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The Anthropocene seems to be on everyone's lips these days. Whether as a turning point in Earth's... more The Anthropocene seems to be on everyone's lips these days. Whether as a turning point in Earth's history, a geological epoch, or as a cultural narrative and metaphor, the Anthropocene is currently being debated not only in the scientific disciplines, but also as a fashionable buzzword in the media, popular culture, and the arts. Conversely, some scholars have argued that the term perpetuates anthropocentrism, Eurocentrism, and global inequalities rather than "demystifying" them. Use of the term itself would seemingly encourage ongoing processes of depoliticization. In what follows, I will trace this supposed depoliticization of the Anthropocene. Ultimately, I argue that a critical look at notions of temporality and timescale could not only reveal the politics of the Anthropocene and initiate new modes of historical thinking, but also shake the foundations of history education.
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The Anthropocene seems to be on everyone's lips these days. Whether as a turning point in Earth's... more The Anthropocene seems to be on everyone's lips these days. Whether as a turning point in Earth's history, a geological epoch, or as a cultural narrative and metaphor, the Anthropocene is currently being debated not only in the scientific disciplines, but also as a fashionable buzzword in the media, popular culture, and the arts. Conversely, some scholars have argued that the term perpetuates anthropocentrism, Eurocentrism, and global inequalities rather than "demystifying" them. Use of the term itself would seemingly encourage ongoing processes of depoliticization. In what follows, I will trace this supposed depoliticization of the Anthropocene. Ultimately, I argue that a critical look at notions of temporality and timescale could not only reveal the politics of the Anthropocene and initiate new modes of historical thinking, but also shake the foundations of history education.
There are but few contemporary German-speaking artists who are recognized around the globe for th... more There are but few contemporary German-speaking artists who are recognized around the globe for their expertise and dedication to aesthetic excellence. Gregor Hildebrandt, Hesse-born and Berlin-based conceptual virtuoso, is among the chosen few. Since his emergence in the early 2000s, the artist is best known for his signature art practice: cassette tape collages.
At times, the art of having a good day seems quite simple and plain: To Catherine Opie, L.A.- bas... more At times, the art of having a good day seems quite simple and plain: To Catherine Opie, L.A.- based, fine-art photographer, a good day is literally a day in her studio, working with her camera, having different people come by, and photographing them. In her 5000 square feet studio, a former brewery in downtown Los Angeles, Opie is no stranger to such good days.
Harold Eugene Edgerton was an engineer of useful things that were to serve useful purposes. He wa... more Harold Eugene Edgerton was an engineer of useful things that were to serve useful purposes. He was also a man of few but incisive words: “Milk drop exposures tonight”, he jotted in his notebook on January 10, 1957 ...
When asked to reveal the secrets of his portrait and studio works, Irving Penn, reckoned master o... more When asked to reveal the secrets of his portrait and studio works, Irving
Penn, reckoned master of modernist photography, once responded: “I
try to find a person at a very serene, true, and fairly restful moment.” ...
“Nothing came easy,” Gordon Parks, remarked in his 1990 autobiography, Voice in the Mirror, looki... more “Nothing came easy,” Gordon Parks, remarked in his 1990 autobiography, Voice in the Mirror, looking back a long and winding road that had turned the High School drop-out at age fifteen into an accomplished photographer, writer, and film director by the 1970s.
The workshop invites various scholars of history didactics to discuss and explore their current r... more The workshop invites various scholars of history didactics to discuss and explore their current research.
In recent years, the field of human-animal studies has experienced an unprecedented ... more In recent years, the field of human-animal studies has experienced an unprecedented growth. Indeed, the animal turn, as Harriet Ritvo called this paradigm shift, has promoted “new understandings of the role of animals in the past and at present.” Among other aspects, scholars have begun to explore the agency of animals and to discuss their influence on storytelling and the construction of knowledge. Given these developments and the emergence of human-animal studies as a distinct institutionalized discourse, it is somewhat surprising that the questions of how we teach human-animal studies and how this field may change didactics have received little attention.
