Toolbox in the winter term 2025
earthing
“Geography as a discipline stands for a certain worlding, if not earthing, of contradiction, in both theoretical and pracitcal respect.”
Julia Lossau
coherence in thought
“The imperative of non-contradiction generally produces a coherence in thought that is often at odds with social complexities.”
Yan Suarsana
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff
articulate
“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”
Martin Nonhoff