Course Catalog

Dekoratives Element

Cyborgs, Microbes and Black Boxes: History(s) of Feminist Science and Technology Studies with Jannis Steinke

With its approach of researching science and technology as an amalgamation of sociocultural factors (cf. Bauer et al 2020, p. 13), science and technology studies is a research field that abandons the paradigm of passive nature processed and transformed by technology. It is thus extremely compatible with (queer) feminist research approaches and gender and diversity …

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Dekoratives Element

Intersectionality and Diversity: Positions and Critique with Agnes Böhmelt

Intersectionality is about the manifold entanglements of social power relations and multiple differences. It is assumed that sexualized/gendered and racialized positions, social class/status as well as empowerment, age or religious affiliation/order, etc. are interlinked, inherently plural even, and that this complexity must be analyzed accordingly. Diversity concepts strive to implement such approaches in practice, for …

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Diversity & Intersectionality: Theoretical Perspectives and Analytical Concepts with Robel Afeworki Abay

This seminar examines the hypothesis that a perspective based on intersectionality theory offers a particularly suitable basis for a fruitful discussion on how to deal with difference, inequality, and diversity in a society of dominance. A critical-reflexive and domination-critical thematization of discursively produced and institutionalized relations of difference and inequality, such as racism, ableism, (hetero)sexism …

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