@via-berlin.bsky.social
Thé arts-based research company. Based in the Netherlands.
New Research Results out now!! CAN STORIES SHIFT POLITICAL VIEWS? WHEN DID YOU LEAVE? An immersive theatre experiment on populist radical-right narratives at Oerol. Via Berlin and Universiteit van Amsterdam In the link below you’ll find an English and a Dutch version: viaberlin.nl/onderzoeksre...
MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fifth stop in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪➡️
MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fourth stop in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪➡️
MEN4DEM's LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the second stop in Athens, Greece ➡️
MEN4DEM's LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the first stop in Warsaw, Poland ➡️
🎲 Our new LARP What Happens When We Meet is currently being tested with expert groups across six European countries. This time: Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 This was the second group to immerse themselves in our carefully crafted characters.
🎧🎙️Podcast Alert! Lovely to talk to @bvpaassen.bsky.social about stepping out of our comfort zone to bridge research, the arts and practice. Examples from collaborations @men4dem.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social @emancipatornl.bsky.social & Push*Back*Lash @beldan.bsky.social
beldan sezen (@beldan.bsky.social)
Creator of books at beldansezen.com and curator at Booklyn.org
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Barbara van Paassen@bvpaassen.bsky.social · 8mo ago*𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲* Very excited to kick off our new @peoplevsinequality podcast season with @lizamugge.bsky.social exploring how academics and practitioners can (better) collaborate in times of autocratization. podfollow.com/people-vs-in...
🎲 First try out of the LARP What happens when we meet? in Poland 🇵🇱 @tomekbesta.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social A warm indoor setting with Polish delicacies and eight players fully immersed in their roles. From the very first prompts a quiet excitement emerges.
🎓 As part of the UvA practicum month, students of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences took part in a creative writing workshop with Tyler Koudijzer. Writing from imagination and lived experience, exploring neurodiversity and different ways of thinking, feeling and expressing.
🎓The UvA practicum month has begun. Two hundred students from the programme Interdisciplinary Social Sciences are engaging in a month long inquiry into neurodiversity. @uva.nl
🎓 Dagmar introduced the honours course Creating Connections through Arts-Based Research! From Feb–May she works with international students from UvA, VU and AUC on how art can deepen research and make complex topics accessible. Ft. creative labs, lectures and group sessions. 👩🏾🎨🖼 #artsbasedresearch
Such an inspiring roundtable @men4dem.bsky.social at the University of Bergamo with Cerchio degli Uomini, Bharath Ganesh, @norocel.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social and an incredibly powerful performance by @via-berlin.bsky.social so many thanks
🇪🇺 Co-creation Transformative Role Playing – Men4Dem Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.
💼 Doing research safely Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.
When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM Photos: Nichon Glerum
Recently, Via Berlin, the Artistic Partner in MEN4DEM, performed “When did you leave?" at Oerol Festival on Terschelling. Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
(Q) Why MEN4DEM is important In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Weer op weg naar het vasteland na een fantastisch project op @oerolterschelling.bsky.social. Meer weten over ons onderzoek daar met @via-berlin.bsky.social? Zie deze blog: stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
Radicale onderdompeling: een theaterexperiment op Oerol - StukRoodVlees
De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) signaleerde begin deze week dat jongeren online radicaliseren. Dit is maar een enkel voorbeeld van een bredere ontwikkeling: politie...
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Op festival Oerol speelden we de afgelopen dagen 18 keer de voorstelling ‘When did you leave’ voor 3,500 bezoekers. Vandaag was de laatste dag. Nieuwsgierig? Lees onderstaande blog. En check vooral ook de fantastische video aan het eind. stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
Radicale onderdompeling: een theaterexperiment op Oerol - StukRoodVlees
De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) signaleerde begin deze week dat jongeren online radicaliseren. Dit is maar een enkel voorbeeld van een bredere ontwikkeling: politie...
stukroodvlees.nl
Waarom spreken radicale ideeën zoveel mensen aan? Niet (alleen) door feiten, maar juist ook door verhalen. Althans, dat was onze verwachting. Om dit te onderzoeken hebben we een project opgezet met muziektheatergezelschap Via Berlin. Samen ontwikkelden we een theatervoorstelling en experiment in 1.
Tot zondag nog op Oerol de voorstelling Why did you leave van @via-berlin.bsky.social. @mrooduijn.bsky.social en ik zijn er ook met een groep onderzoekers voor een studie over populisme, gender en mannelijkheid!
The first performances of 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 at Oerol are done! We asked for your thoughts and the responses were overwhelming. 🙏🏼 Thank you for your support and massive turnout. All shows through June 22 are sold out. #WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025
📚 A new study gives insight into a quiet but rapidly growing online world: The manosphere; a network of online voices claiming to speak for “men,” but often sliding into misogyny, distrust of democracy, and rigid ideas about identity.
(Q) Can science change the world? Science helps us understand the invisible systems that influence our lives - from digital infrastructures to human behaviours. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
(Q) How will Via Berlin contribute? As the artistic partner in the MEN4DEM project, Via Berlin will develop four new music theatre works. All four works explore themes of identity, truth, democracy, and disconnection through music, movement, and story. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
🗣️ “Thinking like Socrates sounds simple – but try it sometime.” - Bas Heijne, @nrc.nl In When did you leave?, Via Berlin explores what happens when language no longer connects, but divides. When convictions take over, and the other becomes invisible.
📊 New research shows: political divides in Europe are shifting. It's no longer just about ‘left vs. right’, but about values, identity and visibility. Political conflict is being reshaped by deeper cultural fault lines.
