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Engaging with theory

This volume brings together 12 conversations conducted by Christian Höller with theoreticians and activists critically engaged in the cultural field. Interviewing Tariq Ali, Bill Ayers, Zygmunt Bauman, Paul Gilroy, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Lawrence Grossberg, Stuart Hall, David Harvey, Achille Mbembe, Meaghan Morris, Irit Rogoff, and Ella Shohat, Höller explores Cultural Studies and raises issues of postcolonialism, globalization, and activism.

Edited by Anne-Julie Raccoursier, this book was realized within the framework of Höller’s teaching on the research-based Masters Program CCC—Critical Curatorial Cybermedia, Geneva University of Art and Design/Haute école d’art et de design, Genève.

Christian Höller is a member of the editorial board of “springerin” (Vienna) and was one of the editors of “documenta 12 magazines,” 2006–2007. A Visiting Professor at the Geneva University of Art and Design, he has written extensively on art and cultural theory.

The book is part of the Documents series, co-published with Les presses du réel and dedicated to critical writings.