Affects and emotions are essential factors of the social and of coexistence in societies of the twenty-first century.
At the CRC Affective Societies – Dynamics of social coexistence in mobile worlds, our goal is to establish a new understanding of societies, in which the fundamental meaning of affectivity and emotionality is taken into account. For this we investigate mobile, interconnected, and mediatized worlds of the global present as well as transformation and crisis dynamics accompanying them.
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Online launch: Graphic novel “The Grumpy Philosophers Bar”
What happens when philosophers argue about emotions—in a bar? Theories fly. Fists fly. And sometimes the only thing that helps is a good cocktail: the Unfeeling, a Revenge Refresher, or even a double Lovely Resonance on ice.
Aug 04, 2025
New Publication: Meike Haken on Popular-Cultural Science Communication
In her recent article “Popular-Cultural Science Communication and Empirical Theory of Science” , published in Historical Social Research (2025), Meike Haken ( TP Ö: Projektbiographien – Affective Archive ) explores the evolving landscape of science communication. She proposes the ...
Jul 28, 2025
New Publication: “Unsure whether it feels like home anymore”: Unsettled feelings amongst former panel-block residents in Moscow and Berlin
What does it mean to feel at home in a place that may soon no longer exist? How do looming urban transformations imprint themselves on our emotional experience, our memories, and our sense of self? And can the feeling of home ever be separated from the material and affective histories of dwelling?
Jul 15, 2025
