»Postheimat« - Inquiries Into Migration, Theatre, and Networked Solidarity

In recent years there has been a shift in how diversity and representation are discussed in the German cultural sector. The PostHeimat network, a three-year-long experiment in networked solidarity between major public German theatres and migrant actors and directors, discusses in this volume how to think about Heimat after migration. The contributions document the emergence, frictions, and difficulties in migrant theatre initiatives, being reflexive, research-based, and driven by cultural-policy-developing components. Emerging from encounters and plays, this study incorporates the critical perspectives of practitioners, scholars, activists, and artists from these initiatives and does not shy away from a frank reflection on failure and disappearance.

Jonas Tinius is a socio-cultural anthropologist and associate member at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is currently a scientific coordinator and postdoctoral researcher in cultural anthropology in the ERC project Minor Universality: Narrative World Constructions After Western Universalism. Together with Ruba Totah, he was the director of the research section of the »PostHeimat Network«.
Ruba Totah is an anthropologist at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Her research interests are writing cover cultural activism, transnationalism and gender across Palestine, the Arab area, and Europe. Her PhD focuses on »Cultural Transnationalism and The Arab Uprisings: Migrating Artists from Syria to Europe.« Together with Jonas Tinius, she was the director of the research section of the »PostHeimat Network«.