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Walter Benjamin by Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin by Walter Benjamin









We propose to revisit Benjamin's writings and radio plays to question the uses and potentials of radio today as part of our research group. The radio was for Benjamin the place par excellence of practical application of his reflections on the means of technical reproducibility. In particular, he has produced a series of programs “for children”, which are equally aimed at adults. He loved the popular dimension of this new media with endless possibilities, including that of staging everyday life. In the late 1920s, he worked for public radio in Berlin and Frankfurt. Walter Benjamin wrote on radio and for the radio.











Walter Benjamin by Walter Benjamin