Panel Discussion: GENDER - CURSE OR BLESSING?

The panel discussion will take place at the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof and will be streamed live on the Virtual Stage Kassel. Link:

https://vb-ks.de/

For some it is a question of respect, for others it is a degradation of language in words and writing. In the local press and the feature pages of the national newspapers, the topic is controversially discussed. And the debate about gender asterisks, gender gaps and glottis slaps has not just flared up here since the city of Kassel decided to introduce gender-equitable administrative language. At the University of Kassel, until recently, it was even possible to devalue student research papers if they did not contain the correct gender. This practice - unique in Germany - was suspended after protests and is now being legally reviewed.

The Literaturhaus Nordhessen takes up the debate. In cooperation with the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof and the Virtuelle Bühne Kassel, it invites you to a panel discussion on language, culture and freedom.

The panelists are:

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Tuider, Chair of Sociology of Diversity with special regard to the dimension of gender at the Department of Social Sciences (University of Kassel).
Dr. Sina Lautenschläger, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of German Studies (Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg)
Daniele Dell'Agli, philosopher and writer (Kassel)
Friedrich Forssman, typographer and book designer (Kassel)
Moderation: Helen MacCormac, Literaturhaus Nordhessen