Perspectives on Care Work – with Anne Waak and Marah Rikli

Time: 6.30 – 8 pm
Location: Event room, museum (ground floor)

In this reading with conversation between the author Anne Waak and the journalist Marah Rikli, questions around care work and inclusion will be put into the room and discussed and debated based on Anne Waak's book Kümmern und Kämpfen as well as texts by Marah Rikli. The conversation will be moderated by Fabienne Schellenberg (Director Debate House Charlemagne).

The event takes place in cooperation with the Debate House Charlemagne and is part of the event series Perspectives on Care and Resilience in the context of the exhibition «Interdependencies» at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.

Anne Waak was born in Dresden in 1982 and works as a journalist and author for various newspapers, magazines and cultural institutions. She has published a number of books on social issues, most recently Wir nennen es Familie. New Ideas for a Life with Children. She lives in Berlin with her closest friend and her son.

In Kümmern und Kämpfen, Anne Waak cleverly analyzes how toxic cultures of masculinity and femininity are (re)produced at home, kindergarten, or school, and formulates a real-life plea: only by raising our children to be feminists will we free our society from the high costs of patriarchy.

Marah Rikli (1981) is a freelance journalist, presenter and inclusion activist. She is the mother of two children and writes, among other things, about life with her daughter, who has a disability. She regularly publishes articles for the «Tagesanzeiger» and published texts in the «Republik», «Das Magazin», the «SonntagsZeitung», «Wir Eltern» or the «NZZ». Her main focus: Inclusion, LGBTQIA+, care work, feminism and education. She is also a speaker or moderator of talks and panels for these topics. With columnist Sara Satir and the Frauenzentrale Zürich, she just launched the feminist podcast «Sara and Marah in conversation with...».

Fabienne Schellenberg, trained cultural scientist with a master's degree in sociology from the University of Lucerne, has been running the Charlemagne Debating House in Zurich for over four years. The house serves as a meeting place for committed personalities from politics, culture and civil society, whom she invites and brings together for exchange and dialogue. With her commitment, she promotes cultural and social discourse in the city.
 

• The conversation is accompanied by German sign language translation
• Free of charge
• No registration required