PostHeimat is a continuously developing and progressing network in the field of performing arts, addressing the topics of migration, refuge, identity, multilingualism, and power structures within artistic practices and institutions.

Research on PostHeimat

 

Pos­tHeimat was estab­lished in 2018 by the artist­ic groups BOAT PEOPLE PROJEKT (Göt­tin­gen), COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA (Mülheim an der Ruhr), EXIL ENSEMBLE (Ber­lin), HAJUSOM (Ham­burg), OPEN BORDER ENSEMBLE (Munich) and RUHRORTER (Mülheim an der Ruhr). More artists, groups, insti­tu­tions, and research­ers are becom­ing part of the network.

 

Pos­tHeimat sup­ports artist­ic exchange and provides inform­a­tion across the per­form­ing arts by cre­at­ing frame­works for col­lab­or­a­tion and organ­ising Encoun­ters with spaces for artist­ic per­form­ances, dis­cus­sions, pan­els, and research.

 

Pos­tHeimat seeks to empower per­form­ing arts col­lect­ives, artists, pro­du­cers, research­ers, and insti­tu­tions to work in solidarity.

 

Pos­tHeimat is rethink­ing and ques­tion­ing the per­form­ing arts field through an inter­sec­tion­al approach.

 

Pos­tHeimat’s under­stand­ing of diversity dis­course is not only based on the idea of race and back­ground but refers to Kim­ber­lé Cren­shaw’s coined term of “Inter­sec­tion­al­ity” (1986). It has become one of the most influ­en­tial terms in the dis­course of social justice and in terms of iden­tity polit­ics. Each per­son is shaped by many inter­sec­tion­al para­met­ers – for example by social status, eth­ni­city, faith, gender, sexu­al ori­ent­a­tion, age, spoken lan­guages, and cul­tur­al background.

 

Pos­tHeimat acknow­ledges that we are liv­ing in post-migrant societies.

 

Pos­tHeimat aims to ques­tion the struc­tur­al hier­arch­ies of Ger­man theatre, to reduce dis­crim­in­a­tion and racism with­in theatre insti­tu­tions as well as to shape their pro­grammes and productions.

 

Pos­tHeimat seeks to bring togeth­er and share inform­a­tion regard­ing inter­sec­tion­al train­ings and work­shops through an ongo­ing exchange.

 

Pos­tHeimat is open to artists, pro­du­cers, groups, theatre insti­tu­tions and research­ers to cooper­ate, to stead­ily enrich the net­work, and to con­nect with related initiatives.

 

 

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