Tuesday Discussion with Carolin Maertens (Contours)
30.01.2024 16:30 – 17:45
Location: Rachel Carson Center, fourth floor, Conference Room, Leopoldstr. 11a, 80802 Munich, Germany
This Tuesday, Carolin Maertens (Contours) will present two years of ethnographic and historical research in the former coal-mining area and chemical-industrial hub around Bitterfeld-Wolfen in Eastern Germany. Infamous for extreme air pollution and environmental destruction, the region has become a destination for recreation and nature-based tourism over the past 30 years, and, more recently, an asset for illegal real estate development as well as a stronghold for right-wing populism. Maertens will touch upon the layered histories of extraction, pollution, and transformation, which have resulted in a complex set of legacies that continue to shape landscapes, lives, and politics in the region today.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
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Please note: The talk will be recorded for the public representation of the Rachel Carson Center and made available on the RCC's YouTube channel. By attending the event, participants consent to being filmed or photographed.