FUNDED PROJECTS
DIS/CONNECT
Gender, Power, and Disinformation Across Borders (DIS/CONNECT) is a virtual, interdisciplinary, and transnational intensive workshop series that brings together students, early-career researchers, and practitioners to critically engage with the intersections of gender, sexuality, human rights, and digital cultures.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of Bern, University of Göttingen, University of Groningen
This initiative is a virtual, interdisciplinary, and transnational intensive workshop series that brings together students, early-career researchers, and practitioners to critically engage with the intersections of gender, sexuality, human rights, and digital cultures.
It stands apart due to its strong integration of critical theory, legal literacy, and digital media praxis, which is rarely combined in traditional course offerings. The program is entirely challenge-based and student-centered, structured around a “live simulation” model in which students select a real-world media campaign (at the local, national or international level) and analyze it across multiple thematic angles throughout the course.
"What excites me most about DIS/CONNECT is its immersive, student-led “live simulation” model that places real-world relevance at the heart of the learning experience. I look forward to seeing participants engage critically with complex intersections of gender, power, and disinformation, and collaboratively develop insights that address gender-related disinformation online. The interdisciplinary and transnational nature of the project promises rich, cross-cultural dialogue and mutual learning."
Participants and Stakeholders
- Coordinator: University of Bern, Dr. Anukriti Dixit
- Other Partner Institutions: University of Göttingen and University of Groningen
- Team Composition:
Dr. Anukriti Dixit, Interdisciplinary center for gender studies, University of Bern
Dr Maelle Noir, University of Bordeaux (planning stage only)
Dr. Miriam Friz Trzeciak, Diversity Research Institute, University of Göttingen
Dr. Marília Gehrke, Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen
Objectives
This educational initiative is uniquely situated to cultivate critically informed, digitally fluent changemakers who can navigate and intervene in rapidly shifting sociopolitical terrains affecting gender justice globally.
Web
Find out more on the DIS/CONNECT website.
Contact
Contact person:
- Dr. Anukriti Dixit,
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Additional information
The project particularly focuses on digital forms of gender-related disinformation which are a growing cause of concern across the world today. It also involves sessions co-facilitated with media and cultural studies experts, including but not limited to the instructors themselves.