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„Many Countries – One World“: How Flight Was Explained to Students
By Ekaterina Vasileva On 28th of April 2016 in the exhibition rooms of “7x jung” something magical took place. Dozens of German high-school students gathered to ask questions that are highly topical in...
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Das WeberWorldCafé „Flüchtlinge in der Stadt“– eine Reportage
von Linn Schaan Als Science Reporterin hatte ich am 28. April 2016 die einmalige Gelegenheit, am WeberWorldCafé „Flüchtlinge in der Stadt“ in Berlin teilzunehmen. Der Veranstaltungsort 7xjung bot mit...
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WeberWorldCafé „Diversity – Limits and Opportunities“
24st November 2016, 3 – 6pm Alte Mensa, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Wilhelmsplatz 3 37073 Göttingen Please register via wwc@maxweberstiftung.de In recent years the concept of “diversity” has...
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Table Topics: „Optimizing the Body: From Health Protection to Genetic Embryo...
Nitzan Rimon Zarfaty (photo: private) Based on her socio-empirical research, sociologist Dr. Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty examines professional discourses as well as the lived experiences and moralities of lay...
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Table Topics: „Optimizing the Body: From Health Protection to Genetic Embryo...
Simon Ledder (photo: private) The current discussions about changing one’s body by technological means are a hot topic in academia as well as in popular culture, argues social scientist Simon Ledder....
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„Diversity – Limits and Opportunities“- Introducing Our Table Hosts
„Diversity“ seems to be all around us, but what does it really mean? What do people imagine when they are asking for a more diverse society? How can we approach aspects of diversity like gender,...
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Table Topics: Can Cool Little Boys Wear Skirts? Gender, Parenthood and...
Ronald Saladin (photo: private) Fashion can be regarded as an extension of the body. The clothes we wear can convey information about our job, our hobbies, our religion etc. Fashion tells a story about...
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Wanted: Science Reporter!
For our next WeberWorldCafé „Diversity – Limits and Opportunities“, we are again looking for science reporters! If you want to participate as a Science Reporter, we invite you to document the event...
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Table Topics: Facing Various Axes of Oppression – Individual, Political and...
Intersectionality: A Bridge between the Social and the Psychological? Intersection (photo: private) There is a long history of social scientists rendering invisible social forces such as oppression,...
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Table Topics: Fighting Complex Structures with New Concepts: How...
Laurence Lessard-Phillips (photo: private) Since Steven Vertovec coined the notion of „super-diversity“ in 2007, it has gained in popularity in academic and policy circles. Talking about...
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Table Topics: Conflicts in Multi-Ethnic Societies – How Do We Get Along, If...
Banu Karaca (photo: private) Discourses of diversity have been on the rise, and have in part replaced those on multiculturalism – today often designated as a failed concept, especially in Germany....
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Table Topics: Multi-Ethnic Societies – How Do We Get Along, If You Are Not...
Bouke de Vries (photo: private) Living with people from different cultural or religious affiliations backgrounds need not result in conflict. In this respect, the title ‘how do we get along, if you are...
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Table Topics: Facing Various Axes of Oppression – Individual, Political and...
„All Oppression is Connected“, 2013 by Jim Chuchu (photo: baldiri | Flickr| CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Crucial to the rise and propagation of diversity as a relevant notion for the social sciences were the...
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Table Topics: DiverCities. Gentrification, Social Mobility and Public Spaces...
Photo: private Although cities have always attracted diverse groups of people, recently scholars including Vertovec (2007; 2010) have argued that cities are becoming even more diverse. The EU-funded...
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Table Topics: „Learning from the Past? Facts and Fictions from Historical...
Richard Wittmann (photo: Orient-Institut Istanbul) Lessons from the past can only be learned if we do not blindfold ourselves by ignoring sources available to us, be it accidental, deliberate, or as a...
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Table Topics: „Learning from the Past? Facts and Fictions from Historical...
Lorena Ossio Bustillos (photo: private) In Latin America, before people began to talk about the Indians or indigeneity, the liberal constitutional projects of the 19th century concentrated on equal...
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Table Topics: DiverCities. Gentrification, Social Mobility and Public Spaces...
Qudsiya Kontraktor (photo: private) Gentrification in Indian cities has been used variously by scholars to describe an array of urban transformations from slum demolitions to land privatization; from...
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Table Topics: Can Cool Little Boys Wear Skirts? Gender, Parenthood and...
Logo of the Göttingen Diversity Research Institute (image: private) To ask the question of whether a boy can wear skirt is related to the two-sex concept prevalent in the West. Moreover, the question...
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Tipp: Diversität im Kulturbetrieb
„Diversity“ hat als Schlagwort auch im Kulturbetrieb seit einigen Jahren Konjunktur. Schließlich soll Kultur ein Ort sein, wo gelebte Vielfalt und Toleranz ethnische und nationale Grenzen verwischen....
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It „Broadened my Horizon and Left me Excited and Happy“: First Report from...
A report by Malina Emmerink. It sounded like an academic speed dating event on an international and intercultural level and instantly made me curious: When Gesche Schifferdecker of the Max Weber...
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