Anyone who wants to seize power must influence culture and ways of thinking. They must gain control over how history and social coexistence are discussed.
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Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Right-wing actors are well aware of this and act accordingly in cultural policy: They advocate for drastic cuts to funding, launch parliamentary inquiries, calls for boycotts, hate mail, doxing, and coordinated media campaigns. Terms such as neutrality and artistic freedom are strategically reinterpreted to put pressure on institutions.
The “Mapping the Right” event series takes the fall 2026 election season as an opportunity to examine this development.
How does cultural policy become an instrument of fascistization? Together with cultural actors from regions where far-right narratives find strong support, “Mapping the Right” maps attempted and successful interventions in institutions, associations, and initiatives—extending all the way into state structures. This creates an archive that can be made available to the public.
“Mapping the Right” seeks to build a network of solidarity with those whose work is already under threat from anti-democratic forces—a situation that could become the norm as early as tomorrow.
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Dates
October 2026
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