Diversity can inspire

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Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Sprick
Reading, Laura Jakschas (From: Karl Marx, Das Kapital. Volume 1)

To be 'good' means to obey existing rules without being asked. Those who are well-behaved are happy to obey and enjoy the protection of a social norm that cannot be questioned any further. Currently, however, the cardinal bourgeois virtue of obedience is at an explosive crossroads. On the one hand, obedience regimes are also being continuously expanded in the artistic field (Staab 2022). On the other hand, the market constantly demands at least simulated rebellion in order to develop new 'unique selling points' (Reckwitz 2021). The lecture relates this aesthetic-political tension to classicist symptoms at German music academies. It asks about the possibility of a new culture of disobedience and the option of (finally) entering into a relationship with the social outside.

Literature: Andreas Reckwitz, Die Erfindung der Kreativität. Zum Prozess gesellschaftlicher Ästhetisierung, Frankfurt am Main 2021; Marie Rotkopf, Antiromantisches Manifest. Eine politische Lösung, Hamburg: Nautilus 2017; Philipp Staab, Anpassung. Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2022.

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Diversity Study Weeks

Under the motto Diversity can Inspire, the HfMT is organizing the Diversity Study Weeks in the winter semester 2023/24. Together we celebrate diversity, because it is not just a buzzword, but the heart of our interaction and creative development at an artistic and academic university.

During the six Study Weeks, we will deal with the following topics: Inclusion, classism, proximity & distance, anti-discrimination and participation in education, coloniality and equality for women, inter-, trans- and non-binary people. To this end, we have organized panels, artistic events, lecture series, seminars and much more. These events enrich the range of courses on offer and are open not only to all students, but also to lecturers and staff at the university and, in some cases, external visitors. Come along!

Embedded in the Study Weeks is a lecture series on intersectional topics. Through an artistic-scientific approach, the lecture series aims to raise awareness of the diversity present at the HfMT in all its forms, as well as to identify gaps in diversity and investigate their causes.

to the program overview of the Diversity Study Weeks

The Study Weeks take place as part of the Initiative for Diversity at German Universities of the German Rectors' Conference, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.