Lecture Series – The Right to Equality in Light of Differences (EMCR)

(Organized by the European Master of Children’s Rights and the German Institute on Human Rights)

The lecture series take place every Wednesday from 4-6PM at FU Berlin (room L116 in Seminarzentrum)

 

26.10.11 – Prof. Dr. Viola B. Georgi & Dr. Claudia Lohrenscheit: Einführung: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Gleichheit und Differenz

2.11.11 – Dr. Reinald Eichholz: Das Recht auf Nichtdiskriminierung

9.11.11 – Dipl.-Ing. Peter Apel: Potentiale und Grenzen einer kindgerechten Stadtplanung

16.11.11 – Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kerchner: Gender, Age Diversity – Konstruktionen der Differenz am Beispiel des sexuellen Missbrauchs an Kindern

23.11.11 – Prof. Dr. Manfred Liebel: Age-Based Discrimination: Ein Thema für jung und alt

30.11.11 – Camilla Nygren & Dr. Juliane Kippenberg: Reflecting Good Practices and Experiences from NGO-Projects about Non-Discrimination

7.12.11 – Dr. Katja Gramelt: Der Anti-Bias Ansatz: Zur Chancengleichheit in Bildungskontexten und den damit verbundenen Herausforderungen für Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen

14.12.11 – Linda Supik: Herausforderungen des Konzepts Intersektionalität für die Debatte um (Mehrfach-)Diskriminierung

11.1.12 – Prof. Dr. Maureen Maisha Eggers: Defizitäre Diversitätskonstruktionen: Hierarchisierte Partizipation und das symbiotische Verhältnis von Normierungen und Differenzzuschreibungen

18.1.12 – Eren Ünsal: Antidiskriminierungsarbeit auf Landesebene – das Berliner Modell

25.1.12 – Dr. Sigrid Arnade: Die UN-Behindertenkonvention: Ein Kompass für die Behindertenpolitik

1.2.12 – Prof. Dr. Beate Rudolf: Diskriminierungsschutz und Geschlecht: Die UN-Konvention zur BEseitigung jeglicher Form von Diskriminierung der Frau (CEDAW)

8.2.12 – Ammo Recla: Sexuelles Begehren und Anerkennung: Queer Perspectives

Happiness

Last weekend two families made their way to Berlin. It was time to celebrate: the marriage of Cihan and me. After 2.5 years of a distance relationship, we decided to get one step more serious. We married. It was a decision made not long before, so the celebration was small, but nice. The close families were there and some friends. We had a great day with great people, good food and even the sun showed up, unexpected. Thanks again for making this great day possible and being part of it!

 

Some days after, Cihan went back to Ankara, his last weeks working, and in two months, I’ll move to his work flat in Hessen. Then, after three years, the distance is over. I feel incredible… happy, very happy. Even though there are some steps to be done: Mainly, maybe the hardest thing for me is leaving beautiful Berlin and the youngsters I’m working with, the friends I met here. But I’m also happy after long moving together with the person I love. And I also move closer to my family, which I can see much more often then.

 

But now, enough of talking… happiness cannot be put into words as much as I feel it. Maybe this picture is showing a little bit of our happiness:

Anne Will – 50 Jahre Ali in Almanya – immer noch nix deutsch?

Every Wednesday, Anne Will invites different people to discuss on a certain topic.

This week: 50 years recruitement agreement (Anwerbeabkommen) between Turkey and Germany. The main topic: integration!

invited were:

• Özlem Nas (Pedagoge from Hamburg)
• Tayfun Bademsoy (actor)
• Güner Balci (journalist)
• Günter Wallraff (a Turkish immigrant from the first hour)
• Wolfgang Schenk (former teacher in Neukölln and Steglitz, two districts in Berlin)
• Heinz Buschkowsky (district mayor of Berlin-Neukölln).

Unfortunately it’s in German, but interesting to watch.

Steve Jobs talking to Standford graduates

An inspirating speech… Not a graduation is important, but the believe that dots get connected to a line and lead to a successful life.

