Monika Salzbrunn was invited to give the Opening Keynote Speech on “Resisting though artivism. Researching and filming the performance of multiple belonging”. during the Antropólogos Iberoamericanos En Red (AIBR) Congress, Universidad de Burgos/E, 9.26 https://2026.aibr.org/inaugural/
Invited keynote speech at Bordeaux University
Monika Salzbrunn was invited to give a thematic keynote speech on « Comment se représenter ensemble ? Vidéo-élicitation, feedback et co-construction filmique en Italie », Invited Keynote, Colloque COJEMI « Regards croisés sur/avec les jeunes migrants isolés : paroles, images et discours », Bordeaux, 17.-19.6.26
Invitation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phoenix, on behalf of the ERC
On behalf of the European Research Council, Monika Salzbrunn was invited to present her resarch on “Art and Activism: Creativity and Performance in Super-Diverse cities”, in the panel “Tales of the City: Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Spaces” featuring the research of three ERC grantees at the 2026 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference, 12-14 February 2026 in Phoenix (US).
Invitation to La Sapienza University Rome
Monika Salzbrunn was invited to present her research on “Artivismo – arte e attivismo. Creatività e performance come forme sovversive di espressione politica nelle città super-diversificate. Metodi, risultati e suite del progetto ERC ARTIVISM” at the Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Economiche. 15.1.26
Keynote at Hansung University, Seoul
Monika Salzbrunn was invited to give her Keynote speech about « Unessentialising Migrants. Researching the performance of multiple belonging in everyday life and on stage », at the International Conference on Cultural Imagination and Practice in the Age of Migration, Hansung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23.5.-24.5.2025.
Keynote at Comb’Art Conference Porto 2022
“Revolutions and imagined futures from below. Artivism through fabric, bodily performances and discourses in urban settings”, Keynote by Monika Salzbrunn, Comb’Art 2022
ERC ARTIVISM Final Conference
The ERC Final conference took place at the Maison de Quartier Sous-Gare Lausanne and the Ferme des Tilleuls Renens. Read more here: https://wp.unil.ch/erc-artivism-conference/
Rue d’Alger at Manifesta Marseille 2020: Décoloniser l’espace. L’artivisme à Douala, Los Angeles et Gênes
Dans le cadre de l’exposition Rue d’Alger à la biennale Manifesta Marseille 2020, Monika Salzbrunn a été invitée à parler des différentes manières de Décoloniser l’espace. L’artivisme à Douala, Los Angeles et Gênes, et à commenter les oeuvres des artistes Alessandra Ferrini, ainsi que Nina Fischer et Maroan el Sani. La conférence et dialogue sont visibles ici:
Kulturpolitische Akademie: Monika Salzbrunn über Diversitätssensibilität in der Kulturpolitik
Auf Einladung der Kulturpolitischen Akademie hielt Prof. Dr. Monika Salzbrunn 2020 einen Vortrag zu Diversitätssensibilität in der Kulturpolitik, ergänzend zu ihrem Buch Vielfalt/Diversität (transcript 2014):
ERC ARTIVISM Team at ESA Sociology of Arts 2021 University of the Arts Helsinki
Together with her ERC ARTIVISM team (Dr. Raphaela von Weichs, Federica Moretti, Sara Wiederkehr), principal investigator Prof. Monika Salzbrunn organises “Ethnographic Madeleines, a workshop on sensorial methods for ethnographic inquiries” and gives a paper on Whose aesthetics in which décor? Performative art and muralism as activist art against gentrification. Insights from Cameroon, California and Mediterranean cities during the ESA Sociology of the Arts Midterm meeting at the University of the Arts Helsinki, 9-12 March 2021.