Securitisation on/of Campus

Securitisation is a process by which issues of public concern are transformed into matters of security. It leads to the emergence of securitised social spaces which are marked by a complex entanglement of individual experiences, discourse and public policy. Based on preliminary insights from an ongoing qualitative study the lecture explores recent dynamics of (in)security and securitisation in/of academic institutions and everyday campus life and discusses their relevance in the horizon of broader societal transformations. 

Teresa Koloma Beck: researches globalisation and everyday life under conditions of violent conflict and crisis, with an interest in the present of the colonial and imperial past. She is a professor of sociology at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.

Katrin M. Kämpf: researches in the field of history of sexuality and feminist Science & Technology Studies with a particular interest in technosecurity cultures and queerfeminist technologies of care. She is an assistant professor for Queer Studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Anmeldung unter: facingthedrift@krisol-wissenschaft.org

The lecture is part of "Facing the Authoritarian Drift: Art Schools as Sites of Critique // Abdrift ins Autoritäre, oder Kunsthochschulen als Orte der Kritik“, a Series of Events Organized at German-speaking Art Schools, Winter Semester 2024/25 and Summer Semester 2025.

More information and all dates: https://krisol-wissenschaft.org/facing-the-drift/