“An Astonishing Moment in History”: Why Germany & Why Now

In this first episode of SQUAT, Maya introduces herself and the supporting cast of squatters she interviewed. She shares the reasons why a college student from South Carolina grew so fascinated with the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in doing so, illustrates some unexpected parallels between 1989 and 2020. Finally, she sets the scene for the rest of the series by explaining how Berlin came to have so much empty property for squatters to occupy.

Citations:

• “Nov. 10, 1989: Celebration at the Berlin Wall” by ABC News (https://youtu.be/snsdDb7KDkg?si=La-WQ0ULZjNTuSu9)
• “Governor's Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 13, 2020” by SouthCarolinaETV (https://www.youtube.com/live/KS2QdTUw-jo?si=jVZFewhngn2Hnl0e)
• "Partition, die Wende, and German Unification" by Mark Blacksell (article in Applied Geography, 1997)
• "Settlement of Property Claims in Former East Germany" by Michael Bohlander, Mark Blacksell, and Martin Born (article in Geographical Review, 1996)
• Belonging in the Two Berlins: Kin, State, Nation by John Borneman (1992)
• “The Transition from People’s Property to Private Property: Consequences of the Restitution Principle for Urban Development and Urban Renewal in East Berlin’s Inner-City Residential Areas" by Bettina Reimann (article in Applied Geography, 1997)
• “Tuntenhaus Forellenhof 1990: Gay Communism’s Short Summer” curated by Bastian Krondorfer, Schwules Museum (https://www.schwulesmuseum.de/ausstellung/tuntenhaus-forellenhof-1990-gay-communisms-short-summer/?lang=en)

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