Critical Film & Image Hub

Films and images shape our perception of the world and play an essential role in the formation and manifestation of prejudices. The Critical Film & Image Hub is a project at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism (RCA) at Heidelberg University.

An interdisciplinary team investigates the mechanisms of visual and media antigypsyism and makes antigypsyist narratives, motifs and aesthetic patterns visible. Through educational materials and anti-discriminatory counterstrategies, the Hub promotes critical media literacy and a reception and production of visual media that is critically aware of antigypsyism. The project is part of the ‘Cooperation Network against Antigypsyism’ in the federal programme ‘Live Democracy!’ of the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).