German lifeworlds are constructed in media representations, political debates and cultural and literary narratives between self-description and external attribution, between memory and the present.

Together with our guests, we want to discuss perspectives from research and practice that do not understand “the East” as a monolithic place, but rather make its diversity and contradictions visible. Using examples from pop culture, literature and everyday life, we want to trace processes of belonging, exclusion and identity formation.

Guests

Jakob Springfeld, author and journalist

Anna Lux and Jonas Brückner, authors of “Neon/Grey”

Vanessa Beyer, Project (K)Einheit

Moderation: Klaas Anders