Jan Severin
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PhD Project: Masculinity and Colonialism: A Historical Analysis of Gender Constructions and Their Efficacy in German Southwest Africa
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| Description of the Project | The aim of this project is to depict and analyze how German colonizers conceived German and indigenous masculinities, and the effects those perceptions had on the structures of colonial rule, as well as day-to-day forms of colonial power. It concentrates on German Southwest Africa and in the period of formal colonial rule from 1884 to 1915. The main focus is on the domains of labor and sexuality, since both are (without being entirely separate) linked to central aspects of colonial rule and its strategies of legitimation, yet enable us to examine view on different fields and practices of colonial rule. |
| Particulars | Jan Severin studied history, sociology and ethnology at the FU Berlin. He has been a fellow of the graduate school since January 2011. Also he is a member of reflect e.V. - Assoziation für politische Bildung und Gesellschaftsforschung. |
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Selected Publications |
Antiziganismus. In: Wie Rassismus aus Wörtern spricht. (K)Erben des Kolonialismus im Wissensarchiv deutsche Sprache. Ein kritisches Nachschlagewerk, hg. v. Susan Arndt u. Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, Münster 2011. S. 66 – 74. »Zwischen ihnen und uns steht eine kaum zu überwindende Fremdheit.« Elemente des Rassismus in den »Zigeuner«-Bildern der deutschsprachigen Ethnologie. In: Antiziganistische Zustände. Zur Kritik eines allgegenwärtigen Ressentiments, hg. v. Markus End, Kathrin Herold u. Yvonne Robel, Münster 2009. S. 67 – 94. |
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