Activities
Work in the Following Research Projects:
Art Projects
- 2006: Concept and organisation of the conference and exhibition »Movilities – Von der Schwierigkeit kein/e Rassist/in zu sein« [Movilities – About the Difficulty Not to Be a Racist] (Together with Ruby Sircar, Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart).
- 2005: Presentation in the context of the exhibition- and performance-project »SCHAUM/unsichere Grundlagen« [FOAM/uncertain foundations] (by Tommy Schmidt und Josef Trattner, Lothringer 13, München).
- 2004: Scientific advisor/co-organizer of the project »Challenging the Conservative Brain« (Initiated by Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen/The School of Missing Studies in collaboration with the Kunstverein München)
- 2004: Song production for »mädchen sind.« [»girls are.«] (Initiated by Ruth Kaaserer in collaboration with the Kunstverein München)
Participation in Conferences (Active):
- »Critical Social Theory: Freud & Lacan for the 21st Century« (International Conference, UMASS Boston, April 6th/7th 2010) with the contribution »Reflection and Deflection – Approaches to a Dialectical Concept of Reflexivity«.
- »Transforma Reloaded – Krise der Konflikte« (Students Conference, Magdeburg, July 11th to 13th 2008), Keynote with the title »Widerspruch, Widerstreit, Widerstand« [Contradiction, the Differend, Resistance].
- »Cosmopolitasim and Beyond« (International Symposium, University of Freiburg, March 26th/26th 2007) with the Contribution »Inclusion and Exclusion in the Cosmopolis – Some Critical Perspectives on Cosmopolitanism«.
- »Mapping Anthropotechnical Spaces – Transformations of Human Orientation« (International Conference, FU Berlin, February 21st to 23rd 2007) with the contribution »Self-Reflexions on Digital Identity – Dystopia and Utopian Spaces in the Field of Biometrics«.
- »Revolutions: Concepts, Discourses, Practices of Revolutionary Action in Our Time« (Interdisciplinary Forum, Magdeburg, July 7th to 9th 2006) with the contribution »Ankerpunkte des Widerstands – Die Gegenmacht des Unbehagens« [Anchors for Resistence – The Reagent of Discomfort].
- »Frontiers of Sociology« (37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Stockholm, July 5th to 9th 2005) with the contribution »The Contingent Society and the Need for Utopia« (paper read in absence).
- »Theories and Praxes of Difference« (International Conference, UMASS Boston, April 6th/7th 2005) with the contribution »Differences in Difference – A ›Cognitive Mapping‹ of the Landscape of Otherness«.
- »Discourses of Violence – Violence of Discourses« (Interdisciplinary Forum, Magdeburg, July 2nd to 4th 2004) with the contribution »Terror or The Language of Fear«.
- »Atelier Europa: Creative Labour in New Cultural Economies« (International Symposium, Kunstverein, Munich, March 12th/13th 2004) with the contribution »Hybrid Spaces (in the Asian Underground) – The Reversed Landscape of Otherness in the Global Economy of Difference«.
- »Reflexive Representations – Discourse, Power and Practice in Global Capitalism« (Interdisciplinary Forum, Magdeburg, July 4th to 6th 2003) with the contribution »The Economy of Difference«.
- »Pluralismus und Autoritatismus in der Transition: soziale und politische Einstellungen« (International Symposium, Goethe Institut, Bukarest, June 19th/20th 2003) with the contribution »Die De-Strukturen der Gesellschaft – Pluralisierung als De-Strukturierungsprozeß« [The De-Structures of Society – Pluralisation as a Process of De-Structuration].
- »World Forum on Information Society« (International virtual conference by the »International Research Foundation for Development«, February 17th to 28th 2003) with the contribution »›Mediated‹ Transformations of the Public Sphere«.
- »PostModern De/Constructions« (5th International Graduate and Postgraduate Conference, Erlangen, November 22rd–24th 2002) with the contribution »Imagined Localities – The ›Global Village‹ Revisited: The Case of Oberammergau«.
- »Violence, Difference, Representation« (International Conference of the »Graduiertenkolleg Postcolonial Studies«, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, June 14th/15th 2002) with the contribution »Absorptive Cultures« (in response to Shalini Randeria).
- »Culture & Texts – Interrelation & Subversions« (2nd International Students Conference, Bashkent University, Ankara, March 27th to 29th 2002) with the contribution »Differences in Difference – A Cultural Mapping of the Landscape of Otherness«.
