The journal tells the story of the development of Europacity, which generated virtually no public debate until shortly before its completion. A collage of voices documents the view of Europacity from the perspective of the neighbouring districts. The text contribution by political scientist Teresa Pullano deals with the connections between a historical-cultural image of Europe and forms of economic and political capital as they appear in Europacity.

The research and field reports were developed as part of the artistic project Am Rand von EuropaCity (2018/19), which brought residents, artists and theorists into conversation with each other through processes of ‘collective listening’.

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Man schenkt keinen Hund brings together a multiplicity of perspectives by the contributors – artists, theorists, activists, and students and teachers in the courses – to question the concept of culture recorded in the course books, in their texts and imagery, as the expression of an ostensibly homogeneous national identity. It gathers analytical observations and artistic propositions to articulate a critique of the ideological concept and governmental instrument of ‘integration’ – especially in light of the recent and cyclically recurring debates in Germany around ‘Wertegemeinschaft’ (‘community of shared values’) and ‘Leitkultur’ (‘core culture’).

The e-book edition Man schenkt keinen Hund – (No) Bildbeschreibungen und Interviews presents itself as an excerpt from the print version. In addition to a conversation about teaching in ‘integration courses’ and a colonial-pedagogical close reading of a selected textbook chapter, the e-book assembles the entirety of the so-called ‘(No)Bildbeschreibungen’ [(No)picture descriptions], a literary-essayistic short format.

Supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds and the Bezirkskulturfonds Mitte

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