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Instructors: Dr. Monika Pater
Event type:
Follow-up seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
V-SEM
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 20
Registration group: VM - Vertiefungsseminare
Comments/contents:
Online harrassment, colloquially known as 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 reactionsof which online harrassment is but one. At the same time, platforms such as Twitter or Instagram enable an exchange about misogynous experiences of all kinds as the well known hashtags #MeToo or #niunamenos show. However, such hashtags not only enable networking but they are also used for misogynistic counter-speech up to and including digital 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 or feminists in general. We will also investigate projects which aim at preventing digital violence and support persons who have become targets of digital 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:
Graded assignment (100%)
B.A.-Soziology (major) (6 ECTS): 12-15 pages
B.A.--Soziology (major) (5 ECTS): 10-12 pages
M.Ed.-Lehramt Sozialwissenschaften (5 LP): 10-12 Seiten
Due date: August 20
Hand in via Openolat, personal folder
Further (ungraded) coursework to be completed in the seminar:
Regular attendance, reading of the basic texts; reading diary entry for two texts;
Short presentation OR development of a project that can potentially be implemented in a BA thesis (short presentation of the project at the end of the semester, peer feedback on another project).
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