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TALK ABOUT: DARK WINDS

Vortrag mit Ausschnitten zu der Serie DARK WINDS in englischer Sprache.

DARK WINDS (AMC, based on Tony Hillerman’s novels) is a gripping crime thriller set in the Navajo Nation of the 1970s. At its center are Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, who investigate crimes while navigating the cultural, spiritual, and political realities of Indigenous life in the American Southwest. This presentation explores the series as more than a detective story: DARK WINDS offers a powerful portrayal of New Mexico’s Indigenous landscapes and histories, foregrounding Native perspectives both on screen and behind the camera. By examining questions of representation, sovereignty, and cultural memory, I will discuss how the series challenges long-standing stereotypes and contributes to new forms of Indigenous storytelling in contemporary television.

Astrid M. Fellner is Chair of North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland U. She is Head of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies at Saarland U and the co-editor a trilingual Border Glossary, a handbook of key terms in Border Studies. She is also Executive Director of the DAI Saarland. Her research focuses on Border Studies, North American Studies, Popular Culture, and Gender Studies.

Tobias Schank (he/him) is a postdoctoral researcher in North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University. He has worked as a researcher in the joint project Linking Borderlands: Dynamics of Cross-Border Peripheries, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, and has co-edited the volume Linking Borderlands: Komplexität – Dynamik – Interdisziplinarität. He is a member of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies and part of the interregional Working Group Bordertextures. He is the Head of Office of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (Association for Cultural Studies in German-speaking countries) and the co-speaker of the section Kulturwissenschaftliche Border Studies (Cultural Border Studies). In his current research, Dr. Schank is working on seascape epistemologies, alternative forms of knowledge production, and the American Imaginary. His other research interests include Gender & Queer Studies, Film Studies, and Heavy Metal Studies.