In Early Modern times, techniques of assembling, compiling and arranging pre-existing material were part of the established working methods in many...

In times of right-wing populists gaining traction worldwide, conservative Christians engage in both continuous and dynamic action forms to gain soc...

What are organizations? Where do they come from? How are they transformed and adapted to new situations? In the digital age and in the global netwo...

Lara Schrijver examines the work of Oswald Mathias Ungers and Rem Koolhaas as intellectual legacy of the 1970s for architecture today. Particularly...

During the first mandatory lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide turned to »pandemic fictions« or started to produce their own »Co...

Gaming no longer only takes place as a ›closed interactive experience‹ in front of TV screens, but also as broadcast on streaming platforms or as c...

In the past three decades, radical right parties had the opportunity to directly influence political developments from the highest public office in...

Since its inception, U.S. American cinema has grappled with the articulation of racial boundaries. This applies, in the first instance, to featurin...

After the failed Siege of Vienna of 1683, the Ottoman Empire gradually withdrew from Europe. Even so, monumental reminders of its former presence s...

The history of theatre has often been written as a history of great writers, actors, or directors. This book takes a different approach: The contri...

What future challenges are we facing already today, what room for action needs to be secured and which impulses result from this for professional f...

In Kenya, technology entrepreneurs and makers have to employ their work and emotions in order to re-script their peripheral positionalities within ...

How is performativity shaped by digital technologies – and how do performative practices reflect and alter techno-social formations? "Performing th...

Philological practices have served to secure and transmit textual sources for centuries. However – this volume contends –, it is only in the light ...

The relationship between philosophy and Jewish thought has often been a matter of lively discussion. But despite its long tradition and the variety...

The proliferation of digital technology has changed our visual perception and the way we interpret terms such as 'representation', 'immersion', and...

Martyr posters are more than obituary images – they can act as visual politics. Focusing on Rabih Mroué's play How Nancy Wished That Everything Was...

This volume provides new, ground-breaking perspectives on the globally renowned work of the Tanztheater Wuppertal and its iconic founder and artist...

Participatory art practices allow members of an audience to actively contribute to the creation of art. Annemarie Kok provides a detailed analysis ...

The increasing platformization of urban life needs critical perspectives to examine changing everyday practices and power shifts brought about by t...

From a controversial reading of Plato’s and Aristotle’s contributions and by questioning some traditional concepts such as the autonomy of art, the...

Game culture and material culture have always been closely linked. Analog forms of rule-based play (ludus) would hardly be conceivable without dice...

Video games permeate our everyday existence. They immerse players in fascinating gameworlds and exciting experiences, often inviting them in variou...

Media narratives inform our ideas of the future – and Games are currently making a significant contribution to this medial reservoir. On the one ha...