Author name: fabian.kroger

A virtual museum of Islamic art. Does the online museum “Discover Islamic Art” contribute to cultural decolonization?

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The article discusses the historical and cultural exchanges between Europe and the Islamic world, highlighting the Discover Islamic Art virtual museum’s role in showcasing this connection, while criticizing the Western portrayal of Islam as primarily associated with violence. It underscores the complexities of cultural appropriation and the need for a nuanced understanding of Islamic art, challenging stereotypes and promoting appreciation of shared heritage.

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Thinking technology with Jacques Tati – Masterclass Culture & Technology (2013)

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Each year, the history of technology students at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne organize a “masterclass”. These conferences aim to develop a thematic reflection between students and confirmed researchers. This year our masterclass proposes to “think technology with Jacques Tati”. Its aim is to question the place of technology in the work of the

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Gods, Monsters, Hybrids – An encounter with intermediate automotive creatures at the Paris Motor Show 2006

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Fabian Kröger shows how automobile design is changing from functional to symbolic elements by taking up mythological influences and animalistic elements. The Paris Motor Show 2006 revealed this trend, showcasing concept cars that merge divine, demonic, and zoomorphic references. Renault, Citroën, and Peugeot infuse vehicles with totemic significance, embodying human dreams, fears, and aspirations. Automobiles are transformed into symbolic, ritualistic artifacts that blur the lines between man, machine, and nature. These creative stagings embody anthropomorphic dreams, fears and self-images and the ritual charge of the automobile as a transcendental object beyond purely functional utility.

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Racing car or telemobile? A history of automotive visions of the future

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Translated (02/25) by the author. Originally published in German: Fabian Kröger. Rennreiselimousine oder Telemobil? Eine Geschichte automobiler Zukunftsvisionen: Von den Trends der Herstellung bis zum Ende der Lust am Fahren im unfallfreien Verkehr mit Auto-Mobilen”: in: Telepolis, March 8, 2005. The contradictory “futures of the automobile” were the subject of a recent conference at the

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Werbeanzeige von Volkswagen, in: DER SPIEGEL Nr. 30/2002, S. 28-31.

Auto-Mobile DNA, The Mythology of the Automobile in the Society of Control

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(First published in: Kröger, Fabian, Automobile DNS, Zur Mythologie des Automobils in der Kontrollgesellschaft, in: Treusch-Dieter, Gerburg, Düker, Ronald, Gehrke, Claudia (Hg)., Konkursbuch Auto, Tübingen 2004, S. 161-170). Translation: G. M. Goshgarian The domestication and subjection of the auto and the self The tremendous success of the “index fossil” known as the automobile finds its

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