Conference ÜBER LEBENSKUNST
With Arjun Appadurai, Nnimmo Bassey, Vandana Shiva a.o.
Thu, Aug 18–Sun, Aug 21, 2011
Conference languages: English & German with simultaneous translation
The conference will bring together experts, innovators and activists, artists and pragmatists in Berlin – and via live stream from New Delhi, St. Petersburg, Nairobi and São Paulo – to participate in a global discourse with one another and in discussions with the audience.
With Arjun Appadurai, Nnimmo Bassey, Vandana Shiva, Juliet Schor, Jerome Ringo, Chandran Nair, Wilhelm Schmid, Tim Jackson, Harald Welzer, Elmar Altvater and many more
The auditorium of the HKW will be transformed into a "Global Room" – conference visitors can follow the discussions and performances live as they happen on screens set up in the HKW and at partner institutions.
Opening of the conference
Thursday 18 August 12:00 by Bernd M. Scherer, director Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Lecture: Arjun Appadurai, Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University (USA)
Talk: Man and machine, Kris Verdonck, artist (Belgium)
Followed by a discussion with Arjun Appadurai and Kris Verdonck Conference Opening...