Discourses and Likes: Emancipation Going Viral

Thomas Mann House Los Angeles and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a conversation on “Discourses and Likes: Emancipation Going Viral” between Fatma Aydemir and Mohamed Amjahid, which will be moderated by Ulrich Baer (NYU).

In the last couple of years, queer-feminist, antiracist, and emancipatory discourses have become increasingly visible, both in the United States and in the German and European mainstream. Social media has played a vital role in centering and raising awareness about these issues, while inadvertently requiring a watering-down of complex realities to like-able and shareable content.

In this moderated conversation, the writers Fatma Aydemir and Mohamed Amjahid will discuss their personal experiences as traditional long-form journalists who are actively creating content on social media channels; the impact content culture has had on their work; and the potential advantages and pitfalls they see in instagrammable literature, journalism, and activism.