IDENTITY

__civic
A city of broken promises. Or Liverpool's love for degeneration (BM 11)
Roger Hill, live artist [Liverpool]

__cyclic
Life cycles and recycles: Births, deaths and marriages as experienced by a second hand book dealer (BM 11)
Gerry Fitzpatrick, owner of second hand bookshop Reid of Liverpool [Liverpool]

__Emotion
The Cooling of Passion - A Theoretical Advisory (BM12)
Eva Illouz, professor at the Department for Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She specialized in the study of popular culture and works in the tradition of critical theory. Her latest publication is "Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help" (2008). [Tel Aviv]

__female/ male
The invention and performance of a typical Liverpudlian female identity: Girlish vulgarity (and how it reflects and traverses masculine projections) (BM 11)
Jayne Casey, former member of Liverpool punk band Big in Japan and Head of Communications at Cream Nightclub, she was also the Creative Director for the launch event of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year [Liverpool]

The Metaphysics of the Identity Card: How our Lives are Disciplined by Gender (BM12)
Nora Grinberg, social and political activist specializing in supporting, counseling and educating on issues of gender. She advises and supports transgenders and their families according to the model of "non-therapeutic support" which she developed. She has been leading the struggle of the transgender community in the public, governmental, medical and legal spheres for the past ten years, and was the chairwoman of the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association ("The Aguda"). [Tel Aviv]

A Sociopolitical Look at Bedouin Women's Embroidery (BM12)
Fatmeh Kassem, lecturer at the Sociology-Anthropology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, with academic and practical training in conflict resolution. She is currently studying Bedouin women's patterns of negotiation when pursuing their higher education, as well as analyzing life stories of women who participated in the "Jerusalem Women as Catalysts for Peace" project. [Tel Aviv]

__forensic
The Mystery of the German Tourist and Other Cases - on the Limitation of DNA Recognition (BM12)
Nurit Bublil, DNA recognition expert at the National Center for Forensic Medicine. She also teaches in high schools and other forums. In the past she played for the Israeli National Basketball team. Any connection to that Bublil is incidental. [Tel Aviv]

__in/ out
How does a modern day door supervisor spot an undesirable? The art of client selection (BM 11)
Tony Hughes, managing Director of GDM Facilities and Training, which provides security services in Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England and the Midlands [Liverpool]

Invisible Tricks in French Cooking (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Catherine Blondeau, cultural attaché at the French Embassy [Warsaw]

The Phantom of the Nation - A Community Made of Will, Blood or Culture? (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Gabriele Lesser, writer, historian and editor [Warsaw]

1. Intellectuals Seduced by Nazis on the Example of "Triffles for a Massacre" by Luis Ferdinand Céline (1937)
2. Jewish Nazi Collaboration Concerning the Final Solution of the Jewish Case. Example of Adolf Eichmann (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Kazimierz Malinowski, journalist and farmer [Warsaw]

How to Become Dea Loher's "Klara" in Two Months: Acting Techniques (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Maja Ostaszewska, actress [Warsaw]

Your Ideal Haircut - I Can Make It Visible. Counseling and Cutting (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Kacper Raczkowski, hairdresser [Warsaw]

The Polish Book of the Dead. How It Would Look Like, if It Would Have Been Written (BM3/invisible knowledge)
Dr. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, cultural anthropologist [Warsaw]

__indigenous
Old Jews, New Jews - the Struggle for the Right to be a Jaffa Native (BM12)
Daniel Monterescu, urban anthropologist, studies mixed cities, teaches at the Central European University in Budapest (CEU) and at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI). [Tel Aviv]

__Minority
The Advantages of the Minority - Learning and Growing Through the Experience of a Sexual Minority toward the Understanding of the Experience of a National Minority and Vice Versa (BM12)
Samira Saraya, registered nurse and an activist for civil equality. [Tel Aviv]

ILLEGALITY

2, 3, Many Ways - On the History of Illegal Migration to Germany (BM7)
Serhat Karakayai, political scientist, specialist on illegal migration to the FRG [Duisburg, Frankfurt/ Main, Berlin]

People Who Live in Illegality - a Humanitarian and Political Challenge (BM7)
Dr. Ute Koch, director of the Katholisches Forum Leben in der Illegalität (catholic forum life in illegality) [Rheinbach, Berlin]

Narratives on Life in Illegality (BM7)
Inés Ribadeneira, came to Berlin in 2003, member of Respekt! [Ipiales, Quito, Cuenca, Berlin]

The Hinge of Power. The Illegalized Human Being as the Homo Sacer of Postfordism (BM7)
Michael Willenbücher, member of Kanak Attak [Ludwigshafen, Berlin]

IMAGE

The Image of the Female in Contemporary Dance (BM4)
Eva-Elisabeth Fischer, editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung with a focus on dance [Munich]

Video Art on Stage as Its Own Genre: On the Spatial Integration and Interaction of Movement and Image (BM4)
Momme Hinrichs, video artist, fettfilm [Berlin]

Why I Hate the Scenic Poetry of Dance Theatre or: The Late Revenge of Pantomime - Images in Dance Theatre (BM4)
Florian Malzacher, head dramaturge of the steirische herbst, journalist, editor of "Not Even a Game Anymore. Das Theater von Forced Entertainment" [Graz/Frankfurt]

