· 2:00 PM · Kampnagel K4
· Panel discussion with Shahrzad Golab, Vera Klocke, and Luna Möbius
· Moderator: René Schaar Sarah Plochl ·
In this panel, we ask whether we are being unconsciously monitored today. How private or public are we actually (still)? And what does it mean for our lives to no longer be able to be “private”? What role do social media platforms play in current forms of surveillance? Can we use the idea of self-determined visibility and the overfulfillment of clichés to create a truly “private” self behind the mirror of social media? Or is that a myth of consumer culture?
Shahrzad Golab is a freelance journalist and host of the Deutschlandfunk podcast “Dark Agent.” She focuses on surveillance and its consequences for society, politics, and freedom.
Dr. Vera Klocke is a cultural studies scholar, screenwriter, and podcaster. She has taught at the Berlin University of the Arts, the University of Hamburg, and the Konrad Wolf Film University, and has headed the Center for Consumer Culture Research at the University of Hildesheim since April 2025. Together with Freya Herrmann, she produces the podcast “Fashion The Gaze” and organizes the TIKTOK KOLLOQUIUM at the Volksbühne Berlin, which explores the political potential of pop-cultural productions. @veraklocke
Saxony-Anhalt’s finest rage girl Luna Möbius deliberately focuses on her home region of East Germany and asks how the New Right can be taken down a peg. As a content creator, she analyzes how political debates emerge and escalate on social media, shape public opinion, and how democrats can be part of them. @luna.moebius · website Luna Möbius is unable to attend due to illness.
René Schaar works as a Diversity Manager at NDR and is the creator of Elin, the first doll with a disability on the German version of “Sesame Street.” René has had a disability since birth. @rene_schaar · website René Schaar is unable to attend due to illness.
Sarah Plochl is a performer and coach. @saratoninne · website
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