{"title": "Damaged Deliberations", "start": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-06-30T00:00:00+02:00", "place": "Diffrakt", "address": "Crellestraße 22, 10827 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/environment", "society/democracy"], "description": "\"Damaged Deliberations\" is a series of discussions, workshops and films on democracy and the environment, running from April 2026 to June 2027 at diffrakt, a Berlin centre for theory. It was conceived and organised by Caroline Adler, Morten Paul and Hannah Wallenfels for diffrakt. The series explores how ecological responsibility and democratic participation can go together, bringing in artists, theorists and activists. 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People from fields such as politics, art, business, media, church, sport or the military are invited to discuss a topic with one or two people of their choosing on which they explicitly hold differing views. Facing growing social and political polarisation, it asks which cultural and institutional conditions a democratic society needs so that publicness, judgement and democratic dispute can endure. On 4 November, Gregor Gysi discusses, among others, with Anh-Linh Ngo and Manos Tsangaris.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buro-der-offentlichen-sache-teilhabe-21467/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/buero-der-oeffentlichen-sache-november/596633", "image": ""}, {"title": "Räume der Krise. 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It is jointly organised by the Department of Art and Art Theory and the KHI at the University of Cologne, supported by the Beatrix Lichten Stiftung and in cooperation with Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung NRW; registration by e-mail is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/raume-der-krise-raume-der-kunst-48588/", "official_url": "https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/DTDYT/raeume-der-krise-raeume-der-kunst?cHash=8c9aef05167098127210a3b4ce11831f", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b471d4b2f00ddf9168c55cf3c110d2e29a84df933a93591af2132edd009a5b57-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Digital Democracy Day 2026", "start": "2026-11-05T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "silent green Kulturquartier", "address": "Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "Digital Democracy Day 2026 is an event about democracy in a digitalized society. 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The writers' association PEN Berlin invites guests from politics and culture as well as the audience, which is welcome to ask questions, join in and disagree. It asks questions such as: can people with different political opinions still talk to each other? What divides East and West, what connects them, and what has changed in recent years? The series is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany and has previously travelled through East Germany and Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/pen-berlin-gehts-noch-3773/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/pen-berlin-gehts-noch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d785fec1318952c8c1715dd7b1d801d8ba0ffcb95b2bef2d6a3dbfbabc6e7650-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Making and Meaning of \"Politics of Dis/Assembling\"", "start": "2026-11-01T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T14:30:00+01:00", "place": "AGB | PopUp Saal", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism"], "description": "A discussion on the essay collection „Politics of Dis/Assembling“, which explores artistic and activist forms of dis/assembling. The editors share insights into the collaborative making of the book, published by HumDrumPress, and ask what it means to dis/assemble collectively today. The event takes place in English, and the audience is invited to join an artistic intervention. It is part of „Wissen zwischen Büchern“ and is held by Sonderforschungsbereich 1512 Intervenierende Künste.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-making-and-meaning-of-politics-of-disassembling-68787/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/making-and-meaning-of-politics-of-dis-assembling/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b6968e5d54f128cf6d4962cc89628fb11df59fe2c6b1e25340ec8db79a98a019-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden. Rosa Luxemburg und die Demokratie heute", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "A talk at the Deutsches Theater as part of the series \"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte\" takes up Rosa Luxemburg and the lasting relevance of her famous sentence on the freedom of those who think differently. The series is run by DT Kontext, the theatre's discussion programme. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. The discussion asks what her idea of a living democracy and free speech can mean in the crises of the 21st century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden-rosa-luxemburg-und-die-demo-4405/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Felix Heidenreich - Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation for Felix Heidenreich's new book \"Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit\". 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