Faculty Retreat
Thursday 04-11: 14:00 – 18:00
Friday 04-12: 09:00 – 13:00
Haus der Wissenschaft
Sandstraße 4/5
28195 Bremen
city
“The city is a laboratory not only of modernity, but also of contradiction.”
Julia Lossau
Is contradiction eurocentric?
“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”
Kerstin Knopf
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff
earthing
“Geography as a discipline stands for a certain worlding, if not earthing, of contradiction, in both theoretical and pracitcal respect.”
Julia Lossau
idea of democratic critique
“If you think that acts of contradicting someone always need to point to better solutions, you haven’t really understood the idea of democratic critique.”
Martin Nonhoff