Open Space, Open Spaces, Lecture, reading, talk

Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?

Name: Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?
Start: 2025-06-12T18:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-12T20:30:00+02:00
Location: Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Here and Now: An Open Space at BERLIN GLOBAL

Closing Event of the Open Space “Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin”

Prices
Regular: free of charge

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Admission from 6 PM

We kindly ask for your understanding should there be any waiting times.

Location
Open Space in the room Berlin Images and in the room Interconnection

Event

Duration
2h

At the end of the Open Space project “Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin” by the association querstadtein at BERLIN GLOBAL, we look back and forward together. Over drinks and snacks, we will engage in conversation with you about the developments and the current situation for the homeless and those without housing in Berlin.

Programme

Jennifer Fielding, Managing Director of querstadtein e.V., will reflect with Susanne Gerull, Professor of Theory and Practice of Social Work at Alice Salomon University Berlin, and exhibition protagonist Susanne Hinneberg on the past two years since the opening of the Open Space:

What has changed? What is the situation for the homeless and those without housing in the city? How can cultural and social participation be enabled? What needs to change?

A string trio from the Musethica e.V. project will provide the musical framework.

Musethica e.V. combines musical education with social engagement and cultural participation. Maria Winiarski (viola), Kristina Winiarski (cello), and Alva Holm (violin) will perform works by Bach and Mozart.

Clemens Poldrack, project manager at querstadtein e.V., will guide us through the evening.

The event is held in German.

Panel: Prof. Dr. Susanne Gerull, Susanne Hinneberg
Moderation: Jennifer Fielding, Clemens Poldrack
Music: Musethica e.V. with Maria Winiarski (viola), Kristina Winiarski (cello), and Alva Holm (violin)

Participants:

Susanne Hinneberg is a city guide for querstadtein e.V. Her tour mainly leads through Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The native (West) Berliner Susanne Hinneberg has known Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf since her childhood. Early on, she commuted between the world of sophisticated life with art, culture, and luxurious shops along Ku’damm, but also visible poverty – not only in the side streets. As a city guide for querstadtein e.V., Susanne talks about the right to housing, social housing construction, and real estate speculation, cultural participation, and old-age poverty. She discusses how homelessness can affect anyone and what it feels like to suddenly lose one’s home and have no place to live. She is actively involved with the “Union for Homeless Rights.”

Dr. Susanne Gerull is a professor of Theory and Practice of Social Work with a focus on poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and low-threshold social work at Alice Salomon University Berlin. In 2003, she completed her doctoral studies at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin, earning her PhD with her dissertation on “Government Measures in Case of Impending Loss of Housing Due to Rent Arrears.”
Prof. Dr. Gerull is a (supporting) member of various associations and initiatives, including Self-Representation of Homeless People e.V., Support Association for Homeless Aid in Berlin e.V., Working Group on Housing Shortage Berlin, and Berlin Initiative Against Violence Towards Women (BIG e.V.).

Jennifer Fielding is the Managing Director of querstadtein e.V. She designs and accompanies educational formats from the perspective of (formerly) homeless people and was the project manager of the Open Space “Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin”. She advocates for social justice and the fair distribution of resources. As a social scientist and historian, she studied the transmission of trauma during her studies.
Jennifer Fielding is a board member of INST, the International Network of Social Tours, and querstadtein, among others, a member of the Working Group on Housing Shortage Berlin and the Working Group QUEER*HOUSING.

Clemens Poldrack is a project manager at querstadtein e.V. He oversaw the development of the Open Space “Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin”. At querstadtein, he is actively involved in the design of educational formats from the perspective of those affected. He also manages the integration of (formerly) homeless people as experts in political and scientific events. As a social and political scientist, he worked in research on civic engagement, volunteering, and social movements during his studies.

Maria Winiarski is an internationally renowned violist, chamber musician, and artistic director, residing in Berlin. As a chamber musician, Maria Winiarski has performed in venues such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Konserthuset Stockholm, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Bangalore International Center, and the Auditorio de Zaragoza. She is a regular guest with leading orchestras worldwide. Additionally, she is the founder and artistic director of the Swedish branch of the international association Musethica.
She will provide the musical framework for the closing event together with Kristina Winiarski (cello) and Alva Holm (violin).

Musethica is a training method that combines the development of young female musicians with social engagement. Within a week, musicians perform ten to twenty concerts in social institutions: from community centres and refugee shelters to hospices and senior residences, as well as clinics and prisons. Thus, Musethica concerts are primarily aimed at people who, due to their life situations, do not have the opportunity to attend a concert. This creates performance opportunities and learning spaces for musicians while simultaneously promoting social participation.

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Special Exhibition
Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin

Poverty is an omnipresent reality in Berlin. Homeless women+ often go unseen or are deliberately overlooked. Some use camouflage for self-protection. The association querstadtein e.V. has dedicated an Open Space at BERLIN GLOBAL to the perspectives and experiences of (formerly) homeless women+.

Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

Holiday Opening Hours

Maintenance Work

Mon, 19/05/25 + Wed, 21/05/25 | Closed due to maintenance work
Thu, 22/05/25 + Fri, 23/05/25 | Partial closures possible due to maintenance work
From Sat, 24/05/25, the exhibition will be open as usual.

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Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

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For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum Visitor Services:
+49 30 9921 189 89
Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.

Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?

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Participants:

An Open Space by and in cooperation with

Discover the exhibition

Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin

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Opening Hours

Holiday Opening Hours

Maintenance Work

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Contact

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Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?

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Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?

Programme

Participants:

An Open Space by and in cooperation with

Discover the exhibition

Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Holiday Opening Hours

Maintenance Work

Directions

Contact

Dates

Without a Home, Without Shelter, Without Hope?

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