Critically Connected to Homeland

Description

What does this mean for two non-conformist authors, both playing in the Swiss football national team of writers? Bänz Friedli is a satirist and cabaret artist. In 2024, he received the Cornichon cabaret award and already in 2015 the Salzburger Stier, among other things, for being "versatile, creative, and critically connected to homeland." In 2017, Friedli published the children's book Machs wie Abby, Sascha! In 1985, he was the youngest municipal councilor in Switzerland. The second guest is the historian and religious studies scholar Demian Cornu, co-president of the German-speaking Swiss PEN Center. His novel "Einmachglas" (Zeitkind 2026) is about teenagers who neither want to be victims nor heroines. Vulnerable and rebellious, they seek freedom, identity, and belonging. Moderation: Ueli Mäder
Music: Lukas Rickli
Discussion series "Homeland for All"
Homeland for all people: young, old, migrated, undocumented, employed, displaced, disadvantaged, queer... Everyone should participate in social life, contribute, and feel comfortable without excluding others or elevating themselves. Homeland is not an exclusive security but rather a creative possibility. Sometimes it has become a nationalist conservative ideology. Some reject the term for this reason. Others open it up for a resistant belonging that allows doubts and addresses contradictions constructively. We reflect on different expressions and concepts of homeland. It is also of interest how biographical experiences document societal changes. Buffet from Restaurant du Coeur

Highlights

• Ueli Mäder moderates the event
• Bänz Friedli and Demian Cornu as guests
• Discussion about different concepts of homeland

General Information

The event "Critically Connected to Homeland" takes place at cheesmeyer in Sissach and sheds light on the diverse aspects of the concept of homeland. With renowned guests from literature and science, a critical discussion about identity and belonging is initiated.

Location

Hauptstrasse 55, 4450 Sissach, Switzerland

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