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The border that breathes
No full textDie Muschelgeräte können bedient und ans Ohr gehalten werden. Layers, 5’16’’; Beginning, 16’36’’; The under, 6’17’’; Loop, 43’’; Reality, 58’’. Aluminium, Glas, Kupferdraht, elektronische Bauteile, Zinn / Klang, Erzählunghttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11806/data/NextGen25-h28trc0
Handle with care. Social labelling through the symbol of clothing care label
No full textThis Bachelor's thesis uses the symbol of a clothing care label to explore the invisible ways we’re labelled in society. Woven into our garments, these tiny tags tell us how to treat clothes – but they also quietly speak about value, origin, biases and care. In this project, I collected personal stories reflecting on how people have been labelled by themselves or others. Their words were printed as real care labels and sewn into a book, paired with portraits and factual personal data. The structure invites the reader to confront their assumptions – first by seeing, then assuming, and finally by putting in the effort to understand and get to know the person. It’s an intimate reflection on identity, categorisation, and the overlooked systems that shape how we relate to one another.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11806/data/NextGen25-xvyoa4u
Soundlab. Creating a low-access gathering of tools of sound creation
No full textThis Bachelor's thesis examines the role of sound in shaping community practices within club culture, with a focus on methodologies in both educational and personal contexts. It aims to gather and develop tools of sound-related practices. Through the development of workshops; interviews, a designed card game, sound mapping, archival of institutional and (sometimes self produced) methodologies. This work is in progress.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11806/data/NextGen25-8ul1e0i
Blueprint of corruption. The canopy collapse and the rise of serbian student protests
No full textThe initial spark for this project came from a moment of deep personal shock: the collapse of the canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November 2024, a tragedy that took the lives of 16 people. It wasn’t just another news story for me – it hit close to home, both literally and emotionally. Part of my family lives in Novi Sad, and being from Serbia myself, though currently living and studying in Switzerland, I felt a profound connection to the event. It was not only a structural collapse, but also a symbolic one – a collapse of public trust, of institutional responsibility, and of the safety that public space is supposed to guarantee.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11806/data/NextGen25-ag7wss0
Hierarchies of solidarity
No full textBreakfast & Discussion with சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) & (Moshtari Hilal) مشترى هلال, moderated by Jonas von Lenthe
How does solidarity emerge? When are political alliances formed beyond differences, and why do certain struggles seem to garner more solidarity than others? What constitutes solidarity work, and what contradictions, interests and strategies shape it?
Taking their book Hierarchies of Solidarity (Wirklichkeit Books 2024) as departure point, சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) and مشترى هلال (Moshtari Hilal) jointly reflect on a practice that, as an act against oppression, manifests itself in both seemingly small, everyday gestures and global political contexts. The conversation traces the racist structures of the discourse landscape and offers alternative ways of understanding solidarity. The discussion is moderated by Jonas von Lenthe, editor of Hierarchies of Solidarity and publisher at Wirklichkeit Books.
சிிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) is a researcher and essayist based in Berlin. Having studied political geography, they now work on the subjects of statelessness, mobilities and anti-colonial resistance with a special focus on infra structures, logistics and building cultures. வரதராஜா is embedded within the Eelam Tamil liberation movement and has worked for various human and asylum rights organisations in London and Berlin over the Years. Their nonfiction book an alle orte, die hinter uns liegen (to all places that lie behind us) was published by Hanser Verlag in September 2022.
(Moshtari Hilal) مشترى هلال is an artist, researcher and curator who lives in Hamburg. She is a cofounder of the collective AVAH (Afghan Visual Arts and History) and the research project CCC (Curating Through Conflict with Care). In her work, which encompasses both artistic and discursive formats, she is concerned with beauty, ugliness, shame and power. Hilal studied Islamic Studies with a focus on gender, decolonial studies and Cultural Studies in Hamburg, Berlin and London. Her debut novel Hässlichkeit (Ugliness) was published by Hanser Verlag in September 2023
Custom-engineered language - Integrating language models and rule-based systems for faster application of company style guidelines
No full textIn an increasingly digital landscape, companies rely heavily on maintaining consistent branding and communication standards, yet the manual effort required to adhere strictly to complex style rules is substantial and errorprone. While rule-based systems effectively handle straightforward cases, their rigidity often fails in nuanced or context-sensitive scenarios. Conversely, LLMs provide remarkable flexibility but struggle to maintain precise consistency when enforcing detailed guidelines
Precision and uncertainties for moving targets
No full textThis chapter discusses time-dependent variations of the target location and the patient's density distribution and its consequences during proton therapy treatments. Variations can occur on different timescales; i.e., over the entire treatment course (weight loss/gain, treatment response of the target), between subsequent treatment fractions (interfractional motion like setup variations or changes in cavity fillings), and within a treatment fraction (intrafractional motion due to heartbeat, breathing, or relaxation). This chapter mainly focuses on intrafractional motion. At the moment, motion in proton radiotherapy is a problem that has not yet been completely solved. A variety of strategies have been discussed to mitigate the effects of motion in proton radiotherapy. The best approach to deal with motion will depend on the tumor sites and the configuration of a specific proton treatment facility, and is likely a combination of strategies discussed in this chapter. First clinical experience indicates that previous in silico studies might have overestimated the dosimetric impact of motion by investigating its effects individually instead of embedded in realistic treatment scenarios. This chapter reviews the research and summarizes the current clinical practice related to the treatment of moving targets with proton therapy
A system within systems. Hacking as design strategy
No full textThis Master's thesis explores the potential of hacking – not as a technical act, but as a critical and playful mindset – for rethinking graphic design practice. Sparked by a personal frustration with the narrow roles and expectations designers are often offered, it proposes an alternative approach that embraces curiosity, experimentation, doubt and resistance. Through a series of self-initiated design experiments, the work investigates how hacking might be used to interrogate and reconfigure the technical, aesthetic, institutional and personal systems that shape our work. Drawing on early hacker culture, hacking is redefined here as a way of engaging with systems: understanding how they function, identifying defaults, and bending or misusing them creatively. From tools and templates to workflows, authorship and identity – everything can be seen as a system, and therefore as something that can be hacked. Each chapter follows a loop of theory and hands-on experimentation, moving from external structures (grids, software, protocols) to internal ones (habits, ego, authorship). Rather than offering polished outcomes, the experiments act as probes – tools for making visible the often unseen assumptions embedded in design culture. Ultimately, this thesis argues for a designer who doesn’t just work within systems, but questions, reshapes and reclaims them – turning default limitations into spaces for agency and change.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11806/data/NextGen25-fizslya
