Dr. Nina Spöttling-Metz
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben
Kunst und ihre Didaktik Ästhetische Erziehung
Raum
2.211
Brieffach
23
Adresse
Gronewaldstr. 2
50931 Köln
Sprechstunde
Main Areas of Focus
Post-Digital Visual Cultures
Networked and Participatory Practices in Art and Art Education
CV
Since 10/2026 – Lecturer for Special Assignments at the University of Cologne, Department of Art and Music, Art & Art Theory
Since April 2023 – Teaching assignments at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts, the Catholic University of Applied Sciences NRW, the University of Osnabrück, and Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2024–2025 – Design and implementation of art education workshop formats for the project “Grafeneck – Münster // 1940 – Today,” Catholic University of Applied Sciences NRW, funded by the EVZ Foundation
2021–2024 – Teacher of art, aesthetic education, and pedagogy at Liebfrauenschule in Coesfeld and Hildegardisschule in Münster (vocational high school, technical college for social pedagogy)
2018–2020 – Teacher training program and Second State Examination for teaching at high schools and comprehensive schools
2015–2018 – Master of Education, Technical University of Dortmund
2012–2017 – Adjunct instructor and independent research associate at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and adjunct instructor at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts
2012 – Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Art Education, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2006–2010 – Doctoral fellow at the Hans Böckler Foundation
2006–2009 – Research assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Art Education at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department of New Media
2004 – Master of Arts (Magistra Artium) in Art Education, Pedagogy, and Art History, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Publications (Selection)
Monographs
Spöttling-Metz, N. (2011): Rebels and Martyrs. The Stylization of Youth as a Post-Ritual Practice of Meaning: The Case of the Jesus Freak Movement. Dissertation, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
Richard, B., Grünwald, J., Recht, M., & Metz, N. (2010): Flickering Youth—Rushing Images. Network Cultures in Web 2.0. Frankfurt am Main/New York: Campus.
Contributions to Anthologies and Handbooks
Spöttling-Metz, N. (2026): Art Education in the Digital Archipelago. A Consideration of Collaborative Visual Cultures on the Web. In: Tewes, J. & Krebber, G. (Eds.): Stable Trembling. Transformative Practices in Art Education (Art Media Education 24). Munich: kopaed, pp. 215–224.
Spöttling-Metz, N. (2017): Out of Joint: On the Ghostly Quality of Pop-Cultural Visual Cultures in a Digitized Present. In: Richard, B., Müller, J., & Blechinger, E. (Eds.): Konsumfashionista. Media Aesthetics of Fashion. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink, pp. 133–139.
Metz, N. & Richard, B. (2013): R.I.P. The Dead Star as a Post-Ritual Martyr and Dark Icon of the Internet. In: Robertson-von Trotha, C. Y. (ed.): Celebrity Culture. Stars in the Media Society (Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies). Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 103–117.
Metz, N. & Richard, B. (2011): Youth Cultures. In: Otto, H.-U. & Thiersch, H. (Eds.): Handbook of Social Work. Fundamentals of Social Work and Social Pedagogy. 4th ed. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt, pp. 684–691. DOI: 10.2378/ot4a.art071
Metz, N. (2010): Shattered Symbols. Pop, Culture, and the Religious in the Visual Worlds of Youth Culture. In: Richard, B. & Krüger, H.-H. (Eds.): inter-cool 3.0. Youth, Image, Media. A Compendium on Current Youth Culture Research. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, pp. 263–270.
Metz, N. (2010): Myths of the Near Future. New Rave as a Style Phenomenon 2.0. In: Richard, B. & Krüger, H.-H. (Eds.): inter-cool 3.0. Youth, Image, Media. A Compendium on Current Youth Culture Research. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, pp. 133–140.
Metz, N. (2008): So Fucked Up—Damage as a Motif in Pop-Cultural Representation. In: Richard, B. & Ruhl, A. (Eds.): Consumer Guerrilla. Resistance to Mass Culture? Frankfurt am Main/New York: Campus, pp. 117–128.
Richard, B., Kuni, V., Metz, N., & Zaremba, J. (2006): Coolhunters [DVD]. Frankfurt am Main, funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
Lectures (Selection)
Spöttling-Metz, N. (05/2026): Focus on Visual Cultures. Lecture in the series “Kunst.Impulse. Competent Visual Engagement in the Digital Age,” Institute for Quality Development in Schools, Schleswig-Holstein
Spöttling-Metz, N. (11/2025): Approaches to Art Education in the Context of Memorial Site Work as Part of the Project “Grafeneck – Münster / 1940 – Today.” Lecture, conference “Grafeneck – Münster // 1940 – Today. Developing a Cultural-Educational Practice of Remembrance for Engaging with Nazi Euthanasia Crimes,” Catholic University of Applied Sciences NRW, Münster.
Spöttling-Metz, N. (09/2024): No Image Is an Island. Exploring Participatory Design Processes Online and (Re)acting Through Art Education. Workshop, Annual Conference of the Scientific Society for Art, Media, and Education “Stable Trembling: Transformative Practices in Art Education,” Münster Academy of Fine Arts.
Spöttling-Metz, N. (03/2020): Testing post-digital strategies of forgetting and dissolution with Snapchat. As part of the continuing education program: “Postdigital Media Culture in Schools: Contemporary Art Meets the Curriculum,” Institute for Art and Art Theory, University of Cologne.
Spöttling-Metz, N. (06/2018): #dolphins – Social Tagging and Its Potential for Post-Digital Art Education. Workshop, “Because Internet” conference, Institute for Art and Art Theory, University of Cologne.
Spöttling-Metz, N. (10/2017): #freeyourpits. Instagram as a Forum for Discourse on the Representation of Female Bodies in the Tense Interplay Between Empowerment and Commodification. Presentation, research colloquium “Aesthetic Practice as Media Critique: Reflections on Critical Practice in the Context of Digital Media Cultures,” Grimme Research College at the University of Cologne.