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Differenzverhältnisse - Publication series of the Centre for Migration, Education and Cultural Studies (CMC) at the University of Oldenburg
Historical and social processes lead to the creation of differences and distinctions that can become powerful and meaningful in different ways. This also involves social categorisations and social constructions of large groups (such as ideas and forms of practice relating to social class/class, ethnicity/nation/culture, gender/sexuality, disability/impairment or generation/age), and the classifications along such differences are usually associated with disadvantages and restrictions for the people affected by them or - on the 'other side', so to speak - with privileges.
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The contributions to the series refer to such relations of difference and critically address them from different perspectives: texts from the educational sciences (e.g. social pedagogy, migration pedagogy), linguistics, literature and cultural studies (e.g. English/American studies, German studies/German as a second language, material culture) or sports sciences, whereby interdisciplinary connections and transdisciplinary transgressions occur frequently and prove to be further-reaching.
The series is edited by Angela Janssen and Rudolf Leiprecht (diversity-conscious social pedagogy), Martin Butler (American studies), Karen Ellwanger (material culture) and Fatoş Atali-Timmer (migration and education).
Differential ratios
Experiences, perspectives and negotiation processes between help and control in the field of social pedagogical family support
Burçin Ladberg
Differenzverhältnisse, 16
University of Oldenburg Press (UOLP), 2026
ISBN 978-3-8142-2426-8
Abstract
Socio-educational family support (SPFH) is caught between the poles of help and control. This qualitative interview study examines how professionals and those addressed by SPFH perceive, interpret and handle this area of tension in practice on the basis of a detailed reception of the discourse on the subject in the specialist-professional literature. Based on guided interviews with 15 participants - including five professionals from the General Social Service (ASD), five professionals from the SPFH and five recipients - key aspects are analysed. It analyses topics such as closeness and distance, trust and mistrust as well as barriers, focusing on racism and discrimination. The work shows how professionals justify their professional actions and weigh up the situation between help and control, while those addressed contribute their own expectations, experiences and perceptions.
The 'nuclear family' institution and intra-family violence: Reflection impulses for social work professionals
Ines Barrie
Differenzverhältnisse, 15
University of Oldenburg Press (UOLP), 2025
ISBN 978-3-8142-2423-7
Abstract
Violence within the family is a topic that often remains hidden behind closed doors. This text scrutinises the institution of the 'nuclear family' with regard to social-capitalist power relations, gender attributions and entrenched narratives that are closely linked to family violence. Using power-critical theories and intersectional analyses, social constructions of masculinity and femininity, the norm of the nuclear family as well as the resulting structural disadvantages and effects on the occurrence of violence are examined. This text is intended to provide a deeper theoretical insight into socially standardised family and violence relationships. It is also intended to provide reflection impulses for social work professionals - with the aim of strengthening confidence in dealing with people who experience domestic and sexualised violence.
Education and anti-discrimination from a student perspective: An explorative study on attitudes towards Judaism of students in the subject Islamic religion
Juliane Uhlig
Differenzverhältnisse, 14
University of Oldenburg Press (UOLP), 2023
ISBN 978-3-8142-2406-0
Abstract
An empirical-explorative study that provides important 'insights' and 'thinking aids' on a complex subject area: the question of attitudes towards Judaism of students in the subject of Islamic religion.
Social work in dealing with power and difference: The concept of empowerment and the question of overcoming social inequality and discrimination
Rebecca Conrad
Differenzverhältnisse, 13
University of Oldenburg Press (UOLP), 2024
ISBN 978-3-8142-2405-3
Abstract
Social relations of power and difference based on practices of differentiation are the origin of discrimination, exclusion, marginalisation and injustice. Social work professionals are also often entangled in these processes, which necessitates a reflexive examination of themselves as mediators between the individual and society and their understanding of their profession. Diversity-conscious and power-critical approaches offer the opportunity to analyse and criticise these relationships and, as a result, to bring about a change in relationships through practices that are critical of discrimination. The extent to which the concept of empowerment in social work practice enables a redistribution of power in favour of groups with less power is part of the investigation in this book. Furthermore, it points to the necessary relevance of a diversity-conscious, power-critical and interdisciplinary theory and practice in the broad field of social work.
Diaspora - Religion - Politics The role of religion and politics in the identity development of Muslims in a mediatised and globalised migration society.
Abdulkadir Coban (ed.)
Differenzverhältnisse, 12
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2022
ISBN 978-3-8142-2401-5
Abstract
The discussion about people with a so-called "migration background" has long since ceased to be limited to their origin or the reason for their migration. Religion and the associated dynamics of exclusion and marginalisation have become the focus of the discourse. Whether the religion of the respective group plays a role in promoting or hindering integration into the majority society is a recurring topic of debate, and whether or not it is part of it is the cause of heated political debates. With regard to citizens with a Muslim religious affiliation, the discussions have gained a new dynamic, especially after 11 September 2001. On the one hand, many countries, including European countries, experienced/are experiencing the rise of religious extremist groups with a - supposed - Islamist flavour. On the other hand, anti-Muslim discrimination became more acceptable. Against this background, this book deals with the connection between religion, diaspora and education and provides insights based on interpretations of studies and in-depth analyses of current political events."
