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Luciana Villas Bôas examines how images of the attacks on seats of power in Berlin and Brasília shape our understanding of democracy. Registration available.
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- Deutsches Haus at Columbia, 420 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027, Manhattan, New York City
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How do images of political violence influence the way we understand democracy? German and comparative literature scholar Luciana Villas Bôas considers the attacks on the Reichstag in Berlin and Congress in Brasília through their most widely circulated images.
The talk explores the relationship between crowds, architecture and democratic power, drawing on Aby Warburg’s ideas about politically charged images. Presented by Columbia’s Department of Germanic Languages at Deutsches Haus; register through the linked organizer page.
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German language, literature, philosophy or politics. Columbia Germanic Languages program.