Mishpocha – The Art of Collaboration Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt

Vortrag: Kann Pop uns noch retten?

"We Are Family," as Sister Sledge once sang. Pop music has always created communities, bringing together people who felt excluded from society and giving them a new home, a new family.

Hip-hop gathered the Black community; disco, house, and techno offered safe spaces for gender emancipation; punk rock was open to everyone who felt like outsiders—working-class kids, Riot Grrls, Jews. But punk rock has also been, and remains, open to Nazis; large parts of hip-hop are marked by sexism and antisemitism; and the behavior of the techno scene after October 7 disturbed many who believe in the emancipatory power of pop music. What is the state of this power today? Can pop still be saved?

Jens Balzer addresses these questions by moving between the present and history, reflecting on the role of music in society. Balzer is a writer and journalist for the culture section of DIE ZEIT. His books include a four-volume history of pop culture and society.

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