Shame in anti-discriminatory educational work.
Mia Adrian
Differenzverhältnisse, 11
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2022
ISBN 978-3-8142-2398-8
Abstract
Shame is highly ambivalent, usually invisible and socially taboo. As an unpleasantly experienced emotional reaction, it goes hand in hand with the realisation of one's own failure to meet normative expectations. This makes it significant for the shaping of social contexts, for social interactions, the development of one's own moral self and the protection of one's own dignity. It is also a component of emotional experiences in the context of discrimination as well as a pedagogical influencing factor and the subject of learning and development processes. This qualitative study is dedicated to this context and examines the significance of shame for teaching and learning processes in anti-discrimination educational work. With the phenomena of discrimination shame, privilege shame and shaming, different facets of shame, its causes, manifestations, conditions, modes of action and related action strategies are examined. The insights gained serve as a basis for formulating proposals for a transformative and shame-sensitive educational practice that recognises the "risks" of shame and knows how to promote its "potentials" in the sense of critical-emancipatory education.
Classism in the study of education and social work
Mathilda Rieck
Differenzverhältnisse, 10
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2021
ISBN: 9-783-8142-2397-1
Abstract
In this reflective study by Mathilda Rieck, the terms social class and classism are used to scrutinise access to and study at higher education institutions and universities in Germany from a critical perspective. The disciplines of educational science and social work take centre stage. For her reflections and analyses, Mathilda Rieck draws on work from the field of inequality and educational research and combines this with theoretical references to economic and cultural capital and habitus (Bourdieu et al.), but also to doing culture (Hörning/Reuter). Using her own observations and on the basis of a wide range of data from current empirical research, she shows that structural classism is effective and how it works.
Experiences of difference in the education system
Nico Noltemeyer
Differenzverhältnisse, 9
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2021
ISBN 978-3-8142-2395-7
Abstract
Nico Noltemeyer's study deals with social orders of difference and experiences of difference, which are also extremely consequential in schools, but have not yet been addressed in the necessary 'depth' and 'breadth'. It is about heteronormativity, i.e. a structural system of order that reduces the diversity of positionings in gender relations to two opposing gender positions - 'masculinity' and 'femininity' - and at the same time endows them with a desire that is related to each other. The resulting dichotomous ideas and practices are then usually justified with a naturalising way of thinking.
The NSU complex
Lucia Bruns
Differenzverhältnisse, 8
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2019
ISBN 978-3-8142-2381-0
Abstract
This study examines the interpretations of the role of accepting youth work with right-wing youth cliques in the NSU complex within social work. The following sub-chapters lay a conceptual, theoretical and conceptual foundation for this discussion. The first subchapter deals with the concept of the NSU complex, which will play a fundamental role in the analysis. In addition, an understanding of what is meant by the approach of accepting youth work with right-wing youth cliques is required. To this end, Heitmeyer's theories on right-wing extremist orientations and violence, which he explained in the disintegration theorem and his theses on modernisation and individualisation, are first presented in the second subchapter. The disintegration theorem forms the sociological basis of the accepting youth work approach (cf. Reimers 2013: 36; cf. Hammerbacher 2015: 43). The third subchapter takes a closer look at accepting youth work with right-wing youth cliques according to Franz Josef Krafeld, as he is considered the "theoretical head" (Hammerbacher 2015: 43) of this approach. The following fourth subchapter illustrates the implementation of accepting youth work in the AgAG. Accepting youth work and its modification in East Germany within the framework of the AgAG was not uncontroversial, but was the subject of a contemporary expert debate in the 1990s, which is presented in the fifth and final subchapter.
In the housing of 'extremist' content
Christian Pfeil (ed.)
Differenzverhältnisse, 7
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg
ISBN 978-3-8142-2388-9
Abstract
The Internet as a dynamic medium of social exchange, networking and information procurement is now also playing an increasingly important role as a means of organisation and propaganda in contexts of (political and pseudo-religious) extremism. Adolescents and young adults in particular (although not exclusively) are susceptible to radicalisation and are therefore the preferred target group for extremist recruitment attempts. If professional educational (social) work wants to confront these new problems with any prospect of success, it is essential that both the processes and mechanisms of 'radicalisation' are known and understood, and that a basic understanding of the role, functions and mechanisms of 'world networks' and social networks is available. The works published in this anthology approach the subject area presented here from different angles and with correspondingly different questions.
