Double Exposure
What constitutes a society based on solidarity?

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Is there a right to solidarity?
Is solidarity a duty?
To whom is solidarity practiced?


Double Exposure is a series of talks and discussions that focuses on the question of what the idea of solidarity means in different contexts.

What matters more:
Community or society?
Individual freedom or solidarity?

These questions are of great urgency in these times. Polarization and division seem currently to be the tried and tested means of political discussion. Global migration is intensifying the discussion about who has what duties towards whom, who should show solidarity towards whom and who can be denied solidarity.

In discussions between German and US philosophers and experts such as Omri Boehm, Susannah Heschel, Jan-Werner Müller and Susan Neiman, the differences and similarities on both sides of the Atlantic will be debated when it comes to what holds a society together.

 

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Podcast

All 'Double Exposure' sessions are recorded live and transformed into engaging podcast episodes. You can listen to them anytime, anywhere podcasts are available!

Double Exposure on Demand

Dive into a bold and diverse exploration of solidarity, identity, and culture with the Double Exposure film series, curated by the Goethe-Instituts of North America. This unique collection offers a contemporary lens on history, power structures, and the complexities of human connection across borders. Each film raises crucial questions about the intersections of identity, politics, and society, urging us to rethink what binds us together in an ever-changing world.


Black Box BRD (2001)
Andres Veiel’s documentary contrasts the lives of two men—Alfred Herrhausen, a powerful Deutsche Bank CEO, and Wolfgang Grams, a member of the RAF—examining their divergent paths and how their stories reflect Germany’s complicated post-war history.

Love, Deutschmark and Death (2022)
Cem Kaya’s documentary traces the history of Turkish migrant workers in Germany, exploring how their music developed in parallel with their lives in a foreign land, offering a profound look at Turkish-German contemporary history and identity.

Girls/Museum (2020)
Shelly Silver's Girls/Museum is a voyage through the historical art collection of the MdbK/Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, guided by the expertise and insights of a group of girls, ages 7 to 19. Moving from artwork to artwork, century to century, they tell us what they see.

Partners

Double Exposure is a project organized by the Goethe-Instituts North America in collaboration with the American Council on Germany and funded by the Executive Board of the Goethe-Institut.

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