ITI - Journal

The ITI Journal features national and international authors from academia and artistic practice who report on the performing arts in a transnational context, cultural policy or cultural discourses in a broader sense.

Joyful Connections
  • Publication
  • ITI Academy
  • Theater of the World
  • Sep 10, 2026

Joyful Connections brings together contributions from participants and organisers of the ITI Academy.

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Despite the Circumstances: On Keeping Going and Striving for Connections
  • Interview
  • Jun 24, 2026

A conversation on the approaches and aims of the ITI Academy with Malin Nagel and Julia Zellner.

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More luxury
  • Article
  • Theater of the World
  • Media Library for Dance and Theater
  • Archiv
  • Jun 16, 2026

Christine Henniger examines the international festival THEATER DER WELT as a catalyst for cultural, social and urban developments.

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Von Brettern & Welten
  • Podcast
  • Apr 17, 2026

Discover Theatres and Spaces through listening. A podcast of the International Theatre Institute Germany

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The Time of Automatic Sympathy is Over
  • Interview
  • International Cooperation
  • War & Crisis
  • Transformation
  • Feb 12, 2026

ITI Director Dr Juliane Zellner in conversation with Yvonne Büdenhölzer, Dr Gesche Joost and Gitte Zschoch about the opportunities and challenges of international cultural work.

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Climate dramaturgy
  • Article
  • International Cooperation
  • Care
  • War & Crisis
  • Sustainability
  • Transformation
  • Mar 12, 2025

Zoë Svendsen's understanding of a climate dramaturgy argues in favour of combining artistic goals with responsibility for people and the environment.

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The Promise of Care
  • Article
  • Care
  • Intersectionality
  • Feminism
  • Feb 6, 2025

Artistic explorations of care are currently emerging as radical alternatives to the crisis of social reproduction. Antonia Rohwetter critically examines the potential of care practices in the performing arts.

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CARE PRACTICES IN ARTIVISM IN PERU
  • Article
  • Decolonization
  • Care
  • Feminism
  • Nov 15, 2024

Activist Alex D. Loo on the need for collective care, fear as a resource and dealing with conflict.

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On Cultural Mobility and Environmental Sustainability: A decolonial and intersectional approach
  • Article
  • Decolonization
  • Sustainability
  • Theater of the World
  • Mobility
  • Apr 4, 2024

Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu's perspective on environmental sustainability focuses on concepts such as solidarity, care, hospitality and justice.

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Theater der Welt - a reality check in terms of sustainability
  • Interview
  • Decolonization
  • Sustainability
  • Theater of the World
  • Mobility
  • Mar 28, 2024

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WE NEED EACH OTHER TO CREATE CHANGE
  • Interview
  • ITI Academy
  • Transformation
  • Jul 10, 2023

Anastasija Bräuniger, Faisal Kiwewa, Bettina Sluzalek and Malin Nagel reflect on the first edition of the ITI Academy and explore perspectives for the further development of the programme.

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Now I Reach Out My Detached Hand to You, Will You Accept Me?
  • Article
  • ITI Academy
  • Jul 10, 2023

Dora Yuemin Cheng shines a light on the new generation of Chinese female theatre artists and their entanglement with digital reality in China.

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