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Student Council zu „The Political Mandate of the Arts“
mit Sasha Razor
Los Angeles
Gemeinsam mit dem Wende Museum und dublab lädt das Thomas Mann House ein zum neunten Student Council Interview in unserer monatlichen virtuellen Programmreihe über Kunst und Politik in Zeiten der Krise. Die Gastrednerin für das September-Programm ist Journalistin, Kuratorin, und Dozentin Sasha Razor. Die Freiheit der Kunst ist ein Gebot jeder Demokratie. Aber macht diese Freiheit die Kunst belanglos? Spielt die Kunst eine Rolle bei der Behandlung sozialer Fragen, bei der Förderung sozialer Gerechtigkeit oder bei der Verteidigung der Demokratie, wenn diese unter Druck gerät? Kurzum: Hat die Kunst ein politisches Mandat und welche Rolle spielt sie in geschwächten Demokratien?
*Diese Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt*
The freedom of art is one of the imperatives of every democracy. But does this freedom make art inconsequential? Does art have a role in addressing social issues, promoting social justice, or in defending democracy when it comes under pressure? In short: does art have a political mandate and what is the role of art in weakened democracies?
The Student Council consists of a team of highly engaged, talented, and diverse high school, undergraduate and graduate students who invite prominent guest speakers to discuss topics relating to art, culture, politics and society.
In conversation with visual artists, musicians, dancers, writers, theater and filmmakers, cultural critics, curators and others, the students will explore how the arts can make a difference in times of social and political crisis; on what social issues they can give new impulses; how they can help shape local communities; and how the alleged freedom and autonomy of the arts might impede or help the arts in terms of social and political significance.
This event will take place online and is open to the public.
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Participant
Sasha Razor is a Belarusian-American lecturer in Germanic and Slavic Studies and Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara. She earned her PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA in 2020, with a dissertation focused on Soviet screenwriting in the 1920s and 1930s. Her research interests include avant-garde cinema and literature, Belarusian and Ukrainian culture, decolonial movements, diaspora studies, activism, visual arts, and women’;s studies. Razor is also a curator, journalist, and co-founder of the Russophone Los Angeles Research Collective, which promotes the study of Russophone migration to Southern California. She is currently curating a digital archive of Belarusian Contemporary Art at the University of Michigan Library and working on her first book dedicated to Belarusian protest textiles. Razor serves on the advisory board of the Belarusian Council for Culture.
Watch our latest episode with Amanda Beech here: https://youtu.be/S52LeutB1pE
Previous Episodes and Guests
Previous guests on the show were David Horvitz, Ebow, Ghayath Almadhoun, Heidi Duckler, Steven D. Lavine, and Cauleen Smith. You can watch previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the recordings on dublab Radio.
Meet the Student Council
Amy Cabrales is a First-Generation third-year undergraduate student at UCLA, studying Sociology, Anthropology, and the Russian Language. She is a Mexican-American, Los Angeles native born in Lynwood, California. Her career interests include museum work, social science research, and teaching English abroad in a Russian-speaking country.
Meghana Halbe is a first-year student at the University of Chicago studying Public Policy. She is from Los Angeles, California and her interests include politics, music, and history. She plans to pursue law school in the future and work in government.
Emma Larson graduated from Williams College in 2021 with degrees in History and Russian, and is currently teaching English in Kazakhstan with the Fulbright Program. Emma hopes to use the future of her professional and academic career to answer important questions about the entirety of the post-Soviet world.
Gianna Machera is currently a junior at Culver City High School. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, however she spends most of her holidays and summer traveling various places. She joined the council in 2022 and has absolutely loved the experience and growth she has had so far. She is very excited to see what the next year entails and feels privileged to be part of the council once again.
Natalie McDonald, a 2019 graduate of Pomona College (Claremont, CA), is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in History at California State University, Northridge. Her academic work focuses on migration, citizenship, empire & memory in twentieth-century Europe. Natalie plans to undertake doctoral studies in International/Global History within the next couple years.
Zora Nelson is a current second year undergraduate student at New York University, where she is studying Harp Performance and plans to also pursue Media, Culture, and Communications and Public Policy. As an east coaster, born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she discovered the Wende Museum in the summer of 2022 and is honored to be a part of the council. With a passion for writing, Zora sees a future in storytelling to promote social justice.
Anya Nyman is a current sophomore at Scripps College (Claremont, CA), currently studying History and Africana Studies. She joined the Wende student council in 2023 and is excited to add to the work the council has already done. Her academic interests include anticolonialism, twentieth-century West and Central African history, and international histories of and from the Global South.
Lexi Tooley is a current freshman at Howard University majoring in Art History and Political Science, and minoring in Chinese Language and Culture. She is originally from Los Angeles, California, and has been working with the Wende museum for the past year. She looks forward to continuing the search for truth through these student panels, as well as through learning about and from the curated art currently on display at the Wende.
The event series is a collaboration with the Wende Museum Culver City, dublab and the Thomas Mann House Los Angeles.