German School Cancels Forensic Architecture Lecture on Police Killing
about 5 months ago (12/13/2023)
German School Cancels Forensic Architecture Lecture on Police Killing Skip to content A video piece by Forensic Architecture screens during the Turner Prize Photocall at Tate Britian on September 24, 2018 in London, England (photo by Mark Milan/Getty Images) Over 200 students, faculty members, and alumni at Germany’s Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University signed an open letter published yesterday, December 12, condemning the school’s cancellation of a lecture with Forensic Architecture (FA), a research firm that investigates human rights concerns worldwide. The missive calls the decision a “violation of our academic freedom and the right to free expression” and demands an immediate reversal. It also claims that the talk’s cancellation was “political” in nature, citing FA’s multiple projects analyzing Israel’s violent occupation of Palestine.