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Instructors: Dr. Monika Pater
Event type:
Follow-up seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
24-408.75
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 20
Registration group: Spezielle Soziologien
Comments/contents:
Communicative violence online, colloquially hate speech, is very likely to be encountered by those who are read as different/not belonging. Following Manne's concept of misogny, women who do not meet societal expectations or demand equal rights are very likely to experience misogynistic reactions. Platforms such as Twitter or Instagram enable an exchange about misogynous experiences of all kinds; the most famous example of this is the hashtag metoo. However, such hashtags not only enable networking but they are also used for misogynistic counter-speech up to and including digital violence. This is a communicative act, hence the term communicative violence.
The seminar deals with this area of tension: the possibilities that hashtags offer for networking and exchange as well as the digital, communicative violence that is directed against feminists as well as, for example, female activists from Fridays for Future. We will also investigate projects which aim at supporting persons who have become targets of digital communicative violence.
Didactic concept:
We will look at theoretical concepts (misogyny, exitable speech (Butler)) and ask what kind of questions this suggests and what kind of research design results from this.
The seminar is research-oriented: The seminar discussion can be the starting point to (further) develop research questions, reflect on existing methodological skills and plan a small project.
Information, assignments and materials will be made available in Openolat.
Literature:
Butler, J. (1997). Excitable speech. Routledge.
Manne, K. (2017). Down girl. The Logic of Misogyny. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190604981.001.0001
Additional examination information:
To pass the course, you will be expected to come well prepared to class, to participate actively, and to complete assignments.
You will get brief written feedback on each assignment.
Course work:
- Class activities
- Short presentation
- Short reflection papers (as critical responses to readings)
Grades:
- Presentation (25%)
- Course paper OR research proposal* - 2500 words (75%)
*I encourage students to follow their own research interests and will support students' individual research aims in whatever way they connect with the research foci of this course. Therefore I offer students the opportunity to develop their research ideas and write a research proposal in lieu of a course paper, if they wish to do so.
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