This project tutorial explores current issues of family life through interdisciplinary lenses. It integrates microsociological as well as ethnographic theory and methodological approaches with contemporary artistic practices. Students from various study programs and all disciplines are invited to explore the meaning of the family itself, family abolitionism, kinship, care and solidarity, migration and transnationalism as well as queerness and their interrelations. The seminar culminates in a collaborative co-curated digital exhibition highlighting current family processes. The tutorial is based on a mixed-methods approach and combines quantitative and qualitative evidence with theoretical and artistic discussions. Participants are encouraged to reflect upon social change and family structures, supporting active interdisciplinary participation without requiring prior subject knowledge. Part of the tutorial will be a visit to an exhibition in Berlin.
Cohen, P. N. (2024). The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change (4th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
Lewis, S. (2022). Abolish the family: A manifesto for care and liberation. Verso Books.
Naguib, N. (2015). Nurturing masculinities: Men, food, and family in contemporary Egypt. University of Texas Press.
Vostretsova, O. (2025). On the Plurality of Memory. In Family Matters: Ausstellungskatalog. MdbK - Museum der bildenden Künste. (pp. 4-10)
Yanagisako, S. Y., & Collier, J. F. (1987). Toward a Unified Analysis of Gender and Kinship. In J. F. Collier & S. Y. Yanagisako (Eds.), Gender and Kinship. Essays Toward a Unified Analysis. Stanford University Press.
Syllabus can be found here: https://box.hu-berlin.de/d/f63d708dec494d36bd13/
Access to the seminar room is barrier-free.
If you have any questions, please contact: lukas.maximilian.kern@hu-berlin.de
Die Veranstaltung wurde 5 mal im Vorlesungsverzeichnis SoSe 2026 gefunden:
