Für offene Kultur-Debatten! Sieben Maximen zu einem humanen Austausch

In the organizer's words:

For open cultural debates! Seven maxims for a humane exchange
Ethnologist and cultural scientist Prof. Dr. Christoph Antweiler finds the state of public debates on science, culture and identity, which are primarily conducted in the (social) media, to be increasingly deplorable and dogmatic. The interaction is full of polarization, a binary reduction to "good" and "bad", friend and foe, polemics, contact guilt and mutual avoidance. Even in the academic environment of universities, whose aim is actually to conduct open-ended and evidence-based research, the most relevant question is now often: "Which side are you on?".
A politicized and activist climate makes nuances, open questions, research and ambiguity increasingly difficult, even at universities. (Young) researchers are increasingly avoiding dealing with controversial topics in anticipation of being put in the "wrong corner" or "eliminated" from the academic context.

The lecture is a plea for open debates, against polarization and the avoidance of conflict in public exchanges on complex topics such as culture, identity and coloniality. Instead of another complaint, Christoph Antweiler presents seven positive maxims for improving the so-called "culture of debate" or "culture of discourse" for discussion - preferably controversial.

Professor Dr. Christoph Antweiler, *1956, is Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of Bonn and Head of the Department of Southeast Asian Studies. He first studied geology and paleontology in Cologne, then ethnology, and completed his doctorate with a theory of intergenerational cultural change. His research topics: Cognition, urbanity, social evolution. Research regions: Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. Antweiler is married to a mathematician and has two sons who are mathematicians. His hobbies are long journeys, indoor soccer and collecting far too many different things.

A cooperative event by DA! and the Cologne alliance Das Private ist politisch.

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