Juliana Kolberg (Director)
julianakolberg@xartsplitta.net
pronouns: they/them
My main areas of interest are empowerment, disabilities, queerness, intersectionality as well as the criticism of discrimination in the German language and (concepts of) awareness, from the perspectives of queer Black diasporic movements. Central to my work are post- and decolonial theories, Black Feminist Thought, and colonial continuities & narratives in the connection of theory and practice. I studied Social Sciences (B.A.) with a focus on Gender Studies, Education, and Political Science.
Besides the implementation of the thematic foci in the form of networking and through the joint conceptualisation & implementation of different interdisciplinary (educational) events in the shape of conferences, readings, film screenings, performances, workshops, roundtable discussions, symposia, etc., I am also the general contact and responsible for a coherent overall concept for all projects of xart splitta.
Taye Naizghi (Coordination #CommunitiesSolidarischDenken)
tayenaizghi@xartsplitta.net
pronouns: they/them
At xart splitta I am the project coordination of the #ThinkingCommunitiesSolidaric project. I studied Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and at the Universiteit van Amsterdam with a thematic focus in literary, cultural and discourse analysis.
My other areas of interest are: Community work, queerness, intersectionality, (Anti-Black) Racism and Decoloniality, Empowerment, and the conceptualisation, semantics and practical implementation of critical theory and liberation, especially at the intersection with technology and digitality. My work runs along the concepts and movements of Abolitionism, Black Feminism, Decolonial theory, queer and gender theory, critical cultural studies and cross-community solidarity.
Arwa Al-Damerji (Coordination #CommunitiesSolidarischDenken)
damerji@xartsplitta.net
pronouns: she/her
At Xart Splitta, I am responsible for the project coordination of the #CommunitiesSolidarischDenken Project. I studied Design & Visual Communication (B.A.) in Amman and Sustainability in Fashion & Creative Industries (M.A.) in Berlin. The focus of my previous research was on the entanglements of coloniality and sustainability in fashion, as well as counter-hegemonic narratives, specifically in the context of Iraq.
My topics of interest include empowerment, community work, knowledge exchange and transfer, living in the diaspora, decoloniality, archival practices, and intergenerational memories.
Anni Quitt (Project Assistance and Administration)
annelie.quitt@xartsplitta.net
pronouns: she/her
I am responsible for the organisation, coordination and administration at xart splitta. My main areas of interest are queerness, intersectionality and Critical Social Work.
I studied Social Work (B.A.) at Alice Salomon University.
I speak German and English.
Feel free to contact me if you would like to use our space, have questions about organisational procedures, etc.
Maine Callahan (public communication)
maine.callahan@xartsplitta.net
My area of work is public communication. I am currently studying interpreting in German Sign Language and German in Berlin.