- »PostModern Practices: MediaTraces, DiscourseBodies, TradeMarx« (4th International Graduate and Postgraduate Conference, Erlangen, November 23rd–25th 2001) with the contribution »Capitalism Inc.«.
- »The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies« (35th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Krakow, July 11th–16th 2001) with the contribution »Social Fiction(s): Metaphoric and Topology of the Social Landscape in Reflexive Modernity«.
- »Soziale Ungleichheit und Raum« [Social Inequality and Space] (Vienna, April 6th/7th 2001) with the contribution »Die Globale Klasse: Die Verfügungsgewalt über den (globalen) Raum als neue Dimension der Klassenstrukturierung« [The Global Class: The Power of Disposition Over (Global) Space as a New Dimension of Class Structuration].
- »PostModern Productions: Text, Power, Knowledge« (3rd International Graduate and Postgraduate Conference, Erlangen, November 24th–26th 2000) with the contribution »Theoretische Ver-Dichtungen: Zur ›imaginativen‹ Methode einer reflexiven Hermeneutik und metaphorischen Heuristik« [Theoretical Com-Pressions: The »Imaginative« Method of a Reflexive Hermeneutic and Metaphoric Heuristic].
- »PostModern Perspectives: Culture, Literature, Society« (2nd International Graduate and Postgraduate Conference, Erlangen, November 19th–21st 1999) with the contribution »Die Globale Klasse: Zur Transformation der Herrschaftsverhältnisse im globalen Zeitalter« [The Global Class: The Transformation of Power Relations in the Global Age].
Participation in Conferences (Passive):
- »Innovationsfähigkeit – Theorien und Indikatoren« (Expert Meeting on Innovation Capacity, Berlin, July 9th/10th 2009).
- »Der soziale Kontext interkultureller Bildung« (Expert Meeting on Intercultural Education, IDA NRW, Bonn, October 14th/15th 2005).
- »Doing Culture« (RWTH Aachen, November 6th/7th 2003).
- »Why Violence?« (Interdisciplinary Conference, Boston, April 5th 2003).
- »Identity and Memory« (International Conference, Kreuth, October 28th–31st 2001).
- »Michel Foucault: Zwischenbilanz einer Rezeption« (International Foucault-Conference, Frankfurt (ISF), September 27th–29th 2001).
- »Discontinuities of Modernity?« (International Conference on Reflexive Modernization, Munich, April 3rd/4th 2001).
Conference Organization:
- »Subjektkonzeptionen im Diskurs« [Concepts of the Subject in Discourse] (expert conference of the B-Section of the Research Center on »Reflexive Modernization«, Munich, July 19th/20th 2001).
- »Vermehrung des sozialen Kapitals durch bürgergesellschaftliches Engagement« [Accumulation of Social Capital through Volunteering] (symposium in the context of the »International Year of Volunteers«, Munich, July 12th/13th 2001).
Lectures:
- »Der Shareholder-Staat – Gedanken über einen kapitalistischen Weg in den Sozialismus« « [The Shareholder-State – Thoughts on a Capitalist way to Socialism] (MVHS, Gasteig, Munich, January 25th 2010).
- »Scan Your Self« (MVHS, Gasteig, Munich, September 3rd 2009).
- »Schwarz-Weiss-Denken« [Black-White-Thinking] (Opening Address for the »festival contre le racisme«, Bamberg, June 3rd 2008).
- »Die Zweite Generation oder der lange Weg des Ankommens« [The 2nd Generation, or, The Long Way of Arrival] (MVHS, Gasteig, Munich, May 27th 2008).
- »1984 ist lange vorbei – Die digitalen Spuren eines ganz normalen Tages im Leben von Georg Mustermann« [1984 Is Already Over – The Digital Traits in the Everyday-Life of Georg Mustermann] (MVHS, Munich Giesing, November 12th 2007).
- »Fremde im eigenen Land – Kopftuchträgerinnen und bayerisches Brauchtum« [Foreigners in Their Own Country – Scarf-Wearers and Bavarian Heritage] (MVHS, Gasteig, Munich, November 6th 2008).
- »1984 ist lange vorbei – Die digitalen Spuren eines ganz normalen Tages im Leben von Georg Mustermann«[1984 Is Already Over – The Digital Traits in the Everyday-Life of Georg Mustermann] (MVHS, Bücherei Bogenhausen, Munich, October 22nd 2007).
