Confronting the Coloniality of Time through Afrotopias
Worldwide, we are witnessing a constant production of utopic registers of the future as part of their struggles for reexistence and reworlding. However, African utopias have been neglected and overshadowed by Euro-American utopian studies. Although there is an increasing debate on Afrotopias, little knowledge exists of the different meanings of utopia and the vibrant existence […]
Nowhere, No-Place, and A World Without Borders. The Colonial Legacy of Utopia and its Limitations in Researching Futures
Lea Ebeling reads from her ethnoraphic novel ‚Hoffen, wenn die Welt schmerzt. Ein ethnografischer Comic über dekoloniale und anti-kapitalistische Zukünfte [ENG: Hope in times of World-Weariness. An Ethnographic Novel on Decolonial and Anti-Capitalist Future Imaginaries]‘ and discusses obstacles and potentials of imagining better futures in activist practice as a form of resistance against capitalist realism […]
Contested Utopia(s) in African Afrofuturism: Wanuri Kahiu’s „Pumzi”
This talk will use Wanuri Kahiu’s short film „Pumzi“ as a jumping off point for a wider discussion of Afrofuturism and its exploration of possible futures which push against Utopian/Dystopian projects originating in the Global North. It will explore these Afrofuturist counter-narratives along emerging dimensions such as dreams and care, paying attention to the ways […]
Contesting Hierarchies: Utopia and Future-Making in a Postcolonial World
Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict Think Lab 2 (second funding phase) 05-08 October 2026 Marburg (Host Institution: UMR) Contesting Hierarchies: Utopia and Future-Making in a Postcolonial World For the Postcolonial Hierarchies project’s second phase, we explore utopia and future-making from a variety of conceptual, empirical, and methodological perspectives within our bi-annual Think Lab. […]
Joshua Akintayo
Joshua Akintayo completed his PhD in Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. His research for the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict project examines how the coexistence of multiple South–South security partnerships reshapes (counter-)terrorism and security governance in Nigeria. The project asks whether the growing involvement of multiple state and regional actors in Nigeria’s security […]
Community Archives as Sites of Memory and Justice: Insights from the Middle East and Its Diasporas
What happens when official archives are inaccessible, or when they are lost during conflict? What happens when what remains for survivors of wars and dictatorships is not an institutional record, but a family album, a memory of a television series, or a fragment of an everyday object? This talk is an invitation to think about […]
Researching Postcolonial Hierarchies in Conflictive Times. Entanglements, Power Hierarchies and Academic Integrity in German Institutions
The research network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict will hold its first Think Lab of the second funding phase on 20 May 2026, hosted by the Centre for Conflict Studies Marburg. The second phase is dedicated to strengthening the network´s focus on global entanglements, which will also frame the discussions of the event. Titled “Researching Postcolonial […]
Extraktivismus & Widerstand in den Anden Ecuadors und darüber hinaus
Herzliche Einladung zur Ausstellung „Extraktivismus & Widerstand in den Anden Ecuadors und darüber hinaus“ in Marburg! Wir freuen uns auf alle, die am 24. April um 18 Uhr zur Eröffnung und anschließendem Austausch oder am 25. April zur offenen Ausstellung von 14-16 Uhr kommen.
Right Wing Shift in Chile
The Cluster “Contested Governance” at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI) Freiburg invites you to a talk and discussion with Dr. David G. Miranda (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile), currently visiting Freiburg as an international fellow. 🗓 Thursday, 19 March 2026 ⏰ 10:00–12:00 📍 Arnold Bergstraesser Institut (ABI) Windausstr.16, 79110 Freiburg, & via zoom As of […]
Conversatorio y Taller – Resistencias y Activismo: „Sábanas Revueltas“
Con la participación de David G. Miranda. Marla Freire (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile). David ofrecerá una mirada al actual momento político en América Latina, marcado por el auge de movimientos neoconservadores y de ultraderecha, así como por diversas formas de resistencia. Marla compartirá la metodología artivista “Sábanas Revueltas”, una propuesta situada en la intersección […]
