Drafts in Action Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention

Iryna Kovalenko Iryna Kovalenko is a doctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Center 1512 “Intervening Arts” at the European University Viadrina of Frankfurt (Oder) and Free University Berlin. Her field of research is contemporary Ukrainian culture and literature. Within the CRC 1512, she is working on the project “The Practices of Artistic Intervention During the Ukrainian Revolution in 2013–2014.” She is examining how artists contributed to the protests on the Maidan, challenging dominant narratives and highlighting the unique aesthetics that emerged.. Laura Rogalski Laura Rogalski is a doctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Center 1512 “Intervening Arts” at Free University Berlin. As a sociologist, she focuses on cultural sociology, social theory, qualitative methods, and right-wing extremism. Her most recently published article is “On Writing Schools and Pegida Sympathizers. New-Right Literary Criticism” (in German, 2022). At the CRC 1512, she is pursuing a PhD thesis on artists’ and activists’ perspectives on the social impact of their practice.. Simon Teune Simon Teune is a postdoctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Center 1512 “Intervening Arts” at Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on protests and social movements in general, and the cultural embedding of protest movements in particular. He has worked on the visual representation as well as the media coverage of protests. Within CRC 1512, he works on the project “Expectations of the Impact of Artistic Intervention: An Enquiry into Self-Understanding, Practices, and Receptions.”. Mimmi Woisnitza Mimmi Woisnitza is a postdoctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Center 1512 “Intervening Arts” at Leuphana University Lüneburg and Free University Berlin. As a theater scholar and cultural historian, her research focuses on revolutionary theater practices in the early twentieth century from a feminist perspective. Within CRC 1512, she is pursuing a project on the intersection of life and art in Latvian theater maker Asja Lācis’ relational theater practice and its reception.