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Voices from global dis:connect: Four New Fellow Interviews

We’re excited to announce the release of four new interview videos now available on our YouTube channel. In these conversations, former fellows at the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect share insights into their research, artistic projects, and personal journeys. Each interview offers a unique perspective on global dis:connections across disciplines and geographies.

Frances Steel
Professor of History at the University of Otago, Frances Steel discusses her project on the history of refrigeration and its role in shaping the colonial Pacific’s food trade. Her research uncovers how frozen meat and dairy exports helped transform New Zealand — and to a lesser extent, Australia — into the “farm of the empire.”
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Nadia von Maltzahn
Principal investigator of the ERC project Lebanon’s Art World at Home and Abroad (LAWHA), based at the Orient-Institut Beirut, Nadia explores the circulation of artists and artworks from Lebanon since 1943. In the interview, she reflects on her academic path and her book-in-progress at global dis:connect.
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Yolanda Gutiérrez
Choreographer, video artist, curator, and producer Yolanda Gutiérrez shares her creative journey and the evolution of her Urban Bodies Project Munich. Her work explores the intersections of body, space, and migration through collaborative performance.
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Shane Boyle
Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, Shane Boyle introduces his research on artistic responses to global logistics. At global dis:connect, he investigates how artists use tactics like blockade and sabotage to confront the infrastructures of global trade and extractivism.
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