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Anna Calvi – Jezebel

A friend went to a concert, I didn’t join due to some money issues, but I regretted it. A great singer, a mixture of opera and dark romantism. Check it:

Berlin: Tage des interkulturellen Dialogs

A huge programm on intercultural meeting and exchange. Check it out here.

Almanci Festival – 50 Jahre Scheinehe

Theater / Performance / Film / Musik / Literatur

check the full programm on Ballhaus Naunynstraße

• “Gegen die Leinwand – 40m² Deutschland” – A Turkish guy living and working marries a Turkish woman which is moving to his small flat (40m²) in Hamburg. His wife is not leaving that flat at all, since he is locking her in there for protectiong her from the bad world around. His wife is getting closer and closer to getting crazy. -> 13.10.2011, 8PM, Eiszeit-Kino
• “Gegen die Leinwand – Abschied vom falschen Paradies” – A Turkish woman in Germany is imprisoned because of killing her husband. In the prison she finds herself and gets to know German reality. Due to good behaviour she can leave earlier. But now she’s at a high risk being sent back to Turkey. This includes being put back to necessities which she just overcame. -> 14.10.2011, 8PM, Ballhaus Naunynstraße
• “Gegen die Leinwand – Lebewohl Fremde” – The asylum seeker Deniz (a Turk) is living togther with a pakistani and an African in an old constructing car. He gets to know the GErman fotographer Karin, which is hiding him in a farmers house when he is going to be sent back to Turkey. After some while they are forced to show up. Back in Turkey he’s sent back to the prison. Shortly after, Karin learns that he died. -> 15.10.2011, 8PM, Eiszeit-Kino
• “Funk is not dead” -> 20., 21., 23.–25.11.2011, 8PM, Ballhaus Naunynstraße
• “Der Schnee” by Orhan Pamuk -> 25.–28.10.2011, 8PM

What to do in…

Today I met a friend of mine, and I decided to open a new category on my blog: “What to do?” is for events taking place in the next days and weeks in the city I am in at the very moment. So since I’m living in Berlin still, it’s gonna be about Berlin.

Why the idea came up? Because we realized that for getting to know a city, information is needed. It’s hard finding informations alone, but, as Eleni and I, exchange is important. So let’s start the new series: “What to do in …”

Two weeks to go…

In two weeks, I’ll spend my last night as Katharina S. In two weeks and 13hours, I’ll be Katharina K. Now it’s public, I’m getting married and I’m very happy! Things are going good for me at the moment (let’s not talk about the papers I still have to write): my husband in spe found a job in Germany, I’ll move there and we marry

The dress is bought, the shoes are here, his clothes are bought (partly), the guests are invited, the hotels are booked, the restaurants chosen… The day can come!

Even though it’s a strange feeling… I’ll be married soon… I don’t see myself as a typical housewife… Time is gonna show…

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars, I first met him, when my boyfriend was telling me “yeah… see this Bruno Mars concert banner? He’s a great musician, we have to check him onine.” And when we came home, there was only horrible music from him… A typical boygroup sound. Even though the lyrics were not that bad. And now I got a song from him… Which is, of course again, boygroup style. But means a lot! Askim, sen biliyorsun, ama seni cok seviyorum

It’s a beautiful night,
We’re looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can go,
No one will know,
Come on girl.
Who cares if we’re trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow,
Shots of patron,
And it’s on girl.

Don’t say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we’ll go, go, go, go-go.
If you’re ready, like I’m ready.

Cause it’s a beautiful night,
We’re looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

I’ll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh,
So whatcha wanna do?
Let’s just run girl.

If we wake up and you wanna break up that’s cool.
No, I won’t blame you;
It was fun girl.

Don’t say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we’ll go, go, go, go-go.
If you’re ready, like I’m ready.

Cause it’s a beautiful night,
We’re looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Just say I do,
Tell me right now baby,
Tell me right now baby. x2

Cause it’s a beautiful night,
We’re looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.

Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.