Workshop "Resistant Subjectivation"

On 9 February 2024, the international workshop "Resistant Subjectivation" will take place, organized by BGHS member Ragna Verhoeven. The BGHS-funded workshop will bring together researchers from various disciplines (sociology, philosophy, political science, political theory) from Germany and Austria. Together, they will explore the question of the extent to which different elements of resistance come into play in the process of subjectivation. Can resistance be seen as an integral part of modes of subjectivation? Who is resistant there? Is it groups, collectives or individuals? Who or what is being resisted against? The contributions will deal with these questions from different perspectives (including feminist and queer theories, postcolonial and decolonial critiques, black theory, critical phenomenology and radical democratic theories) and also make practical references, for example with regard to civil sea rescue or civil rights movements.

The focus will be on exchanging ideas on the topic and searching for interfaces to continue working on together. The workshop is a follow up of a workshop that took place on 26 June 2023 under the title "Precarious Subjectivation“ at the University of Innsbruck. You can find a report on this first workshop here.