What used to be called understatement is now referred to as "quiet luxury." It's no longer chic to openly display one's wealth, but rather to practice restraint. And most people turn up their noses at counterfeit designer clothes anyway. But why is that? In a commentary for the Politische Feuilleton on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, I get to the bottom of it.

What is the significance of the question of whether culture is systemically relevant? And what does a power-critical cultural policy look like? An essay for the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft

Opinions are divided on the work ethic of the younger generation. For some time now, "quiet quitting" has been trending on social media, a phenomenon primarily associated with Millennials. In this commentary for the political arts and culture section of Deutschlandfunk Kultur, I get to the bottom of this phenomenon.

Young people are too rigid with their identity politics, they say. Freedom is in danger. Yet they're not demanding nearly enough. And the problem isn't the old. An essay for Zeit Online about the seriousness of life and young protest. Illustration: Elif Küçük

I worked as an editor on the Spotify Original podcast 190220 – One Year After Hanau. In six episodes, we reconstruct the night of the attack on February 19, 2020, the institutional failures before and after the attack, and the mechanisms of structural racism in our society. Only on Spotify.

Why do I distrust the applause on the balconies and the universally invoked concept of solidarity during the Corona crisis? Column ❤topia on nachtkritik.de

In ethnological exhibitions, non-European people were put on display before audiences. It is an often forgotten chapter of German colonial history whose traces are still visible today. A report for ze.tt.

In Cologne, the NSU carried out two arson attacks; in Zwickau, the core trio went underground for years. As different as their roles in the NSU complex are, both cities are searching for an appropriate form of remembrance. A report for ze.tt.