{"id":8533,"date":"2022-09-05T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iftf-frankfurt.com\/program-symposium\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:14:02","slug":"programm-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iftf-frankfurt.com\/en\/programm-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Programm-Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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10. Symposium \u201eFEMINIST DEMOCRACY - 10 Years of Staging the Future\u201c<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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HOW TO DO FEMINIST DEMOCRACY?
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\u2192 Friday, 18th September, 4\u20136 pm
\nKULTURGEL\u00c4NDE PROTAGON
\nOrber Stra\u00dfe 57, 60386 Frankfurt am Main

\n\u2192 Saturday, 19th September, 2\u20135 pm
\nKULTURGEL\u00c4NDE PROTAGON
\nOrber Stra\u00dfe 57, 60386 Frankfurt am Main

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 A cooperation between the International Womxns' Theater Festival and the Cornelia Goethe Centrum for Gender Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.\n
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This year\u2019s symposium of the International Womnxs’ Theater Festival 2026 is dedicated to feminist democracy in art, theater, activism, and academia. We see democracy as a promise and a hope: it is a promise that those affected by a decision have the right to participate equally in shaping it, regardless of their differences and backgrounds. It is the hope that, in a democratic society, conflicts can be resolved peacefully and that freedom, equality, and solidarity can serve as guiding principles for living together.
International and local artists, academics, and activists are invited to share their experiences, methods, and perspectives and bring them into dialogue. In particular, we ask how feminist democratic practices can be shaped in art, academia, and activism, how they work in and through our bodies, and how different practices can inspire one another. Particular attention is given to the visibility of BIPoC womxn and other marginalized groups on and behind the stage, in activism, and in academia.
As in previous years, we are looking for ways to transform the patriarchal, Eurocentric narrative of theater-making by engaging with a multitude of feminist voices and creating solidary connections collectively. One focus is on the exchange between different generations about experiences of the stage as a performative space for an anti-racist, queer_feminist, and democratic utopia for society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

We explore the following questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>