28.04.2021 at 18:30: Keynote Lecture by Maria do Mar Pereira, PhD MSc. (University of Warwick) in the Neues Institutsgebäude HS II - all welcome!
29.04.2021: Workshop Day with Mag. Dr. Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna) and Mag. Dr. Katharina Wiedlack (University of Vienna) - call for participation now closed.
This workshop is aimed at PhD researchers from different disciplines. Together, we want to engage in exploring ideas of knowledge beyond mainstream, canonical ideas, and deepen our understanding of how we, as academic researchers, can grasp and create interdisciplinary knowledge. Since the affective turn in the social and cultural sciences, the conceptualization of ratio and emotion as two different spheres has been contested in multiple ways. Cognition and knowledge are no longer limited to rationality and reason, and various scholars highlight that knowledge has embodied, experienced and felt dimensions. We want to take up this strand of research and explore the multiple (im-)possibilities of cognition and knowledge in creative and innovative ways. As we believe knowledge can help to overcome hierarchical power asymmetries, in our workshop, we especially aim to engage with critical epistemologies in order to deconstruct powerful binaries. A special focus will be on affective queerfeminist, decolonial and intersectional epistemologies.
Structure of the workshopThe workshop will consist of three parts: The first part will be an introductory public lecture by Maria do Mar Pereira, PhD MSc. (University of Warwick) in the evening of 28th April, starting at 18:30. The second and the third part, a morning session and an afternoon session on 29th April, offer theoretical input on queerfeminist, decolonial and intersectional epistemologies and methodologies. These sessions will be hosted by Mag. Dr. Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna) and Mag. Dr. Katharina Wiedlack (University of Vienna). We will make sure to provide space for participants to discuss the epistemological and methodological challenges posed by their own projects. The workshop is planned to take place in person at the University of Vienna, based on a safe hygiene plan