Institute for Uncertain Knowledge

By Gregor Kanitz

This essay is part of the book Glossar inflationärer Begriffe, which accompanied the exhibition DIE IRREGULÄREN – ÖKONOMIEN DES ABWEICHENS at the NGBK – Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V., Berlin from 20|04|13 to 02|06|13. Curaters and Editors of the book are Anna Bromley, Michael Fesca, Sara Hillnhütter, Eylem Sengezer and Olga von Schubert. Continue reading “ESSAY: kritisch-inflationär – Criteria of crisis – critique as process”

By Gregor Kanitz
Leicht überarbeiteter Vortrag am Graduiertenkolleg Topologie der Technik, TU Darmstadt vom 04.02.15

Englisch foreword
Dangerous Youth

Apart from very few examples like dangerous dares connected to alcohol, little thefts etc “youth” nowadays does not seem really hazardous or risky to mid-European societies. There are discussions about young people spending hours and hours with their mobile-phones or playing computer-games over several days, but only a few would consider this as a threat to society.

This was much different until the 1960s/70s, at least since the 19^th century there was a tremendous concern about “wrong” ways of growing up and especially in metropolitan regions juvenile delinquency caused daily troubles and alarms. Continue reading “LECTURE TRANSCRIPTION: Geschichten motorischer Umgebung. Junge Wilde und gefährliche Milieus”