Hans Christian Post

The concept of »postmigration« has recently gained importance in the context of European societies' obsession with migration and integration along with emerging new forms of exclusion and nationalisms. This book introduces ongoing debates on the developing concept of »postmigration« and how it can be applied to arts and culture. While the concept has mainly gained traction in the cultural scene in Berlin, Germany, the contributions expand the field of study by attending to cultural expressions in literature, theatre, film, and art across various European societies, such as the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Denmark, and Germany. By doing so, the contributions highlight this concept's potential and show how it can offer new perspectives on transformations caused by migration.

This book offers a compelling study of contemporary developments in European migration studies and the representation of migration in the arts and cultural institutions. It introduces scholars and students to the new concept of ‘postmigration’, offering a review of the origin of the concept (in Berlin) and how it has taken on a variety of meanings and works in different ways within different national, cultural and disciplinary contexts. The authors explore postmigrant theory in relation to the visual arts, theater, film and literature as well as the representation of migration and cultural diversity in cultural institutions, offering case studies of postmigrant analyses of contemporary works of art from Europe (mainly Denmark, Germany and Great Britain).

This book offers a compelling study of contemporary developments in European migration studies and the representation of migration in the arts and cultural institutions. It introduces scholars and students to the new concept of ‘postmigration’, offering a review of the origin of the concept (in Berlin) and how it has taken on a variety of meanings and works in different ways within different national, cultural and disciplinary contexts. The authors explore postmigrant theory in relation to the visual arts, theater, film and literature as well as the representation of migration and cultural diversity in cultural institutions, offering case studies of postmigrant analyses of contemporary works of art from Europe (mainly Denmark, Germany and Great Britain).

Genforeningen af Øst- og Vestberlin i 1990 og udnævnelsen af Berlin til tysk hovedstad og regeringsby rejste på én gang spørgsmålene om forvaltningen af fortiden og forventningerne til fremtiden. Hvilke dele af historien skulle byen tage med sig, og ad hvilke traditionslinjer skulle udviklingen ske? Svarene på disse spørgsmål blev ikke mindst søgt arkitektonisk – i de mange byggeprojekter, som fulgte i genforeningens kølvand og for en stund gjorde Berlin til Europas største byggeplads. Af datidens projekter springer især idékonkurrencen for Berlins Alexanderplatz i 1993 i øjnene. Ingen anden tysk byplads er så rig på dyster historie og gyldne fremtidsløfter som denne, og det var derfor oplagt her, det byrumlige slag om fortid og fremtid måtte stå. Skulle kompleksiteten forkastes eller omvendt accepteres som fundament for byens fremtid? I Tyskland er idékonkurrencen for Alexanderplatz blevet opfattet som led i en generel fortrængning af DDR-tiden i 1990´ernes Berlin. Om dette er korrekt, undersøges for første gang i denne bog, der primært vender blikket mod idékonkurrencen i 1993 og genforeningstidens Berlin, men også søger tilbage til de gyldne 20´ere og nazitiden. Herved tager bogen livtag med en plads, der har været genstand for adskillige ideologisk-funderede omformningsforsøg i det 20. århundrede og derfor danner et ubekvemt, men betydningsfuldt vidnesbyrd om Berlins, Tysklands og Europas nyere historie.