CIVIC Radio
WHAT IS CIVIC
CIVIC ist eine soziale Infrastruktur. CIVIC ist ein neuer physischer und digitaler Ausstellungs- und Diskursort an der HGK. Im ehemaligen Foyer des Hochhauses auf dem Freilagerplatz sind die Studierenden, Mitarbeitenden und die Öffentlichkeit dazu eingeladen, den Raum mitzugestalten und zu nutzen. CIVIC Radio begleitet diesen Prozess.
All Dey von Kwaku' Reez' Opoku - Episode 4
This ideal State is functional and transparent, provides welfare benefits to its citizens, but fights off foreigners messing with their vibe. However, this State’s desires are deeply rooted in an attachment to a (fictional) national identity and a resentment towards the Other. This Other is both the “better-off” Other (rich Northern Europeans) and the disenfranchised Other (refugees and migrants). The latter, of course, is the easiest to attack and blame for all the ills of the world. von Danielle Bürgin
Being constantly othered makes it extremely easy for ‘locals’ to be hostile towards you, the “foreign bodies,” and controlled. The modes of control – prisons, ghettos, minoritizing, schooling, policing - are ways to ensure the ascendancy of a nation and its white elite. They often go hand in hand with strategies of internal colonialism, such as segregation, divestment, surveillance, and criminalization, which are both structural and interpersonal. This othering makes it extremely easy to create a void and avoid. They foster insanely cold interactions that allow nothing new
to grow. This episode points fingers at these moments and attempts to devise ways to slowly break down these structures and modes of control.
Episode Credits:
Kea Boccomino
Reported by Kwaku’ Reez’ Opoku Original music by Reez & Kxlab