Joseph Vogl in Conversation with Ayse Cavdar

During the Global Prayers Theme Days 2012, taking place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the cultural philosph Joseph Vogl conducted in-depth interviews with participants of the event, evaluating core issues of their academic or artistic work. In this video, he is talking with Ayse Cavdar, historian and journalist from Istanbul. The Global Prayers Theme Days marked a highlight of “Global Prayers - Redemption and Liberation in the City“. During the event, international academics and artists presented and discussed religious phenomena and urban settings, strategies, and productions of meaning of religious players from metropolises around the world. In a series of discussions, lectures, sounds, films and photographic works, they explored the links between urban development and religious practices, between promises of spiritual redemption and social liberation. More information on