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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New Research Results out now!! CAN STORIES SHIFT POLITICAL VIEWS? WHEN DID YOU LEAVE? An immersive theatre experiment on populist radical-right narratives at Oerol. Via Berlin and Universiteit van Amsterdam In the link below you’ll find an English and a Dutch version: viaberlin.nl/onderzoeksre...

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fifth stop in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪➡️

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fourth stop in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪➡️

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

MEN4DEM's LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the second stop in Athens, Greece ➡️

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

MEN4DEM's LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the first stop in Warsaw, Poland ➡️

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🇳🇱 Our LARP will have its international premiere on June 1st in Poland, followed by its Dutch premiere at the @oerolterschelling.bsky.social on June 12th. From there, we will travel to the rest of Europe.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

What this LARP made painfully clear is that the old version of me didn’t disappear. It’s still there. Very close. Just… right under the surface. So yeah… this character wasn’t foreign to me at all. It was familiar. Uncomfortably familiar.”

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

💭 A beautiful reflection from one of the players: “Playing this LARP and becoming another kind of man—another kind of person—is an ongoing process. Infinite, actually. You have to stay aware all the time.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🎲 Our new LARP What Happens When We Meet is currently being tested with expert groups across six European countries. This time: Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 This was the second group to immerse themselves in our carefully crafted characters.

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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

🎧🎙️Podcast Alert! Lovely to talk to @bvpaassen.bsky.social about stepping out of our comfort zone to bridge research, the arts and practice. Examples from collaborations @men4dem.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social @emancipatornl.bsky.social & Push*Back*Lash @beldan.bsky.social

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Creator of books at beldansezen.com and curator at Booklyn.org

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A promising beginning for this international trajectory. Next up the try out in Athens 🇬🇷

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The game unfolds almost organically. It is striking to see the script come to life through play. Already in this first test round we gained valuable insights and received deeply moving responses.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🎲 First try out of the LARP What happens when we meet? in Poland 🇵🇱 @tomekbesta.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social A warm indoor setting with Polish delicacies and eight players fully immersed in their roles. From the very first prompts a quiet excitement emerges.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🎓 As part of the UvA practicum month, students of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences took part in a creative writing workshop with Tyler Koudijzer. Writing from imagination and lived experience, exploring neurodiversity and different ways of thinking, feeling and expressing.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Created by Eva Knibbe and Jan Hoek together with performers from Theater LeBelle, Untitled reflects on how people with intellectual disabilities are perceived and represented. The post performance discussion offered a thoughtful and critical starting point for the research month.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The month opened on Monday with a lecture by Dagmar Slagmolen and Roosmarijn van Woerden. On Tuesday, students attended the video installation and performance Untitled at @rodehoed.bsky.social in Amsterdam, marking the first shared experiential component of the practicum.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In collaboration with experts and clients of the care organisation @cordaan.bsky.social the programme combines academic teaching with artistic and experiential approaches.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🎓The UvA practicum month has begun. Two hundred students from the programme Interdisciplinary Social Sciences are engaging in a month long inquiry into neurodiversity. @uva.nl

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🎓 Dagmar introduced the honours course Creating Connections through Arts-Based Research! From Feb–May she works with international students from UvA, VU and AUC on how art can deepen research and make complex topics accessible. Ft. creative labs, lectures and group sessions. 👩🏾‍🎨🖼 #artsbasedresearch

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Alberta Giorgi @albertagiorgi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Such an inspiring roundtable @men4dem.bsky.social at the University of Bergamo with Cerchio degli Uomini, Bharath Ganesh, @norocel.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social and an incredibly powerful performance by @via-berlin.bsky.social so many thanks

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Next step: testing the characters. Are they believable, relatable, diverse enough? We’ll find out in the coming months. #TransformativeRolePlaying #TRP #Men4Dem #ViaBerlin #Emancipator #PlaySpace #Masculinity #Radicalisation #CoCreation

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The first TRP will premiere in June 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland, followed by test sessions with our Men4Dem partners in 🇵🇱 Poland • 🇬🇷 Greece • 🇮🇹 Italy • 🇩🇪 Germany • 🇸🇪 Sweden

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

By stepping into another person’s shoes, participants engage in embodied reflection: a way to challenge assumptions, develop empathy, and create awareness of social dynamics.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Transformative Role Playing (TRP) is an experiential form of role play where participants don’t just act out a role - they experience change in perspective, behaviour, or awareness.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

From this starting point, we began shaping the characters, their relationships, and moments of transformation. The first insights from our research project “When did you leave?” (Oerol 2025) serve as a key source of inspiration.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our recent brainstorm, began with a simple question led by Jens from Emancipator, : what do we mean by masculinity and femininity and aren’t these, in essence, human qualities?

