On Political Activisms and Digital Education

Talking about and processing hegemonic POVs around the world, inequalities and democracy with activists and educators from Social Media.

We invited a group of outstanding content creators, journalists, writers and artists to speak about the role of social media as a tool of activation and education.

Joris Lechêne is a content creator and trainer in Anti-racism, Bias, Privilege and decoloniality. He draws from both his lived experiences as a marginalised person at the intersections of race, neurodivergence, class and sexual orientation, and his practice of Sociology to propose analytical frameworks, create workshops, content and strategies tackling the topics of systemic inequalities, bias and decoloniality.

Maryam Palizban, born in 1981 in Iran, holds a doctorate in theater studies and is an author and actress. She lives in Berlin and has taught and performed in Berlin and Tehran. Two years ago, she took part in the Jina Revolution protests by publishing a picture without a headscarf and has since been involved in various oppositional feminist networks.

Malcolm Ohanwe became known through his work as a cultural and political journalist. He was involved as a face, on-air reporter or format developer in TV programs and wrote columns about identity in the immigration country.

சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) is an essayist and political geographer. After years of political work on the protection of asylum seekers and stateless people their first book „an alle orte, die hinter uns liegen“ was published in 2022.

Constanza Macras, director of the theater company Dorkypark and initiator or The Hunger – Symposium, will be joining the panel talk sharing her perspective on the importance of political activism and social discourse in theater.

The panel will be hosted by musician, actress, activist, and moderator Malonda.