In this workshop, we depart from feminist theory to explore the academic landscape by putting the experiences of scholarly work and practices at the center. By reflecting upon the university as a place of being and becoming, this workshop aims to connect scholars in a sense of shared experiences.
Inspired by the German sociologist, feminist and post-Marxist Frigga Haug’s work on collective memory work, this workshop invites you to engage in a process of sharing and exploring memories. Memory work can be used in different ways to explore and analyze lived experiences, power and social structures of for example gender, ethnicity, and nationality, but it can also be applied to investigate phenomenon such as time, morality, fears, and anxiety. In this particular workshop, we will focus on “where” we are and what we do to understand the university as a place of being and becoming. Participating in the workshop can be a starting point for further discussions and collaborations or a practical introduction to the methodology.
The workshop draws upon the methodology of collective memory work presented in by Frigga Haug in Erinnerungsarbeit (1990) and Female sexualization (1999).
Rebecka Fingalsson is a PhD. candidate in Science Education at Malmö University, Sweden. Her dissertation project focuses on how sexuality education takes shape within formal education by targeting the practice via educators’ memories and experiences. In her project, she draws on feminist and critical race theories to address how the practice becomes a place of knowing and doing gender, but also race, age, and sexuality.
If you have any accessibility requirements or need specific accommodations to facilitate your participation, please do not hesitate to contact the CGC.