Teresa Weißert is reseach assistant in the section Art and Economies. Her research encompasses artistic practices in rural areas and their socio-economic conditions, as well as theories on emancipatory rurality. Additionally, she is interested in textile theories and the socio-political embeddedness of textile practices. Her research approach is based on the integration of scientific discourses and her findings from her field research, as well as from her own socio-cultural practice in rural regions of northern Hesse with the KOMPOST Ensemble e.V.