Young men in the migration society
Edited by: Leiprecht/ Langerfeldt
Differenzverhältnisse, 6
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2019
ISBN 978-3-8142-2380-3
Abstract
This volume reports on our research project on masculinity, discrimination and diversity awareness. We surveyed male adolescents and young men in the migration society, both with and without a so-called 'migration background'. The project was carried out in the tradition of quantitative social research, although we tried to take a slightly different approach both methodologically and in the presentation of the results. Our results also confirm that, on average, respondents with a so-called 'migration background' have a significantly different range of opportunities in relation to experiences of discrimination than male adolescents/young men without a 'migration background': almost half of the respondents with a 'migration background' clearly experience discriminatory situations in everyday life, experiences that respondents without a 'migration background' only have in exceptional cases. A comparison of our data on male respondents with a 'migrant background' with the data provided to us on female adolescents/young women with a 'migrant background' shows that male adolescents/young men make it clear to a greater extent than female adolescents/young women that they have experienced discriminatory situations. In addition, the male respondents show that the relationships in relation to constructions of masculinity are more complex and inconsistent than is generally assumed. Overall, our results challenge us to take a closer and more differentiated look, and they provide a variety of material to counter inadmissible generalisations.
Contact studies as a space for recognition
Edited by: Gereke/Walther/Schulz-Kaempf/Leiprecht
Differenzverhältnisse, 5
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2019
ISBN 978-3-8142-2376-6
Abstract
This volume reports on the history and current relevance of a university-based further education programme aimed at refugees and migrants - in the context of (social) educational topics and content - which lasts nine to ten months and has been offered by the Oldenburg Institute of Educational Sciences almost every year since 2004. Building on this further education contact study programme, a Bachelor's degree programme was also developed, which is now called Pedagogical Action in the Migration Society (PHM) and is designed to take two years rather than the usual three. Previous qualifications in the field of educational science/pedagogy from studies in the country of origin or other achievements, e.g. from further education contact studies, are recognised. The overall aim of the programme is to open up the University of Oldenburg and other universities more to the needs of migrants. Both elements - i.e. further education and degree programmes - are also seen as specific spaces of opportunity in which recognition can be experienced in a special way and through which "bridges" are to be built and doors opened to new and "old" academic appointments, education and life paths.
Guidance and counselling services to students with disabilities in higher learning institutions in Tanzania: practices and implications
Bernadetha Gabriel Rushahu
Differenzverhältnisse, 4
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2017
ISBN 978-3-8142-2339-1
Abstract
Generally, higher learning institutions in the so-called developing countries do not provide much support to students with disabilities. Students with disa¬bilities experience significant burdens and barriers in their educational life. Effective guidance and counselling services, especially in higher learning institutions have become significant and vital in order to promote students' well-being. The services aim at enabling students with disabilities to manage their studies and participate well in the institutions in a self-determined manner with equal opportunities. However, there is a relative lack of research on guidance and counselling services provided to students with disabilities in general. In particular, there is a scarcity of research exploring the guidance and counselling services provided to students with disabilities in higher learning institutions. This thesis, therefore, sought to gain a better understanding of the extent to which guidance and counselling services provided to students with disabilities in higher learning institutions in Tanzania with the aim of supporting them to cope with the learning environment.
On the exit process from right-wing extremist scene contexts
Christian Pfeil
Differenzverhältnisse, 3
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2016
ISBN 978-3-8142-2339-1
Abstract
This work uses a qualitative research setting to examine the multi-layered process of distancing and leaving the far-right 'movement', whereby five biographies of former members from different parts of the far-right scene are analysed in detail. Of particular interest when analysing the individual exit biographies are the patterns of justification, difficulties and problem constellations that accompany this process. The study expands our knowledge of the reasons and triggers that can lead to a distancing from right-wing extremist scene contexts. Among other things, it confirms the assumption that monocausal explanations are not suitable for explaining the disengagement process comprehensively and satisfactorily: Leaving is accompanied and dependent on a variety of problem constellations and accompanying factors. It is by no means a quasi-automatic process, at the end of which a successful departure from the far-right scene is inevitable.
The Underrepresentation of Male Youth with a Migration Background in Higher Education in Germany - "Voices of Society" vs.Voices of Youth"
Kiyoshi Ozawa
Differenzverhältnisse, 2
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2016
ISBN 978-3-8142-2331-5
Abstract
Why are male youth with a migration background underrepresented in higher education in Germany? The answer is not simple and there are certain limitations when developing possible solutions for this problem. This book tries to provide an answer to this question by interviewing male migrant youth and focusing on the already practiced strategies, beliefs and tendencies of those youth who have been successful. The premise is that actual proof is more useful than theoretical proof, is easier to apply and might provide inspiration for other youth. In a way this book is a comparison of qualitative and quantitative research.
Educational professionals with a migration background in daycare centres - In search of explanations for the low representation in the early childhood education profession
Bedia Akbas, Rudolf Leiprecht
Differences, 1
BIS-Verlag, Oldenburg 2015
ISBN 978-3-8142-2329-3
Abstract
The need for educational professionals with a migration background is also great in the daycare centre sector. However, they are still significantly underrepresented, and it is evident that educational professionals with a migration background are less likely to remain in the profession than professionals without a migration background. We have therefore investigated the reasons for this lower representation with the help of a more comprehensive study. In this way, for the first time in Germany, empirical knowledge on professional situations for the needs of and perceptions about professionals with a migrant background in relation to the field of early childhood education was determined. The research project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the "Expansion of the Further Training Initiative for Early Childhood Education Professionals" (AWiFF).