This event is free.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Language: German
They're everywhere and they're on the increase - idiots! Whether in the office, in the neighbourhood, on the road or in politics, idiots make our lives difficult. How do we deal with the idiots in our everyday lives? How much tolerance for the intolerant? When do we have to set boundaries and when do we have to jump over our own shadow? What can we do to avoid becoming an idiot ourselves?
BASEL DEBATES #8 invites you to a discussion about how to deal with the people we tolerate the worst. Peter Maurer (ex-president of the ICRC), Manja Präkels (author & musician) and Gerold Dünki (ex-security officer of FC Basel) will discuss troublemakers, political enemies and morons. Moderated by the cultural scientist Rahel Leupin and the political scientist Tobias Hagmann.
Registration: baseldebates.ch
Basel Debates
BASEL DEBATES ist eine innovative Debattenreihe an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kultur und Politik. Gäste und Publikum diskutierten gemeinsam und suchen alltagstaugliche Lösungen. BASEL DEBATES wird von Public Culture Lab kuratiert und von der Kaserne Basel und swisspeace BASEL DEBATES is an innovative series of debates at the interface between culture and politics. Guests and audience discuss together and look for solutions suitable for everyday life. BASEL DEBATES is curated by Public Culture Lab and co-produced by Kaserne Basel and swisspeace.
Biographies
Peter Maurer is Chairman of the Basel Institute on Governance and a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance Company. The former top Swiss diplomat was President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 2012 to 2022. Prior to that, he was Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations. He has a doctorate in history and lives in Bern.
Manja Präkels is an author and musician. As a reporter, she documented the social upheavals of the 1990s in Brandenburg. In her award-winning novel Als ich mit Hitler Schnapskirschen aß as well as her most recent essay collection Welt im Widerhall oder war das eine Plastiktüte? she discusses right-wing gains in space. Präkels runs writing workshops at schools and, in cooperation with the HAU theatre (Hebbel am Ufer), establishes alliances with neighbours in Berlin.
Gerold Dünki is the former head of security at FC Basel (2003-2016) and author of the crime novels Vögeli und die Schatten der Vergangenheit and Vögeli kehrt heim. After completing a commercial apprenticeship and police school, he first worked as a police officer before training as a computer scientist. From 1990, he worked as a freelance IT consultant. The retired football fan and sportsman enjoys fishing, red wine and motorbikes.
Credits
Scenography
Veronika Mutalova
Media partner
Bajour
Co-production
swisspeace, Kaserne Basel, Public Culture Lab GmbH
Supported by
Christoph Merian Foundation
Guests
Peter Maurer, Manja Präkels und Gerold Dünki
Hosts
Rahel Leupin and Tobias Hagman
