The Future of Democracy
After the outbreak of the current pandemic, cultural facilities such as theatres, concert halls, museums and libraries were often those public spaces that closed doors first. Are culture and the Arts just a dispensable “nice to have”, that we cannot or do not want to afford any more in times of crisis? Or do art and culture especially in a process of new societal negotiation about present and coming forms of social interaction, which has been triggered by the corona pandemic all over the globe, gain even greater relevance? Carsten Brosda, Minister of Culture and Media, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in his book “Die Kunst der Demokratie (The Art of Democracy), which was published in the beginning of 2020, sketches the central role of art and culture in order to secure freedom and enable communication in society. Part 4 of the #Studio202X illuminates the relation between democracy and artistic freedom and questions the challenges in cultural policy, which the current corona crisis generates for democratic societies.
Journalist
Daisuke Tsuda discusses these topics with his guests
Carsten Brosda (Minister of Culture and Media, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, pre-recorded interview),
Hideaki Omura (Governor, Aichi Prefecture) and
Mayuko Sano (Professor, Kyoto University).
During the broadcast, viewers have the opportunity to ask questions to the guests via social media.
With Japanese and English simultaneous interpretation
Live-broadcast via:
facebook.com/goethe.institut.tokyo (Englisch)
twitter.com/GI_Tokyo (Japanisch)
youtube.com/user/goethetokyo (Japanisch)
20 - 22 Uhr JST
13 – 15 Uhr CET
About #Studio202X
Studio202X is a talk format to be broadcasted via Twitter and Facebook. The content is developed by the Goethe-Institut Tokyo in cooperation with the journalist Daisuke Tsuda. The first season in four parts was broadcast in April 2020. Reacting to new questions and challenges, we face due to the corona crisis day by day, #Studio202X reflects actual perspectives on the pandemic far beyond the scope of concrete crisis management in daily life. In June, the second series of #Studio202X entitled “The Future of Democracy“ will go on air.
The corona pandemic has put the political and social system of democratic societies into the state of a permanent stress test. For a large number of citizens the contact restrictions and curfews going along with lock downs in many countries were the first experience of a temporary suspension or limitation of their democratic liberty and participation rights. How do democratic systems react to the dilemma, to either control the spread of the virus and at the same time maintain civic participation and debate culture as essential conditions for democracy? Under which premises can/should we re-think democracy in the wake of the corona-crisis? In the second season of the #Studio202X, Daisuke Tsuda together with Japanese and international guests from philosophy, sociology, psychology, law and other disciplines looks at different aspects of these questions and asks about scenarios of social change that could be triggered by the present crisis.
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