Equal Opportunities team tackles the topic of intersectionality

The starting point was an examination of central theoretical perspectives, in particular the approaches of Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989) and Patricia Hill Collins (2000). The aim was to develop a common understanding of how different dimensions of social inequality - such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other categories of difference - overlap and influence each other. The focus was also on the question of what significance an intersectional perspective has for the work of the Equal Opportunities Team itself and how it can contribute to a greater focus on participation, justice and the visibility of different realities of life within TU Dortmund University.

The Equal Opportunities Team sees this discussion as an ongoing process of learning and reflection. This opens up a critical space for reflection and discussion that deals with the following fundamental questions: Why are separate considerations of gender, class etc. not enough? Whose perspectives are taken into account in organizational structures and decision-making processes? Where are people made invisible and which exclusions persist? And what significance does this have for democratic cooperation within the organization and beyond?

#klargestellt Intersectionality

Sources

Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine. Feminist Theory and Antiracist PoliticsUniversity of Chicago Legal Forum, 1 (8).

Collins, P. H. (2000). Black Feminist Thought. Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (2nd Edition). New York/London: Routledge.