{"id":1275,"date":"2021-10-06T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b9yfmxx.myraidbox.de\/?post_type=events&p=1275"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:07:16","slug":"konferenz-zum-thema-selbstoptimierung","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/events\/konferenz-zum-thema-selbstoptimierung\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference on self-optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Organizers:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Anja R\u00f6cke, Anna Katharina Schaffner<\/a> and Greta Wagner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date and place:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

5 March 2021 in Hamburg\/virtual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topic:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Opinions are divided on the topic of self-optimization. While a considerable and steadily growing number of people who use practices of self-optimization, a clear skepticism towards optimization often dominates the German feuilleton landscape. German-language media discourses about self-optimization are often characterized by pessimistic and alarming diagnoses of the present. This interdisciplinary conference, to which sociologists, psychologists, historians, and cultural scientists will contribute, seeks to shed light on the different meanings, preconditions, and consequences of self-optimization in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guiding questions:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  • What are the social, technical and societal preconditions on which the idea and practice of self-optimization are based and what are the possible individual and societal consequences?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What is the significance of the idea and practice of self-optimization for the respective individuals as well as for society as a whole?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What impact does the Corona pandemic have on the idea and practice of self-optimization?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What is the relationship between self-optimization and self-improvement?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What kind of psychological explanatory models can explain the discomfort with the optimization culture on the one hand, and the enthusiasm and conviction of optimization-supporters on the other?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    We will address these and other questions to critically examine the self-optimization debate with a specific focus on the situation in Germany from new sociological-sociological, comparative, and psychological perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Speakers:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Oswald Balandis, Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum
    Ulrich Br\u00f6ckling, Universit\u00e4t Freiburg
    Vera King, Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt und Sigmund-Freud-Institut Frankfurt
    Anja R\u00f6cke, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin
    Anna Katharina Schaffner, University of Kent and HIAS-Fellow Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    9.00<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    9.15<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Anna Katharina Schaffner, University of Kent and HIAS Fellow Hamburg
    A plea for self-improvement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    9.35<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Comment (Sighard Neckel) and discussion
    Moderation: Anja R\u00f6cke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    10.10<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Anja R\u00f6cke, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin
    Between media-buzzword and sociological concept. Theses on self-optimization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    10.30<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Comment (Greta Wagner) and discussion
    Moderation: Anna Katharina Schaffner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11.05<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11.20<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Ulrich Br\u00f6ckling
    \u201c\u2026 that, in the best case, it won\u2019t be quite so bad.\u201d About inverse optimization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11.40<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Comment (Anja R\u00f6cke) and discussion
    Moderation: Greta Wagner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    12.15<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    13.00<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Vera King, Goethe University Frankfurt and Sigmund Freud Institute Frankfurt
    Lost in Perfection \u2013 Optimization in the Crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    13.20<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Comment (Anna Katharina Schaffner) and discussion
    Moderation: Greta Wagner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    13.55<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Oswald Balandis, Ruhr University Bochum
    Psychosocial aspects of technically mediated self-optimization. A qualitative study on practices of self-tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    14.15<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Comment (Sophia Prinz) and discussion
    Moderation: Anja R\u00f6cke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    14.50<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Concluding discussion
    Moderation: Anna Katharina Schaffner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    15.00<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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