David Adler

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Thematic session at the DiscourseNet & ALED congress (DNC5ALED): Discourses and their impacts on a world of multiple crises 25–28 July, 2023 University of Valencia, Spain From its beginnings, Critical Theory has developed a strong interest in language and in the relationship between the symbolic, our ways of thinking and material reality. Not only...

The design of office spaces and office architecture has received increased attention over the last decades. However, studies on work organisations predominantly approach the design of work environments from an instrumentalist perspective in which spatial configurations are strategically deployed in order to optimise work performances and increase p...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the notion of “infection drivers” (Infektionstreiber) has gained currency in German discourse on school closings. This paper traces its discursive origins and its typical usage, using two twitter-corpora. The analysis indicates that the term is not so much used to name driving forces in the dynamics of the pande...

Konzeptionelle und wissenschaftliche Grundlagen für Multiplikator*innenschulungen zur demokratiefördernden Elternarbeit, die im Rahmen des Projektes „Demokratisch. Gemeinsam. Wachsen. Eltern als Partner*innen der Demokratieförderung“ entwickelt werden. https://ifak-bochum.de/degewa/

Today we witness a variety of attacks on the different forms of research. Opposing these attacks against scientists, journalists and artists, the demand for a freedom of research is an important common ground for organizing solidarity and publicly denouncing repres-sion, intimidation and manipulation. However, the notion of freedom of research is a...

In organization studies, office architecture is mostly seen as an instrument for control and productivity. By taking into account the temporality of architecture within labour relations, an imagined dimension of the organization’s built space comes to the fore. For a better understanding of this dimension, this chapter turns to architectural theory...

A Working Paper is a first-draft-journal paper or contribution, a research report, a workshop presentation or an essay. Generally speaking, it should have the potential of a full quality paper that is in progress. This can be detailed and formulated by the author(s) within the paper (footnotes) or in an appendix including questions, open points, di...

The chapter analyses how office space is made aesthetically relevant in the employees practices. It sketches a concept of aesthetization as practical accomplishment.

Bericht zum empirischen Workshop "Ethnographie der Arbeit", der im Mai 2016 in Oldenburg stattfand

Berichtsessay zur Tagung „Vom Ende der Geschichte her. Geschichtspolitische Überlegungen anlässlich des 75. Todestages von Walter Benjamin“, Mainz, 23.–24. Oktober 2015, in: sopos 2/2016, 1–11.

The book offers a performative analysis of hegemony within the discourse on international terrorism after the death of Osama bin Laden. It takes up the poststructuralist perspective of the Essex School of discourse analysis, expanding it by pragmatic approaches to discourse. The leading questions are: How is the death of bin Laden constituted as a...