@article{Rothermel2020, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {Die Manosphere}, series = {Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen}, volume = {33}, journal = {Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen}, number = {2}, publisher = {de Gruyter}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {2192-4848}, doi = {10.1515/fjsb-2020-0041}, pages = {491 -- 505}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Die sogenannte Manosphere - eine digitale Gemeinschaft, die sich haupts{\"a}chlich durch misogyne und antifeministische Beitr{\"a}ge und Ideologien auszeichnet - ist aufgrund ihrer Verbindung zu verschiedenen Terroranschl{\"a}gen in der letzten Zeit verst{\"a}rkt in das Blickfeld der Medien gelangt. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die bislang h{\"a}ufig vernachl{\"a}ssigte Rolle digitaler R{\"a}ume und Netzwerke im Kontext regressiver, frauenfeindlicher Ideologien und daraus erwachsende gewaltt{\"a}tige antifeministische Handlungsrepertoires aus Perspektive der Bewegungsforschung. Am Beispiel der Manosphere auf der Plattform Reddit zeige ich, wie durch das Zusammenspiel zwischen technologischer Infrastruktur und regressiver Ideologie die Grundlage f{\"u}r die Mobilisierung und Sozialisierung in antifeministische Bewegungskulturen mit gewaltt{\"a}tigen Handlungsrepertoires on- und offline geschaffen wird.}, language = {de} } @article{Rothermel2020, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {Gender in the United Nations' agenda on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism}, series = {International feminist journal of politics}, volume = {22}, journal = {International feminist journal of politics}, number = {5}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, issn = {1461-6742}, doi = {10.1080/14616742.2020.1827967}, pages = {720 -- 741}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The United Nations (UN) policy agenda on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) promotes a "holistic" approach to counterterrorism, which includes elements traditionally found in security and development programs. Advocates of the agenda increasingly emphasize the importance of gender mainstreaming for counterterrorism goals. In this article, I scrutinize the merging of the goals of gender equality, security, and development into a global agenda for counterterrorism. A critical feminist discourse-analytical reading of gender representations in P/CVE shows how problematic imageries of women as victims, economic entrepreneurs, and peacemakers from both the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the Women, Peace and Security agenda are reproduced in core UN documents advocating for a "holistic" P/CVE approach. By highlighting the tensions that are produced by efforts to merge the different gender discourses across the UN's security and development institutions, the article underlines the relevance of considering the particular position of P/CVE at the security-development nexus for further gender-sensitive analysis and policies of counterterrorism.}, language = {en} } @article{Rothermel2020, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {The Other Side}, series = {Social politics : international studies in gender, state, and society}, volume = {27}, journal = {Social politics : international studies in gender, state, and society}, number = {4}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {1072-4745}, doi = {10.1093/sp/jxaa024}, pages = {718 -- 741}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Given the current polarization of gender knowledge in the public discourse, this article investigates the "other side" of gender knowledge production. Building on feminist standpoint literature, I conduct a close reading of the affective-discursive dynamics of knowledge production in two anti-feminist online communities in the United States and India. I find that anti-feminist communities appropriate feminist practices of consciousness-raising to construct a shared sense of victimization. This appropriation is, however, incomplete. In contrast to feminist practices, anti-feminist knowledge generation is premised on the polarizing themes of "ultimate victimhood" and "ultimate other," which lead to violence and exclusion, rather than liberation.}, language = {en} } @article{Rothermel2020, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {Global-local dynamics in anti-feminist discourses}, series = {International affairs}, volume = {96}, journal = {International affairs}, number = {5}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0020-5850}, doi = {10.1093/ia/iiaa130}, pages = {1367 -- 1385}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Women's rights are a core part of a global consensus on human rights. However, we are currently experiencing an increasing popularity of anti-feminist and misogynist politics threatening to override feminist gains. In order to help explain this current revival and appeal, in this article I analyse how anti-feminist communities construct their collective identities at the intersection of local and global trends and affiliations. Through an in-depth analysis of representations in the collective identities of six popular online anti-feminist communities based in India, Russia and the United States, I shed light on how anti-feminists discursively construct their anti-feminist 'self' and the feminist 'other' between narratives of localized resistance to change and backlash against the results of broader societal developments associated with globalization. The results expose a complex set of global-local dynamics, which provide a nuanced understanding of the differences and commonalities of anti-feminist collective identity-building and mobilization processes across contexts. By explicitly focusing on the role of discursively produced locations for anti-feminist identity-building and providing new evidence on anti-feminist communities across three different continents, the article contributes to current discussions on transnational anti-feminist mobilizations in both social movement studies and feminist International Relations.