Christiane Wilke, Author at Public Seminar

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Asymmetric Legality

The Invisibility of High-Tech Violence in Afghanistan

May 2, 2019 • by Christiane Wilke

The decision by the International Criminal Court’s pre-trial chamber to not authorize a full investigation into the “situation” in Afghanistan has served as a reminder that international criminal justice is political: it depends on political support and it shapes political debates about armed conflict, violence, and justice. Yet a closer ...

Memories of Identities, Identities of Memory

February 9, 2015 • by Christiane Wilke

How do memorials shape who we think we are? And how do we “do” identities when we interact with memorials? As Salon.com and others noted, gay men have been using the signature concrete slabs of the Berlin Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe as backdrops to ...

Making Sense of Place

Naming streets and stations in Berlin and beyond

January 22, 2014 • by Christiane Wilke

When I was in primary school, there were two street names in my hometown that I always got wrong. My teacher looked at me with disbelief and worry when I called the street next to the school Wolgaster Straße.

My geography skills improved dramatically after 1989, when the street names finally ...

Christiane Wilke

Asymmetric Legality

The Invisibility of High-Tech Violence in Afghanistan

Memories of Identities, Identities of Memory

Making Sense of Place

Naming streets and stations in Berlin and beyond

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