Sascha Verlan

Sascha Verlan (* 1969 in Esslingen am Neckar ) is a German author, editor and journalist. He is the co-founder of Equal Care Day .

Life

Sascha Verlan was born in Esslingen and studied modern German literature , medieval studies and history in Stuttgart and Bonn, as well as political science and media theory . Considered a fine art in his master's thesis on the subject of HipHop. Lyrical forms of expression in German-speaking rap , he showed the literary relevance of rap texts and made a name for himself as a journalist on the subject of hip hop . He has been a critical companion of the German hip-hop scene since the early 1990s. His book 20 Years of HipHop , edited with the musician Hannes Loh , was described by the daily newspaper taz as a “standard work on hip-hop in Germany” and has been reissued twice in an updated form. Verlan gives workshops for teachers and young people on hip hop, rap and creative writing. He gives lectures on the connection between hip-hop and poetry, on rhyme improvisation and competition in literature.

Together with Almut Schnerring, he publishes and raises awareness of the issues of gender equality and role stereotypes . Under the term “pink-light-blue trap”, which they coined, role models in children's books, cognitive distortions and unconscious thought patterns in articles, radio broadcasts, lectures and training courses are addressed or in the context of the award ceremonies of a golden fence post - the negative price for absurd gender marketing - publicly criticized. The Equal Care Day , launched in 2016, was also initiated by Verlan and Schnerring , a day of action that draws attention to the lack of appreciation and unfair distribution of care work. In their book Equal Care. About Welfare and Democracy , they presented an inventory of the care situation in Germany in 2020, described the smooth transition between private and professional care work , showed the connection between the gender pay gap and the gender care gap and described phenomena like Mental Load and Care Chains - the increasing outsourcing of care duties in global care chains .

Sascha Verlan lives with Almut Schnerring and their three children in Bonn.

bibliography

• French Connection. Hip-hop dialogues between France and Germany , Koch International Verlag 2003, ISBN 978-3854452355
• 25 years of HipHop in Germany (together with Hannes Loh ), Hannibal Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3854452614
• Rap lyrics. Texts and materials for teaching (ed.), Reclam-Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-15-015073-3
• 35 Years of HipHop in Germany: Updated and expanded edition of the standard work on the German HipHop scene (together with Hannes Loh ), Hannibal Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3854454793
• The pink-light-blue trap. For a childhood without stereotypical roles (together with Almut Schnerring), Verlag Antje Kunstmann 2014, ISBN 978-3-88897-938-5
• Equal Care. On Welfare and Society (together with Almut Schnerring), Verbrecher Verlag 2020, ISBN 978-3-95732-427-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Sascha Verlan in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website of Sascha Verlan and Almut Schnerring
• Blog cultural noise

Individual evidence

1. ↑ No more system criticism. In: taz archive. January 14, 2016, accessed April 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Sascha Verlan and Hannes Loh: 35 years of hip hop in Germany . Updated and expanded edition of the standard work on the German hip-hop scene. 3. Edition. Höfen 2015, ISBN 978-3-85445-479-3 .
3. ↑ Sascha Verlan in conversation with Kerstin Janse: Hip-Hop “This culture has to be continued”. In: Deutschlandfunk. November 28, 2015, accessed April 14, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Lecture topics. In: Rosa-Hellblau-Falle.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Making the invisible visible: Equal Care Day focuses on care work. February 29, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Almut Schnerring and Sascha Verlan: EQUAL CARE? - An inventory. In: equalcareday.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .