Erste Indaba Schwarzer Kulturschaffender
Öffentliche Präsentation
Indaba [in‘daba] ‒ isiZulu term for:
(1) Gathering, assembly, conference;
(2) Issue, matter affair.
On occasion of We are Tomorrow, Ballhaus Naunynstraße will host a two-day conference of Black German cultural producers.
The conference engages with the question of what the challenges, obligations, and the responsibility of Black cultural producers in Germany in the 21st century are. This includes the discussion around issues such as if it is possibly part of the “duties” of Black cultural producers to negotiate racism and colonial continuities; if and to what extent „reactive antagonising“ against existing injustices influences the development of artistic potential; in which areas of the cultural scene Black decision makers are present or underrepresented; to what extent stereotyping has an effect on casting for stage roles and what proactive solutions can be found for this.
Participants of this conference are exclusively Black cultural producers: writers, actors/actresses, performers, musicians etc. In its format the conference roughly corresponds with academic conferences, including roundtable talks, an accompanying programme and workshops. These are initially exclusive events for the accredited conference participants. At 4 pm the outcomes will be presented to the public in an open discussion forum.
The outcomes will be presented and subsequently published, including all the diverse and potentially contradictory views, but also the consensus that was developed. The conference aims for a strong voice power of heterogeneity as opposed to the conformity of opinions. The publication of the outcomes and discussion reports serves the purpose of documenting the status quo and setting up guidelines, suggestions and demands which can in turn be used during cultural policy negotiations to be presented to the respective “gatekeepers”.
CURATED BY Philipp Khabo Koepsell
We are Tomorrow ‒ Visions and Retrospection on Occasion of the 1884 Berlin Conference is a series of events by Kultursprünge at Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH. Financed with funds from the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin and the Federal Foreign Office.