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SQUAT, or the Radical Community Builders of Reunified Berlin - Podcast

SQUAT, or the Radical Community Builders of Reunified Berlin

 Maya Green

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is known around the world as marking the triumph of the West and the fall of communism. However, when we zoom into the neighborhoods surrounding this infamous concrete structure, we see a different story... of radical young people who squatted empty buildings to explore alternatives to capitalism, express queer identities, and claim agency in a time of massive global change. With the help of a dynamic cast of former squatters, punks, and dreamers, Maya Justine Green integrates academic theory and personal narrative to tell a story of what people built for themselves in a city's "empty" spaces — and what it might teach us about how to navigate the world’s current crises.

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6
Years Active
2024
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Small People, Small Things: Punk, Alter-Globalization, & What Comes Next

Small People, Small Things: Punk, Alter-Globalization, & What Comes Next

Berlin was far from the only city in the late 20th century dealing with drastic economic change. In the series finale of SQUAT, Maya crosses an ocean and a continent to explore how people utilized em…

00:38:57  |   Wed 12 Jun 2024
“We Are Here, Baby”: DIY Renovations & the Right to the City

“We Are Here, Baby”: DIY Renovations & the Right to the City

After several decades of neglect, many buildings in Berlin needed a lot of work to be made livable — but where others saw blight, squatters saw possibility. In this episode, Maya explores the spatial…

00:45:47  |   Wed 12 Jun 2024
“A Collective Dream”: Community, Countersocieties, & Counterpublics

“A Collective Dream”: Community, Countersocieties, & Counterpublics

What exactly was so radical about these squatters’ “radical communities”? In this episode, Maya offers a few frameworks to analyze the way life in Berlin’s squats diverged from the mainstream, in par…

00:57:49  |   Tue 04 Jun 2024
“There Are Other Ways”: Reunification & Radical Imagination as Resistance

“There Are Other Ways”: Reunification & Radical Imagination as Resistance

In this episode, we dive deeper into the fall of the Berlin Wall, examining how a moment of such geopolitical significance was felt at the neighborhood level. Through interviews, Maya explores the fr…

00:44:00  |   Tue 28 May 2024
“An Astonishing Moment in History”: Why Germany & Why Now

“An Astonishing Moment in History”: Why Germany & Why Now

In this first episode of SQUAT, Maya introduces herself and the supporting cast of squatters she interviewed. She shares the reasons why a college student from South Carolina grew so fascinated with …

00:39:34  |   Tue 28 May 2024
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00:03:38  |   Tue 28 May 2024
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