Welcome.
We are glad you are interested in this seminar.

Social department stores are shops that sell second hand goods on a social basis / social price.
Very often they are called charity shops as well.

We want to work on the following questions together:
Why do social department stores exist?
What goals and functions do social department stores fulfil?
What different types of shops are there that sell second hand social?

My goal is to show you the entire social institution in which the “store” is embedded and to give you the opportunity to get YOUR questions answered with social workers, managers and employees on site!

According to current plans, we will visit social department stores in Hildesheim, Hanover, Laatzen, Wunstorf, Stadthagen and Nienburg and hold discussions on site.

Please be prepared:
We will start early and will not be back in Hildesheim until around 6 p.m. / 7 p.m during the three days (Mon., Tue., Wed.)

I have been to more than 60 social department stores in recent years and have had discussions on site.

Exams for incoming students:
You must attend the seminar regularly and fully.
You can write a term paper or give a lecture.
If you decide to give a lecture (20 minutes), please contact me in good time to discuss a topic.
The assignment of term paper takes place exclusively at the end of the last day of the seminar.
The last day for submitting term paper is September 16, 2024.
Please notice: This is the case only for this seminar. In other ones there are different deadlines.

Studierende im Modul 18 (Wahlpflichtseminar), die einen "Sitzschein" machen wollen:
regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme

Welcome to the course "sociology of gender"!

In this summer semester we will take a look at concepts of gender sociology and their implications for our society. This includes reading and discussing texts that cover topics like gender as a social category, masculinity and power, the marginalization of femininity and intersectionality. Also we will examine the link between these concepts and practices of social work.

I'm looking forward to working with you all & having interesting discussions around beforementioned topics! If you have any topics that you want to bring to the table for our course, feel encouraged to reach out to me.