Sandro Botticelli's Contrappasso: How a Single Renaissance Drawing Contains the Germ of Today's Critical Choreographic Practice (BM4)
Jeroen Peeters, art critic and dramaturge, editor of sarma.be, online platform for dance and performance criticism [Brussels/Berlin]

IMAGINATION

Cryptozoology from "Ahuizotl" to "Zdieblarz": Imaginary Fauna in Literature (BM3/ invisible knowledge)
Jan Gondowicz, archeologist of meanings [Warsaw]

The Ornament of Anatomy (BM3/ invisible knowledge)
Dr. Vernier Kusmirowski, Dr. of Catholic Anatomy [Warsaw]

Remembering the future – On physical and mental preparation before a fight (Licence No.1)
Ferdinand Mack five-time World Champion and German National Coach in full contact kick boxing, 7. Dan, trainer, author [Mannheim]

Of elves and dwarves. Tutorial on becoming a hero, and the twilight of the gods (Licence No.1)
Oliver Säuberlich owner of the role-play store "Wizard's Well", practicing role-player and game master for the last 20 years [Mannheim]

IMMOBILITY

The New America in Warthebruch, or: How to Prevent Emigration - a Successful Model from the 18th Century (BM7)
Kornel Miglus, filmmaker, Vacant Filmpool, works at the Polish Institute Berlin [Nowa Ameryka, Studzionka, Berlin]

My Taoistic Poetry of Immobility (BM7)
István Vörös, poet and author, lecturer for Czech literature and creative writing at Pázmány Péter University [Mór, Budapest]

INNER MIGRATION

Istanbul: Magnet of Interior Migration in the Post War Era and in International Migration After the Post-Soviet Era (BM7)
Dr. Ing. Cihan Arin, architect, ARIN + PARTNER, city developer and researcher [Istanbul, Berlin]

"Moving Into the Districts of Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Wedding Not Permitted": On the Choice of Place of Residence of Kurdish Migrants in Berlin (BM7)
Dipl.- Ing. Carsten Borck, kurdologist, editor, graphic designer [Berlin]

INTERACTION

The way into society through economic and job-related integration. And the contribution interaction and dialogue between the various cultures provides within this context(Licence No.1)
Kanber Altintas certified economist, project manager for the German-Turkish centre of commerce in Mannheim, holder of the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit), artist, former Head of the German-Turkish centre for culture [Mannheim]

Rules for the exchange of information versus chaos communication (Licence No.1)
Gerd Armbruster graduate in public management (FH), Head of IT-Infrastructure for the city of Mannheim, chief lecturer at Mannheim’s “Abendakademie“, project manager for the portal "mannheim.de" [Mannheim]

The whole is more than the sum of all its parts – The secret of the success of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area (Licence No.1)
Regina Pfriem head of public relations for the metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar GmbH, Managing Director of "Future of Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar e.V.“ [Mannheim]

INTERPRETATION

Looking at Photographs - Between the Factual and the Potential, Between the Imagined and the Real (BM12)
Ariella Azoulay, cultural researcher, curator, documentary director and translator. She teaches Visual Culture and Contemporary Philosophy in the Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies Unit in Bar Ilan University. Among her latest books: "Constituting Violence: 1947-1950", "Visual Genealogy of A Regime" Resling (2009), "This Regime Which is Not One", with Adi Ofir, Resling (2008), and "The Civil Contract of Photography", Resling (2007). Among her films are "I Also Dwell Among Your Own People: Conversations with Azmi Bishara" (2004) and "The Food Chain" (2003) [Tel Aviv]

Theory to Overcome Cynicism (BM4)
Bojana Cvejic, performing arts theorist, performer, author of ''Otvoreno delo u muzici'' [Brussels/Belgrad]

Dance and Ancient Tragedy: Why Meaning Lies in Movement (BM4)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann, Prof. for Theatre Studies, Director of the Department for Dramaturgy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, author of "Postdramatisches Theater" [Frankfurt am Main]

On the Carnal Frame of Thought - Pragmatic Notes (BM4)
Micha Purucker, choreographer [Munich]

INVENTION

____Alternating Current
AC/DC. Building America. Tesla Against Edison or the Fairy Tale of the Electric Chair (BM6)
Dr. Markus Krajewski, Scientific Assistant at the Chair for History and Theory of Cultural Techniques at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar [Berlin]

____Elevator
Up & Down: The Elevator - On the History of an Invention from New York (BM6)
Andreas Bernard, Cultural Scientist and Editor at Süddeutsche Zeitung, has recently published "Die Geschichte des Fahrstuhls" (The History of the Elevator) [Berlin]

____Frequency Hopping
Center parting, Ecstasy and Secret Communication Systems: Hedy Lamarr (BM6)
Nanna Heidenreich, Media Scientist, works at Film Festivals, arsenal experimental and kanak attak [Berlin]

- Photography
Physics and the Photograph: The Nature of Photographic Evidence in Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century (BM6)
Dr. Kelley E. Wilder, Photographic Historian, Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Rochester/ [Berlin]