@article{Tzoref2018, author = {Tzoref, Shani}, title = {Knowing the Heart of the Stranger}, series = {Interpretation : a journal of Bible and theology}, volume = {72}, journal = {Interpretation : a journal of Bible and theology}, number = {2}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, issn = {0020-9643}, doi = {10.1177/0020964317749540}, pages = {119 -- 131}, year = {2018}, abstract = {With its exhortation "You shall also love the stranger (gēr), for you were strangers (gēr{\^i}m) in the land of Egypt" (Deut 10:19), the book of Deuteronomy helps cultivate a healthy and appreciative sense of past hardship, current prosperity, progress, and relative privilege. In contemporary culture, where the term "privilege" has become an unfortunate source of contention, Deuteronomy might point a way for recognition of one's relative privilege in regard to an Other as a basis for gratitude and responsibility. This essay argues that we have gained "privilege" after having been immigrants and strangers in a strange land. Privilege could become an empowering and challenging exercise of counting one's blessings and considering how these could be used for the benefit of others, including strangers in our land.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{GreweSalfeld2020, author = {Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam}, title = {Biohacking, bodies and do-it-yourself}, series = {American Culture Studies ; 36}, journal = {American Culture Studies ; 36}, publisher = {transcript Verlag}, address = {Bielefeld}, isbn = {978-3-8376-6004-3}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {314}, year = {2020}, abstract = {From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility, authority, and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.}, language = {en} }