Contents

Introduction: Critical Interventions in Knowledge Production from Within and Without Academia 7 Aisha-N. Ahmad, Maik Fielitz, Johanna Leinius and Gianna M. Schlichte

I. Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Productionin Academia

Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Production in Academia: Introductory Remarks. 29 Katarina Froebus

Imaging the Power of Academia: Of Deficient Figures, Good Theologies and Governing Rationalities in the German Islam Conference 43 Zubair Ahmad and Luis Manuel Hernandez Aguilar

Nobody Wants to be 'Poor'-Power Effects of Knowledge (Re-)Production and (Im-)Possibilities of Critique 63 Sophie Künstler

Excellence Goes Congo. The Power Structure of Academia between North and South: A Case Study of the Master of Microfinance 85 Anne Reiff, Miranda Loli, Janina Hirth and Kristina Weil

The Political Epistemology of the International Financial Crisis between 2007 and 2009-an International Relations View on the Politics of Knowledge 105 Sebastian Levi

II. Challenging the Norms of Academic Forms of Knowledge

Border Conflicts: The Power of Art in Academia 131 Johann Szews

Challenging Formats: Content and Form in Dialogue. 137 Jörg Holkenbrink and Anna Seitz

Against Functionalization: On Artistic Research 151 Falk Rößler and Philipp Schulte

Beuys as Philosopher: The Aporia of Fat 163 Dror Pimentel

Aesthetic Difference: On the 'Wisdom' of the Arts 181 Dieter Mersch

Notes on Contributors 197