Wissen wie man in die Sauna geht – Diploma 2024

Dealing with the topic of classism. I myself come from a working-class family, being the first person in my family and close relatives to graduate from high school. The exhibition I created embodies a personal examination of the topic. In general, it is a lot about hurdles and difficulties, feelings about a lack of self-confidence and constant doubts about one's own abilities. Although these are stories that I have experienced personally, there is still something structural to be recognized in each theme, each object, and through the stories I have written down, which I call “invisible”, I tell of supposedly subjective experiences, of certain behaviours or feelings. However, these are patterns identified by Bourdieu on the subject of Habitus. The exhibition is divided into habitus, education, social origin and work. Artifacts such as a greatly enlarged school leaving certificate with a reference to suitability for secondary school on the subject of education, a beer mug from the father and a grandmother's work scarf on the subject of work, a carp stone necklace for social origin, experienced stories on the subject of Habitus, and a silk scarf, which can signify a supposed rise in social class, form the core elements of the exhibition.