A critical focus on: “TikTok hacken?”
Round table “TikTok hacken? Protest und Bildung auf Videoplattformen”
hosted by Julia Bee (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and Jasmin Degeling (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
How can TikTok be a platform for political education and queer-feminist activism? In the round table “Hacking TikTok? Protest and Education on Video Platforms” media scholars and content creators take a critical look at TikTok’s potential as a space for democratic discourse.
Event info
February 21, 7 pm
Quartiershalle in der KoFrabrik
Stühmeyerstraße 33
44787 Bochum
About the panel discussion
In this panel discussion with Ole Liebl, Caspar Weimann, Judith Ackermann, Jennifer Eickelmann, and Philipp Hohmann, the hosts Julia Bee and Jasmin Degeling discuss the protest and education on TikTok.
Against the backdrop of digital platforms contributing to societal fascization and the particular advantage digital media provide to right-wing political strategies, the participants will discuss which formats and artistic practices on TikTok and similar platforms can promote democracy through political education and queer-feminist activism.
TikTok creators critically address antifeminist and right-wing (online) radicalization, masculinity critique, queer joy, sexuality, and gender on their channels. They position themselves as queer-feminist and antifascist voices and advocate for the queer community.
In this discussion, content creators and media scholars will examine the possibilities of political education and a democratic media culture on TikTok. Join us and be part of the conversation on TikTok as a tool for political education and the role we can play in it.
About the participants Guests: Ole Liebl (Content Creator, @oleliebl) Hosts: Julia Bee (Professor for Gender Media Studies with a special focus on diversity, Ruhr University Bochum; CRC 1187 “Media of Cooperation”, Project B09 – „Bicycle Media. Cooperative Media of Mobility”)
Caspar Weimann (Honorary Professor and Mentor for Acting at the ADK Baden-Württemberg; @onlinetheater.live)
Philipp Hohmann, (KosmoPolis – registered Association for Queer Nightlife Culture; @ovalofficebar)
Jennifer Eickelmann (Junior Professorin for Digital Transformation in Culture and Society, FernUniversität in Hagen)
Judith Ackermann (Research Professor for Digital Media and Performance in Social Work, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences; @dieprofessorin)
Jasmin Deneling (Junior Professor for Media Anthropology, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
The panel discussion is organized by the Chair of Gender Media Studies with a special focus on diversity at Ruhr University Bochum, the Chair of Media Anthropology at Bauhaus University Weimar, the DFG research network Gender, Media, and Affect, and KosmoPolis e.V.