Legendary philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler met with Danish journalist Lotte Folke Kaarsholm in front of a live audience at Heartland 2019 to discuss the future of gender politics.Judith Butler is perhaps one of the most important and influential gender theorists of all time. Her work and theories on gender, feminism, and ethics has had enormous political and social significance. In this talk Butler discuss why there is still fear and shame connected to gender identity and sexuality and how this can be changed for the better.The conversation you are about to hear is a part of Heartland’s Future Talks. These talks are created to invite scientists and theorists into the public conversation and make us all care and take an interest in the future.Future Talks is supported by Lundbeckfonden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Heartland podcast primarily features live conversations from the festival’s talks program and is an initiative created to focus on the future that we already live in. Heartland’s ambition is to engage its guests in the world by creating a contemporary cultural platform where people can gain new perspectives on the transformation and development of our world.Heartland’s talks program has established itself as one of the most esteemed stages for live conversations in Northern Europe and has hosted some of the world’s greatest minds and artists since its start in 2016. Among others, Sir Salman Rushdie, Angela Davis, Marina Abramović, Brian Eno, Margaret Atwood, Slavoj Žižek, Werner Herzog, PJ Harvey, Michael Stipe, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Franzen, Vivienne Westwood, Judith Butler, Douglas Coupland, David Shrigley, Kim Gordon, Joshua Oppenheimer, Bjarke Ingels, and Olafur Eliasson have been a part of the talks program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.