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🇪🇺 Co-creation Transformative Role Playing – Men4Dem Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🇪🇺 Through @men4dem.bsky.social we explore how art, science, and society can foster visibility, empathy, and inclusion in times of polarization.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This report is valuable not only for MEN4DEM but also as inspiration for other projects and institutions working in hostile or polarized settings. 🧠 Read the full report here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1526...

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Safe Research Ethics Framework

Researcher safety in Europe is increasingly at risk, especially for those studying politically sensitive topics. Despite escalating threats, systematic protections remain limited. Existing protocols p...

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

While tailored to MEN4DEM, this framework offers a transferable roadmap for building collective, democratic researcher safety infrastructures across diverse contexts.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Within the European project MEN4DEM, they also developed a Researcher Safety Helpdesk - with trainings, a resource library, and peer-support sessions.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In their new report Safe Research Ethics Framework, Brit Anlar and Liza Mügge (University of Amsterdam) propose an alternative. Their framework is rooted in Feminist Care Ethics, centering care, solidarity, and shared responsibility.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Most ethical guidelines focus on protecting participants. But the vulnerability of researchers themselves is often overlooked.

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

💼 Doing research safely Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM Photos: Nichon Glerum

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Recently, Via Berlin, the Artistic Partner in MEN4DEM, performed “When did you leave?" at Oerol Festival on Terschelling. Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

(Q) Why MEN4DEM is important In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Op festival Oerol speelden we de afgelopen dagen 18 keer de voorstelling ‘When did you leave’ voor 3,500 bezoekers. Vandaag was de laatste dag. Nieuwsgierig? Lees onderstaande blog. En check vooral ook de fantastische video aan het eind. stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...

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Radicale onderdompeling: een theaterexperiment op Oerol - StukRoodVlees

De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) signaleerde begin deze week dat jongeren online radicaliseren. Dit is maar een enkel voorbeeld van een bredere ontwikkeling: politie...

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Waarom spreken radicale ideeën zoveel mensen aan? Niet (alleen) door feiten, maar juist ook door verhalen. Althans, dat was onze verwachting. Om dit te onderzoeken hebben we een project opgezet met muziektheatergezelschap Via Berlin. Samen ontwikkelden we een theatervoorstelling en experiment in 1.

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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Tot zondag nog op Oerol de voorstelling Why did you leave van @via-berlin.bsky.social. @mrooduijn.bsky.social en ik zijn er ook met een groep onderzoekers voor een studie over populisme, gender en mannelijkheid!

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 runs at Oerol through June 22. 🎧 A music theatre experience like no other. 📸 Nichon Glerum #WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025 #Men4Dem

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

💬 “All your senses are triggered by the mix of dance, music, acting and narrative. You feel the warmth of the sun; together it makes for an intense experience.” 💬 “I’m already checking if I can see it again with a friend.”

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

💬 “A deeply impressive performance with so many layers.” 💬 “This isn't traditional theatre. The storytelling format is both beautiful and illuminating and with headphones, you're completely in your own bubble.”

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The first performances of 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 at Oerol are done! We asked for your thoughts and the responses were overwhelming. 🙏🏼 Thank you for your support and massive turnout. All shows through June 22 are sold out. #WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

📆 When did you leave? Premieres at Oerol, June 13–22 Two performances daily, 10:30 & 14:30 #ViaBerlin #MEN4DEM #Oerol2025 #GerManosphere #artsbasedscience #manosphere #radicalisation

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via-berlin.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🇪🇺 Part of the European research project MEN4DEM, we explore how the triangle of art, science and society can help create empathy, visibility and resilience in polarizing times. In collaboration with @uva.nl and @emancipatornl.bsky.social

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