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Diversity Week 2024 under the motto "(Language and) Identity"
During Diversity Week, lecturers from various Faculties open their courses to the interested public. Some events and workshops will take place at UNI:Lokal:
From Wednesday to Friday (20-22 November), Charly Peter, Janina Dylag and Carlotta Sparbier will be showing their artistic exploration of topics such as feminism, diversity and identity in an exhibition. The artists will introduce themselves and their work at the champagne reception at the opening (20.11., 2 pm). Fikri Anıl Altıntaş will be a guest on 18.11. The author and project manager writes about masculinity(ies), role models, orientalism, anti-feminism and the (de)construction of migrant, Muslim-Turkish masculinity in Germany. He explains why masculinity is never a fixed concept, but is constantly changing and which social processes influence this change. On November 19, there will be a reading and discussion of Hengameh Yaghoobifarah's newly published novel "Schwindel". It reveals a complex network of relationships between four people who are very different in their queer self-image. On November 20, Katharina Baumgartner, education officer at the Anne Frank Educational Center, will moderate a panel discussion on "The TikTok universe of the (extreme) right". The AfD's current high approval ratings among young voters (aged 16 and 18-24) are attributed, among other things, to the high presence of far-right actors on social media, especially on the TikTok platform, which is popular among young people. After an input on the characteristics of the platform, the plenum discusses the questions: Does TikTok radicalize young people and what is a good and appropriate way to deal with political content on the platform?
The aim of all Diversity Week events is to make various dimensions of diversity visible, to network different specialist perspectives, but also to reflect on the need for action, e.g. in dealing with anti-democratic sentiment.
Contact:
Lisa Ferin
Diversity Officer / Contact Person for Anti-discrimination according to HessHG
Phone: +49 561 804-7797
Email: lisaferin[at]uni-kassel[dot]de