Theory in/as Practice - Practice in/as Theory is a workshop (19 June) hosted by “Cultures of Critique”, at Leuphana University, Lüneburg.
It reflects on the initial question of the “Cultures of Critique” Research Training Group: What is the relationship between the theory and practice of critique? Over the past nine years, this program has focused on critical practices, analyzing their instances, subjects, frameworks, claims to validity, and modes of effectiveness both in their specific situations and in their global interdependencies. Their research has shown that critical practices cannot be separated from the forms and media of their representation, as they constitute the object of critique and shape its societal effects. Post- and decolonial as well as transcultural perspectives have challenged fundamental assumptions about critique rooted in the Enlightenment, particularly the fact that theoretical models have often emerged from intervening, protesting practices.
The CHR’s Maurits van Bever Donker and Premesh Lalu will conclude the workshop with a panel discussion, ‘What should the University be doing now?’, which will examine the task(s) of the university today, and the role of critique in the university (to come).