Main research areas

Sociology of the body and sexuality
Sociology of knowledge
Methodology of qualitative social research, Qualitative methods, esp. Ethnography
Theories of practice, interactionism
Human differentiation research (esp. gender and dis/ability)

Project management

People with disabilities are often socially excluded from the field of sexuality. Their desire and the way society deals with it are also problematized in socio-educational and activist discourses as 'disabled sexuality' (in the sense of socially prevented sexuality). The sub-project analyzes sexual education advising and support services for people with disabilities as a field of "sexual human differentiation" that responds to this circumstance. From a sociology of knowledge perspective, it asks how sexuality is produced as an ability in sexual education discourses and practices and how this is linked to the categorization of bodies and persons as 'disabled' or to undoing disability. To this end, the production, communication and application of various forms of knowledge related to sexuality and disability will be examined ethnographically and through discourse analysis.

Project management

The task of the project is to develop and implement formats of responsive science communication for the Collaborative Research Center 1482: Human Differentiation. The sub-project accompanies research processes and processes their results in order to make them publicly communicable. With podcasts and local discussion groups, it establishes formats for communication with the non-scientific public. In addition, it monitors and analyzes the SFB's impact on the public and conducts an internal resonance analysis. In this way, it contributes to the SFB's self-reflection and the optimization of its public communication.

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