Addressing this gap, the symposium Teaching Human-Animal Studies explores different ways of teaching human-animal studies in school and university classrooms. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Human-Animal Studies in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education
- Teaching Literature, Film and Human-Animal Studies
- Human-Animal Studies in Political and Philosophical Education
- Interspecies Societies and Relations after the Animal Turn
- Teaching Human-Animal Studies in the Face of Extinction
On Education: Journal for Research and Debate, 2023
Animals are the closest human link to nature, which makes animal ethics key to a responsible educ... more Animals are the closest human link to nature, which makes animal ethics key to a responsible education in the 21st century. They provide a lens for recalibrating our understanding of society and social relationships as well as societal relationships to animals and nature. A capacity that we already have in relation to animals but reject is at the heart of this role: our capacity for mutual understanding. Hence, we argue for an animal-ethics education that reconfigures the animal ethics of old in response to the insights of our current historical situation and that takes seriously our understanding with animals. What emerges from this is a stance of radical responsibility that challenges an anthropocentric responsibility and human preoccupation with a responsibility of leading, dictating and establishing facts. Recognizing our capacity for mutual understanding across species-boundaries is key to this radical, non-anthropocentric responsibility.
An der Cote des Allemands, etwa 26 Meilen flussaufwarts von New Orleans direkt am Flussufer des M... more An der Cote des Allemands, etwa 26 Meilen flussaufwarts von New Orleans direkt am Flussufer des Mississippi gelegen, trafen im Jahr 1721 zirka 250 so genannte ‚Deutsche‘ ein, welche die Reise in das koloniale Louisiana vornehmlich in Familien- und Dorfverbunden aus dem heutigen Sudwestdeutschland und Elsass angetreten hatten. Von den ‚Tausenden‘, die laut Quellen ursprunglich aufgebrochen waren, hatte nur ein Bruchteil uberlebt. Die familialen Netzwerke der Siedler_innen waren im Verlauf der Reise aufgelost worden: die Migration nach Louisiana hatte sich als Familien zersetzendes Projekt herausgestellt. Der Beitrag zeigt, wie die lokalen Kirchenregister der Kapuziner sodann eine ideale Reprasentationsfolie boten, um die familialen Netzwerke der Siedler_innen neu zu gestalten, zu dokumentieren und zu inszenieren.
Yearbook of German-American Studies
Die Côte des Allemands, 2017
»Tüchtig, arbeitsam und diszipliniert«, so präsentierten die französischen und spanischen Kolonia... more »Tüchtig, arbeitsam und diszipliniert«, so präsentierten die französischen und spanischen Kolonialbeamten die »deutschen« Siedler Louisianas in ihren frühen Briefen und Journalen. Andreas Hübner folgt den Spuren dieser »Mustermigranten« des 18. Jahrhunderts, die nur wenige Meilen flussaufwärts von New Orleans am Mississippi eine neue Heimat fanden - und bietet zugleich eine Einführung in die frühe Geschichte Louisianas. Basierend auf Ansätzen der historischen Migrationsforschung und der Kulturgeschichte erforscht er das Sprechen über die »Deutschen«, entschlüsselt die kolonialen Diskurse um das Deutschsein und liefert damit auch einen bemerkenswerten Beitrag zu aktuellen Debatten der Migrationspolitik.
Amerika: Kultur - Geschichte - Politik, 2017
Neue Politische Literatur, Aug 24, 2021
Neue Politische Literatur
Neue Politische Literatur, 2020
Review by Andreas Hübner of "Changes in the Air. Hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the Prese... more Review by Andreas Hübner of "Changes in the Air. Hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the Present, Berghahn Books, New York/ Oxford 2019
The workshop invites various scholars of history didactics to discuss and explore their current r... more The workshop invites various scholars of history didactics to discuss and explore their current research.
We invite all scholars and teachers of English and bilingual Science, History, Social Studies, an... more We invite all scholars and teachers of English and bilingual Science, History, Social Studies, and Geography classes to join us for a symposium on sustainable development in North American culture, literature, and society as well as English language teaching.