A Conversation with Martina Leeker on Hesitation, Play, and Care
Vol. 61 , Becoming Data
Vol. 61

A Conversation with Martina Leeker on Hesitation, Play, and Care

Becoming Data
https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/61/2026.07.23.X
Published 2026-07-23
Anna Carnap
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin image/svg+xml
Viktoria Flasche
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-0437
Martina Leeker
University of Cologne image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-9729
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Digital Power Relations
Theatricality
Interview
Postdigital Culture
Artistic Research

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Carnap, Anna, Viktoria Flasche, and Martina Leeker. 2026. “A Conversation With Martina Leeker on Hesitation, Play, and Care”. MediaEducation: Journal for Theory and Practice of Media Education 61 (Becoming Data):251-65. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/61/2026.07.23.X.
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Abstract

In this interview, media and theatre scholar Martina Leeker reflects on the entanglements of digital technologies, subjectivation, and aesthetic practice. Drawing on her work at the intersection of media theory, artistic research, and theatre pedagogy, she discusses with the editors oft he special issue how contemporary data cultures shape modes of perception, agency, and knowledge production. Connecting theoretical reflections on power, education, and digitality with experiences from artistic research projects, the interview explores how aesthetic practices can create spaces for critical inquiry and foster forms of agency within increasingly datafied worlds.

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