Borders and Territories II: Spatial Representations of Connections and Disconnections
Thursday, 27 September 2018

The second Lab Talk in the ANCB programme Borders and Territories: Identity in Place. In collaboration with ZEIT-Stiftung

Part 1 - Welcome and Introduction

Welcome and Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Commerell, Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin - 00:00:00 - 00:06:30
Sascha Suhrke, Programme Director Politics and Society, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg - 00:06:30 - 00:11:30

Part 2 - Keynote Lucas Verweij

Introduction
Benjamin Tallis, Researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague / Visiting Research Fellow, ANCB, Berlin - 00:00:00 - 00:11:18

Keynote
Lucas Verweij, Artist, Berlin: Alternative Worldmaps - 00:11:19 - 00:35:07

Keynote
Part 3 - Keynote Nadine Godehardt: PDF Presentation to be uploaded shortly
Nadine Godehardt, Deputy Head of Research Division Asia, SWP, Berlin: Mapping China’s Global Connectivity Politics

Part 4 - Keynote Malkit Shoshan

Keynote
Malkit Shoshan, Director, FAST. Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory, Amsterdam/New York: Mapping a Conflict - 00:00:00 - 00:18:54

Part 5 - Podium Discussion

Podium Discussion
Lucas Verweij, Artist, Berlin: Alternative Worldmaps
Nadine Godehardt, Deputy Head of Research Division Asia, SWP, Berlin: Mapping China’s Global Connectivity Politics
Malkit Shoshan, Director, FAST. Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory, Amsterdam/New York: Mapping a Conflict

Front-Row Respondents
Raphael Bossong, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Peter Lintl, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin

Moderator
Benjamin Tallis, Researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague / Visiting Research Fellow, ANCB, Berlin

After the kick-off event in March 2018, this second Lab Talk dealt with spatial representations of connections and disconnections and the transfer of geopolitical and socio-cultural imaginaries of the world. Each world map reveals a particular worldview with its deposited moral, political, or economical convictions. But maps can also be instruments to analyse contested political situations. Our speakers brought together artistic, planning, and political persepectives: Lucas Verweij looked into how maps construct our worldview and explore alternative ways to map the world. Nadine Godehardt introduced how new dimensions of China’s global connectivity politics constitute new political spaces and/or awaken dormant regions. Finally, Malkit Shoshan presented on the difficult undertaking of developing alternative imaginaries and policies to improve people’s livelihood in the conflict-affected environments of Israel-Palestine and elsewhere, which underlines that the use of territory as well as spatial planning are highly political instruments.