Gabriele Schabacher in Mainz: Lecture on Infrastructures and Ecological Crisis
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When Infrastructures Narrate the Climate Crisis
On December 21, 2026, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schabacher will give a lecture at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the VOICES FOR CLIMATE series, sharpening the view on the ecological conflict lines of our present. The focus is on a cultural studies perspective on infrastructures as co-contributors, interpretative tools, and potential levers of transformation.
An Evening Between Analysis and Present Focus
Schabacher combines media cultural studies with a precise reading of social processes. Following her argumentation leads to no abstract theory, but a linguistically clear, intellectually dense reading of the climate crisis as an infrastructural problem: from energy, transportation, and supply to the local solutions that will determine the future concretely.
Science as Literarily Thought Observation
The lecture atmosphere of the VOICES FOR CLIMATE series emphasizes comprehensibility, interdisciplinarity, and author encounters in open dialogue. This is exactly where the strength of this evening lies: The cultural studies perspective makes visible how infrastructure means not only technology but also order, everyday life, and cultural practice. Thus, a literary experience of a special kind arises, driven by linguistic artistry, knowledge, and societal relevance.
Why This Lecture Belongs at the Center of Climate Discussion
Gabriele Schabacher is a professor of media cultural studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her research on infrastructure, media, and cultural communication is visibly located in the current academic discourse. The lecture builds on this and questions the ambivalences of modern supply systems: They generate crises, they structure responses, and they determine how climate-resilient cities, institutions, and living environments will become.
What Visitors Can Expect
This evening promises not light entertainment, but a wise, accessible, and inspiring engagement with one of the most important issues of our time. Those interested in cultural studies, climate research, and societal future questions should not miss this author encounter. Live on-site or as part of the series: Here, the immediate experience is worthwhile.
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