10.-11.10.2024
Leibniz University of Hanover
Schneiderberg 50, 30167 Hanover (Room V005)
A cooperation between: Center for Inclusive Citizenship (CINC) at Leibniz Universität Hannover & Sorbisches Institut / Serbski institut

The two-day workshop deals with migrant and nationally recognised ethnic minorities and the spatial aspects of their cultural production from the perspective of spatial and cultural theory and reflection and current cultural (heritage) policy developments. The focus here is on small towns as spaces of enquiry rich in knowledge in the field of tension between the urban and the rural. The event asks, among other things:

• What happens when global cultural-political concepts and policies clash with local (multicultural) events on the ground? Which moments are decisive for the cultural arenas and cultural-political initiatives on the ground?
• Which cross-spatial discourses on city, country, nation, minority, participation and community have an impact on the practice of local actors? And to what extent are these spatially bound?
• How does ‘cultural diversity’ take place in small towns? Who are the actors in this arena of action?
• What is the relationship between the social cohesion sought in many cultural policy interventions and (cultural) economic growth?
• What is the legacy and impact of the idea of the small town as an ‘imagined community’?

Here you find more information in German and English.

Organised by:
Deborah Sielert, M.A.
Dr Jenny Hagemann
Dr Malte Kleinschmidt

For enquiries and registration please contact: d.sielert@ish.uni-hannover.de