IRS Spring Academy 2025: Spaces of Valuation and Authenticity

IRS Spring Academy 2025: Spaces of Valuation and Authenticity

Veranstalter
Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) and Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF)
Veranstaltungsort
IRS Erkner and ZZF Potsdam
PLZ
15537
Ort
Erkner
Land
Deutschland
Findet statt
In Präsenz
Vom - Bis
16.06.2025 - 19.06.2025
Deadline
16.02.2025
Von
Stefan Lindemann

The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) and the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF) – two out of 21 Leibniz institutes involved in the Leibniz Research Alliance Value of the Past – invite doctoral students and early post-doctoral researchers to submit applications for next year’s IRS Spring Academy on the topic Spaces of Valuation and Authenticity, taking place in June 2025.

IRS Spring Academy 2025: Spaces of Valuation and Authenticity

‘Value’ is a complex concept: It can be related to appreciation, aesthetics, scarcity, performance or price. However it is defined, value is seen as something desirable and unambiguously positive. Nevertheless, its concrete meaning must be specified in relation to a cultural context in which value is claimed and affirmed. This is very similar to the term ‘authenticity’. What is considered authentic has been the subject of debate for years: authenticity is negotiable (Cohen 1988). Yet the term ‘authenticity’ has assumed a prominent position in the practice of valuation and value creation. In short, authenticity is the promise and hope of trustworthiness, immediacy and originality attributed to the residues of the past and supported by social actors in the present (Sabrow and Saupe 2022). The IRS Spring Academy 2025 discusses the historical dimension in an interdisciplinary debate on the social construction of values and authenticity with spatial reference. Read more: https://leibniz-irs.de/irsspra

This call for applications closes on 16 February 2025.

Kontakt

SpringAcademy@leibniz-irs.de

https://leibniz-irs.de/irsspra