An event dedicated to public and critical discourse with Sara T. Huber, Rivka Saltiel & Verónica Gago, Elsa Dorlin and F*Streik Graz.

Ohnmacht* paralyzes. It leads to passivity and discouragement – to the point of resignation. Crisis conditions intensify both social and individual feelings and experiences of powerlessness, and through this, it becomes clear that Ohnmacht has a systemic character. The series of discussions "Facing Ohnmacht" invite a critical and emancipatory confrontation with powerlessness as a feeling, an experience, and a social symptom. The series focuses on counter-narratives, pointing to strategies and approaches that lead out of powerlessness and into empowerment.
The first of four events is dedicated to the topic of

Patriarchy and Ohnmacht
Increasingly precarious existential arrangements, rising domestic violence and femicides are symptomatic of prevailing economic conditions and patriarchal violence. Feminist thinkers and activists reveal how the patriarchal-capitalist order of our society constantly attacks everyday survival. Exploitation and oppression destroy communal resources, threaten physical livelihoods, and leave many unable to reproduce and maintain life. Everyday survival becomes a constant act of self-defense borne of suffering, pain, and a sense of powerlessness. Feminist struggles have long sought collective means of voicing these experiences and facing Ohnmacht in solidarity.