Overview
Over the course of the Berlin Internship Seminar led by Prof. Dr. Agata Lisiak (Academic Director of the Internship Program) and Florian Duijsens, students discuss contemporary ways of living and working in Berlin and beyond. Besides in-class discussions, invited lectures, and off-campus visits, the seminar offers a platform for the exchange of observations, reflections, and comments on individual internships. What do we mean when we talk about work? Do we need to love what we do? What renders work in/visible? How is work gendered and classed? How is work organized temporally and spatially, and how does it in turn affect the city and its residents? What distinguishes the spaces in which we live and work today? Which new forms of work have recently emerged in Berlin? Which of them seem to thrive? How do Berlin’s art institutions and citizen-activist organizations operate?