Rebekka Ladewig

Rebekka Ladewig is professor of the History and Theory of Cultural Techniques at Bauhaus University Weimar (from 2026). She previously held professorships in Art Research and Media Philosophy at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe), in Theory of Perception at University of Art and Design, Offenbach (HfG Offenbach), and in Media Theory at the University of Vienna. Rebekka’s research is grounded in cultural studies and media theory, with particular emphasis on material and visual culture, the history of technology, feminist science and technology studies, and media ecologies. Her publications include Schwindel: Eine Epistemologie der Orientierung (Mohr Siebeck 2016), “Symmetries of Touch” (special issue of Body and Society 2022, ed. with Henning Schmidgen), Modell Hütte (Diaphanes 2021, ed. with Karin Krauthausen), Milieu-Fragmente (Diaphanes 2020, ed. with Angelika Seppi). She is also the editor of the first German translation of Michael Polanyi’s classic book Personales Wissen. Auf dem Weg zu einer postkritischen Philosophie (Suhrkamp 2023).