Solidarity Space: East German Architecture in Vietnam

Cold War Spaces: An Online Discussion Series

The 31st Cold War Spaces lunchtime talk with Christina Schwenkel, a sociocultural anthropologist who works in the fields of Cold War cultural studies, critical urban theory, decolonization, affect theory, and new materialism. She is a Professor of Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies at University of California, Riverside, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies.

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An online program reflecting on space as a gateway to cultural history, the Wende Museum presents this series of weekly interviews asking questions about Cold War spaces.

How does space impact the way we live and experience our environment? What did private space really mean under socialism? What was the function of public space between state planning and private appropriation? Who was sent to the secluded spaces of prisons, mental institutions, and gulags? Which global connections were established in spite or because of Cold War borders? What imaginary spaces were created by art, science fiction, and utopian dreaming? And how did all these spaces change after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union?