With Maryam Aras, Dominique Haensell, Girish Shambu and Ana Teixeira Pinto
Chair: Till Kadritzke

The final event of the Critical Practices section addressed the politics of value-making and the exclusions that allegedly universal notions of value or aesthetics bring with them. The discussion gathered a diverse range of perspectives on the hidden defaults of specific reception contexts like global cinephilia or German literary criticism but also took a step back to reflect on broader political contexts such as the colonial history of writing about aesthetics. The four participants exchanged ideas and collected examples from their different backgrounds, also discussing which emerging reception practices might confront the defaults and exclusions of established forms of criticism.