Mark Terkessidis
Mark Terkessidis
Mark Terkessidis, born in 1966, is a publicist focusing on popular culture and migration. In 2006, he composed a much-discussed plea for more rationality in the integration debate together with Yasemin Karaşoğlu.
Mark Terkessidis, born in 1966, is a publicist focusing on popular culture and migration. In 2006, he composed a much-discussed plea for more rationality in the integration debate together with Yasemin Karaşoğlu.
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Year of Publication: 2015
Mark TerkessidisYear of Publication: 2015
Collaboration
The recent protests have revealed the people’s dissatisfaction: politicians seems far removed from day-to-day life and are overwhelmed with major projects such as train stations or airports. The people, by contrast, are more opinionated than ever. After years of neoliberal speeches, they have become accustomed to personal responsibility: together they created Wikipedia, renovated class...
Year of Publication: 2010
Mark TerkessidisYear of Publication: 2010
Interculture
Whether treated as a theoretical concept or a polemic phrase, the term »multiculturalism« has determined the debate on the immigration society for a long time. A society that was imagined to play out like a big neighbourhood party with frankfurters, falafel and cevapcici – as a noncommittally tolerant co-existence.
Yet authors and directors such as Vladimir Kaminer...