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With Henrik Kuhlmann, B.K. Tragelehn and Marianne Streisand (Mod.)
as well as Sophie von Redecker and Martin Reich

17:30
The resettlers or dying in the countryside
Henrik Kuhlmann presents the performative land art project "Bauerntheater" by David Levine and Sarah Phillips (2007) and talks to B.K. Tragelehn
Moderated by Marianne Streisand

When B.K. Tragelehn premiered Heiner Müller's play "Die Umsiedlerin oder das Leben auf dem Lande" in the fall of 1961, a scandal was inevitable. After August 13, one sentence about the state borders was enough to provoke the authorities. However, it was not about building the Wall, but about land reform and the collectivization of agriculture. At the same time, 1961 is considered the beginning of the "Green Revolution". The USA pushed ahead with the intensification of agriculture in order to secure food for people in the Global South: a "Green Revolution" against the threat of a "Red Revolution". The result was a population explosion. And a new extinction of species.

18:30
Green revolution or green catastrophe? On the future of agriculture and the food system
Panel discussion with Sophie von Redecker and Martin Reich

Today, the "green revolution" is seen as one of the main drivers of the "pincer crisis" of global warming and species extinction. Alternatives to intensive agriculture are being sought worldwide: be it through organic farms or through the expansion of alternative methods of food production such as fermentation. Agricultural scientist Sophie von Redecker discusses the question with Martin Reich (author of "Revolution aus dem Mikrokosmos"): "What has agriculture ever done for us?"