Archiv für September 2022

Between Research and Organization: On the Reflection on the Subjectivity and Role-Related Involvement in (Ethnographic) Higher Education Research

Higher education research is characterized by special conditions for researchers: They research their own living environment (i.e., the university) and thus have to oscillate between their research and their membership in the organization. I approach t…

Addressing Pragmatic Contexts, Multiple Modalities, and Cultural Archives in Metaphor Analysis: The Example of Organ Donation

In this article I address the essence of the cognitive linguistics definition of metaphor: the transfer of meaning from a source domain to a target domain. In particular, the question of identifying, discussing, and methodologically expanding the under…

You Are My Way to the Universe: Critical Collective Research Through Feminist Community Building

In this article, we draw on the scholarship of feminist communitarianism to develop a critique of the predominant neoliberal qualitative social research collaboration model. We argue that feminist theories and praxis about community building and politi…

„In Universities, the Religious People Keep Their Mouths Shut“: Solving an Interdiscursive Problem in Higher Education Literacy Practices

Religious faith, despite being a protected characteristic under UK law, is under-studied in higher education. In this article, I answer the call for studies that demonstrate the difference that religious adherence can make to the student experience of …

Review: Miko-Schefzig, Katharina (2022). Forschen mit Vignetten. Gruppen, Organisationen, Transformation [Research Using Vignettes. Groups, Organizations, Transformation]

Few introductions to qualitative research cover the use of vignettes for different methods and study designs in qualitative social research, and are aimed at varied groups of readers. One exception is MIKO-SCHEFZIG’s „Research with Vignettes,“ in which…

An Asian American Woman’s Reflexive Account of Direct Research With Incels

Incels, or involuntarily celibate men, have been the subject of increasing attention around the world due to their ongoing association with high-profile violence, misogyny, and hateful online content. While prior researchers have focused on online foru…

A (New) East–West-Divide? Representative Democracy in Germany 30 Years after Unification

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Endspiel um die Demokratie: Von Gorbatschow zu Putin

Endspiel um die Demokratie: Von Gorbatschow zu Putin
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28. September 2022 – 14:22

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Ein Wandgemälde in Rom zeigt ein hypothetisches Time-Magazin-Cover, auf dem das Gesicht von Wladimir Putin mit einem Mut…

Prekäre Solidarität: Europa in der Gaskrise

Prekäre Solidarität: Europa in der Gaskrise
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28. September 2022 – 14:21

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Gasspeicher bei Sonnenuntergang, 5.8.2022 (IMAGO/Fahronix Panthermedia)

Es bedurfte langer Monate e…

Russlands Schwäche: Machtvakuum im Kaukasus

Russlands Schwäche: Machtvakuum im Kaukasus
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28. September 2022 – 14:20

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Manöver Echelon 2021 der OVKS-Staaten Tadschikistan, Russland, Kirgisistan, Kasachstan, Belarus und Armenien nahe der afghanisch…