}, language = {en} } @article{Rothermel2022, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {Angriffe auf die Changengleichheit}, series = {Welttrends : das außenpolitische Journal}, volume = {30}, journal = {Welttrends : das außenpolitische Journal}, number = {185}, publisher = {WeltTrends}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-947802-84-5}, issn = {0944-8101}, pages = {28 -- 33}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{Rothermel2023, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {„Fake Science" ― Wissenschaft und Universit{\"a}t in transnationalen Anti-Gender-Diskursen}, series = {Geschlechter in Un-Ordnung: Zur Irritation von Zweigeschlechtlichkeit im Wissenschaftsdiskurs}, journal = {Geschlechter in Un-Ordnung: Zur Irritation von Zweigeschlechtlichkeit im Wissenschaftsdiskurs}, publisher = {Verlag Barbara Budrich}, address = {Opladen, Berlin, Toronto}, isbn = {978-3-8474-2679-0}, doi = {10.2307/jj.4163724.12}, pages = {165 -- 180}, year = {2023}, abstract = {{\"U}ber kaum ein Thema werden so hitzige Debatten gef{\"u}hrt wie {\"u}ber Geschlechtsidentit{\"a}t. Das Wissen darum, dass Gender sozial konstruiert ist, wird von Anti-Gender Aktivist*innen h{\"a}ufig als ‚Gender-Ideologie' bezeichnet und ruft heftige Gegenreaktionen hervor. Dies gilt nicht nur in Deutschland - sondern l{\"a}nder{\"u}bergreifend. Auff{\"a}llig viele der transnationalen Anti- Gender Mobilisierungen der letzten 20 Jahre finden bezogen auf Bildungseinrichtungen statt. Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der besonderen Rolle der Universit{\"a}t und der Wissenschaft f{\"u}r transnationale Anti-Gender Diskurse. Anhand verschiedener Beispiele zeige ich auf, dass das Verh{\"a}ltnis zwischen Anti-Gender Bewegungen und Wissenschaft gepr{\"a}gt ist von widerspr{\"u}chlichen Dynamiken, von Abgrenzung aber auch Imitation. In ihrem Zusammenspiel wirken beide Dynamiken mobilisierend und tragen zum Erstarken regressiver Rollenbilder und antidemokratischer rechter Bewegungen in der breiteren Gesellschaft bei. Der letzte Teil des Beitrags ruft daher zu mehr Selbstreflexion der wissenschaftlichen Praxis auf Grundlage feministischer und intersektionaler Ans{\"a}tze auf.}, language = {de} } @article{RothermelShepherd2022, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin and Shepherd, Laura J.}, title = {Introduction}, series = {Critical studies on terrorism}, volume = {15}, journal = {Critical studies on terrorism}, number = {3}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1753-9153}, doi = {10.1080/17539153.2022.2101535}, pages = {523 -- 532}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Several global governance initiatives launched in recent years have explicitly sought to integrate concern for gender equality and gendered harms into efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism (CT/CVE). As a result, commitments to gender-sensitivity and gender equality in international and regional CT/CVE initiatives, in national action plans, and at the level of civil society programming, have become a common aspect of the multilevel governance of terrorism and violent extremism. In light of these developments, aspects of our own research have turned in the past years to explore how concerns about gender are being incorporated in the governance of (counter-)terrorism and violent extremism, and how this development has affected (gendered) practices and power relations in counterterrorism policymaking and implementation. We were inspired by the growing literature on gender and CT/CVE, and critical scholarship on terrorism and political violence, to bring together a collection of new research addressing these questions.}, language = {en} } @misc{Rothermel2023, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {„Fake Science" ― Wissenschaft und Universit{\"a}t in transnationalen Anti-Gender-Diskursen}, series = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, isbn = {978-3-8474-2679-0}, issn = {1867-5808}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-60132}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-601325}, pages = {18}, year = {2023}, abstract = {{\"U}ber kaum ein Thema werden so hitzige Debatten gef{\"u}hrt wie {\"u}ber Geschlechtsidentit{\"a}t. Das Wissen darum, dass Gender sozial konstruiert ist, wird von Anti-Gender Aktivist*innen h{\"a}ufig als ‚Gender-Ideologie' bezeichnet und ruft heftige Gegenreaktionen hervor. Dies gilt nicht nur in Deutschland - sondern l{\"a}nder{\"u}bergreifend. Auff{\"a}llig viele der transnationalen Anti- Gender Mobilisierungen der letzten 20 Jahre finden bezogen auf Bildungseinrichtungen statt. Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der besonderen Rolle der Universit{\"a}t und der Wissenschaft f{\"u}r transnationale Anti-Gender Diskurse. Anhand verschiedener Beispiele zeige ich auf, dass das Verh{\"a}ltnis zwischen Anti-Gender Bewegungen und Wissenschaft gepr{\"a}gt ist von widerspr{\"u}chlichen Dynamiken, von Abgrenzung aber auch Imitation. In ihrem Zusammenspiel wirken beide Dynamiken mobilisierend und tragen zum Erstarken regressiver Rollenbilder und antidemokratischer rechter Bewegungen in der breiteren Gesellschaft bei. Der letzte Teil des Beitrags ruft daher zu mehr Selbstreflexion der wissenschaftlichen Praxis auf Grundlage feministischer und intersektionaler Ans{\"a}tze auf.}, language = {de} } @misc{RothermelAsante2022, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin and Asante, Doris}, title = {From victims to activists}, series = {Australian outlook}, journal = {Australian outlook}, publisher = {Australian Institute of International Affairs}, address = {Deakin ACT}, year = {2022}, abstract = {For a long time, women were invisible in the policy responses to political violence and terrorism. Although the introduction of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) has helped improve the representation of women, there is still a long way to go.}, language = {en} } @misc{Rothermel2022, author = {Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin}, title = {What anti-gender and anti-vaccines politics have in common}, publisher = {London School of Economics and Political Science}, address = {London}, year = {2022}, language = {en} }