- »Globalisierung lokal – Das globale Dorf Oberammergau« [Local Globalisation – The Global Village of Oberammergau] (MVHS, Gasteig, Munich, May 22nd 2007).
- »1984 ist lange vorbei – Die digitalen Spuren eines ganz normalen Tages im Leben von Georg Mustermann« [1984 Is Already Over – The Digital Traits in the Everyday-Life of Georg Mustermann] (MVHS, Anton-Fingerle-Zentrum, Munich, April 23rd 2007).
- »Inszenierung und Ausbeutung kultureller Differenz am Beispiel Oberammergau« [Staging and Exploitation of Cultural Difference with the Example of Oberammergau] (Lothringer 13, Munich, September 23rd 2005).
- »Die Destrukturen der Gesellschaft – Niederschläge des sozio-ökonomischen Wandels in unterschiedlichen Kontexten« [The Destructures of Society – Manifestations of Socio-Economic Change in Different Contexts] (University of Trier, September 24th 2003).
- »Die neue Landschaft der Andersheit – Ergründungen des Asian Underground (in München)« [The New Landscape of Otherness – Explorations of the Asian Underground (at Munich)] (Echo-Chamber, Hamburg, May 16th 2003).
- »Imagined Localities – The ›Global Village‹ Revisited: The Case of Oberammergau« (UMASS Boston, April 2nd 2003, in the context of a job interview for an assistant professorship (tenure track) in sociological theory).
- »Imaginierte (Nicht-)Orte – Ein Besuch im »globalen Dorf« Oberammergau« [Imagined Localities – The ›Global Village‹ Revisited: The Case of Oberammergau] (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, September 17th 2002, in the context of a job interview for an assistant professorship in the sociology of globalisation).
- »Mediated Transformations of the Public Sphere« (University of Cambridge, September 4th 2002, in the context of a job interview for a junior lectureship in the sociology of media and communications).
- »Differenzen der Differenz – Die veränderte Konstruktion von Andersheit als Reaktion auf die post-fordistische Ökonomie im globalen Kapitalismus« [Differences in Difference – A Cultural Mapping of the Landscape of Otherness] (NGBK Berlin in cooperation with the University of Arts in Berlin and »interflugs«, April 19th 2002)
- »Differences in Difference – A Cultural Mapping of the Landscape of Otherness« (Glodsmiths College, University of London, March 13th 2001)
- »Die Spannung zwischen Subjekt und Politik und die Dialektik von Reflexion und Deflexion« [The Tension Between the Subject and Politics and the Dialectics of Reflexion and Deflexion] (Univerity of Hamburg, November 1st 2001)
Teaching (Hosted Courses, Seminars and Workshops):
- Course »Globalisierung lokal« [Local Globalisation], FH Kempten, winter term 2007/2008.
- Course »Management zwischen Machiavelli und Weber« [Management Between Machiavelli and Weber]. FH Kempten, summer term 2007.
- Course »Globalisierung Lokal« [Local Globalisation], FH Kempten, winter term 2006/2007.
- Course »Der Nahostkonflikt ganz nah« [Local Reflections of the Palestine-Conflict], Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen, Munich, winter term 2003/2004.
- Seminar »Komplexe des Wandels: Sozio-ökonomische Umbrüche und ihre möglichen Auswirkungen auf die (berufliche) Praxis« [Complexes of Change: Socioeconomic Transformations and its Effects on the Sphere of (Professional) Practice] at the Regional Expert Conference »Anforderungen an eine Berufsberatung im Wandel: Die Medienbranche als Motor und Problemfall«, Cologne, November 5th 2002.
- Workshop »Differenzen im globalen Kapitalismus: Hybride Identitäten und die Frage nach dem Mehrwert von Andersheit« [Differences in Global Capitalism: Hybrid Identities and the Question of the Surplus of Otherness] at the seminar »Asian Communities in Europa«, Academy Bad Boll,June 7th–9th 2002.
- 3rd Workshop of the »Modellversuch Bürgerarbeit« (together with Heiner Keupp and Florian Straus), Deggendorf, January 31st/February 1st 2002.
- 2nd Workshop of the »Modellversuch Bürgerarbeit« (together with Heiner Keupp and Florian Straus), Rosenheim, April 26th/27th 2001.
- 1st Workshop of the »Modellversuch Bürgerarbeit« (together with Heiner Keupp and Florian Straus), Würzburg, September 25th/26th 2000.
Activities in the Field of Publishing:
Other Activities: