Veronika, a creative non-fiction writer with a background in visual cultures, has always harbored an unwavering love for the underwater world.

She is interested in reimagining ways of being and living in response to the Anthropocene as well as an increasingly polarized society. Her work dives deep into various socio-political issues, often exploring how aesthetics can challenge and disrupt dominant dynamics of power.

Selected Works

An article about German memory culture featured in Panoramic's special edition on solidarity.

Reflecting on the NSU Complex reveals that political disenchantment can be as perilous as extremism, as it often lays the groundwork for it. Can we develop cohesion by transforming our approaches to collective memory?

Panoramic Magazine
Print Issue 3, Spring 2024.

2023

An investigation into the material legacy of fascism in Germany through a contemporary lens.
Has time stripped objects of their former meaning and significance, or have they, perhaps now more than ever, become potent symbols for far-right populism and white supremacy?

Inheriting Ideology:
Can Fascism
Be Sustained Through
Built Environment?

A striking feature of today's reality is housing moving increasingly further away from being a basic right and is instead evolving into a luxurious good.
Those who cannot afford luxury must remain flexible.
Drawing on personal experience and elements of pop culture Flexible Housing blends between lifestyle magazine and artistic intervention confronting the escalating truth of housing crisis.

Flexible Housing

In Process

Public discourse often presents a distorted and simplistic view of Islam, shaping an image of it as a war-like religion.
In contrast, the diverse aesthetic possibilities of Islamic calligraphy provide a powerful medium for intercultural communication, and understanding. Grounded on fun rather than ideology.

The Art of Calligraphy:
Counteracting Islamophobia

When searching for citizen science or marine conservation volunteering, you often encounter pricy programs run by international companies—just another facet of capitalism and mass tourism.

This text offers a critical reflection on the volunteering industry, drawing from my personal experiences with New Heaven’s Reef Conservation Program, a sustainable, family-run alternative. The little dive shop sets a great example by emphasizing the ocean as a core element of human identity.

A Deep Dive into Community-Based Citizen Science