»Sowohl als Auch«
Since the 2016 summer semester, the Equal Opportunities Office has been organizing the event series »Sowohl als Auch« (»as well as«) and invites students and employees of TU Dortmund University to attend.
»Sowohl als Auch« aims to bring together women's and gender studies at TU Dortmund University with non-institutionalized feminist and gender equality movements and to discuss current issues. The format is based on current social debates and brings them together with academic questions. An overarching theme, which is examined from different perspectives, is the connecting element. Theory and practice, culture and science are brought together to create synergy effects. Lively discussions and the meeting of people from different contexts are expressly desired. For the participants, new impulses for their own work can arise or collaborations can develop.
TikTok Talks: Digital activism and the future of civic education
In January, students and employees of TU Dortmund University came together at the IBZ to discuss TikTok as an educational platform at the event "TikTok Talks - Digital Activism and the Future of Political Education". The guests were the scientists Dilek Dipçin-Sarıoğlu and Mendina Scholte-Reh, as well as the TikToker Leonie Schöler (@heeyleonie). In their presentations and the subsequent discussion, they talked about the self-image of education creators, their content and the potentials and limits of political education on TikTok.
What has happened so far...
Body images: From body shaming to body positivity
Author and activist Sandra Wurster and Prof. Dr. Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker spoke about body images, beliefs and self-love. The event was entitled "Body images - from body shaming to body positivity".
The fascination of space travel - How women and men reach for the stars
Budding astronaut Dr. Suzanna Randall and Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan came together to talk about the infinite expanses of space and the fascination of space travel. The event attracted 150 interested people to the university library.
"DELETE YOURSELF!" Hate speech on the internet
Researcher Dr. Jennifer Eickelmann opened the substantive part of the event on the topic of "LÖSCH DICH DOCH! Hate speech online" with her presentation on the manifestations, effects and challenges of "hate speech" and gender in the digital age. Activist and video blogger Tarik Tesfu presented his personal approach to the topic.
So pretty and then in a wheelchair...
This time, the Lunch Lecture was entitled: "'So pretty and then in a wheelchair...' An exchange about gender, disability and inclusion". Author and blogger Laura Gehlhaar read from her book "Kann man da noch was machen? Stories from the everyday life of a wheelchair user." The event was complemented by a presentation by Sabrina Schramme, a member of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. She conducts research on the topic of inclusion and places a particular focus on the interaction between the categories of gender and disability.
"Between career and children's poop"
In addition to academic input from Prof. Michael Meuser and Benjamin Neumann from the Department of Education, Psychology and Sociology, around 60 visitors also received a very personal report from Stefanie Lohaus, editor of Missy Magazine, and her partner Dr. Tobias Scholz on the topic of reconciling family and career.
"With/out a voice - poetry slam literary studies"
"With/out a voice - poetry slam literary studies" was the title of the first Lunch Lecture, which took place at lunchtime in the University Library. After the academic input from Prof. Dr. Sigrid Nieberle, the visitors listened to the impressive texts of the two slammers Svenja Gräfen and Theresa Hahl. The subsequent discussion ranged from the question of literary production processes to the classification of the poetry slam in the "classic" literary scene to current feminist discourses within the scene and offered exciting insights through the audience dialog, among other things.