“Empathy” over at the Digital Feminist Collective
A piece I wrote this summer over at the Digital Feminist Collective: Empathy “Empathy.” “I am suspicious of this feeling. Can you ever feel me? Can I ever feel you? What is this feeling, and what alliances might it motivate? Can empathy play a...
The Humanities Face a Crisis—of Confidence
The Humanities Face a Crisis—of Confidence Students are abandoning humanities majors, turning to degrees they think yield far better job prospects. But they’re wrong. This was posted on Google+
Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education | Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education | Taylor Institute for Teaching and LearningUniversal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that guides the design of courses and learning environments to appeal to the largest number of learners. It emphasizes...
Rassismus: “Rassismus hört nicht bei NPD und AfD auf”
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Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.