Dr. Sebastian Winter

The goal of my teaching style, which is transdisciplinary and oriented towards theory comparison and history, is the communication of a “map of knowledge”: Where are different approaches located, and how do they relate to each other? Are there broad lanes from one to the next, or just overgrown paths? Are they separated by deep ravines, are they hostile, has someone already attempted to build a bridge? When and how did these “locations” develop, respectively? Were they offshoots of others? Are they overlapping? Thus, the unavoidable island-like knowledge from the beginning of the course gains contours and context. However, it is essential to continue to look at one’s own epistemological glasses (how one can examine one’s own glasses without becoming blind is an important question) and to not only deal with bare “knowledge,” but also with the (affectively toned) “attitudes” of the authors toward their objects. I see my tasks as a lecturer as similar to those of a local “scout,” who can show students new ways of finding answers to their questions and interests. Theoretically, I operate in a wide field—not without taking my own position and preferring some places to others—of psychoanalysis (orthodox to relational), critical theory, poststructuralism, ethnomethodology, and body phenomenology. Thematically, I focus on gender research, especially critical masculinity research, violence research, and research into right-wing extremism.