Towards an interconnectedness of science and senses/ Intensive writing course at UdK
To become another. Been teaching all week an intensive course on Nature Writing - towards transformation and interconnectedness at UdK. We looked at the survival strategies of viruses, bacteria, mushrooms, genetic modification and poisons. We visited the Robert Koch Institute, spend some time at the National Gallery listening to paintings and discussed silk punk, science writing, sci-fi, speculative fiction, creative non-fiction with texts by Karen Russell, Octavia Butler, Benjamin Labatout, Merlin Sheldrake and Natassja Martin. Our lives are so entangled. Loved working things out with the students, loved to listen to their ideas, loved to spend 5 days or 35 hours together exploring.
Fishing in Japan/ Deutschlandfunk Kultur Weltzeit
While researching bodies of water in Japan, I got side-tracked by all the stories I would gather from talking to fishermen and women. A strange pattern appeared. A new, old way of living off the sea in different ports between Hokkaido and Kyushu. Sometimes so humble, it made my heart ache. My radio piece about the new fishing culture in the land of sushi is now out on German national radio. Weltzeit. Deutschlandfunk Kultur. and is available in the archives for a year. There are some truly silly ideas, like the giant squid statue, there is denial, loss, blaming others, but mostly I saw appreciation and respect for the marine species that become food. There is also a sense of urgency that runs as an undercurrent through every encounter. Listen to the piece here.
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26.03.2024 Radio
Radiobeitrag: Fishing in Japan
Deutschlandfunk Kultur Weltzeit Radio -
18.03.2024 Berlin
Nature Writing – Writing Nature
UdK Berlin -
15.03.2024 Okeanos – Stiftung für das Meer
Nature Writing – Writing Nature
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05.03.2024 Berlin
Award Ceremony. Winner Best Literary Travel Book
ITB Berlin -
26.02.2024 Berlin
Recherche & Ästhetik
SRH University of Applied Sciences Berlin -
16.02.2024 Okeanos – Stiftung für das Meer
Wave Writing- writing waves
Okeanos – Stiftung für das Meer Okeanos – Stiftung für das Meer