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DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –
Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory
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Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory
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Mercator Fellows

Among several international scholarly guests and cooperation partners, three distinguished international researchers cooperate closely with the RTG in their role as Mercator-Fellows.

  • Portraitfoto Prof. Rozena Maart
    Prof. Rozena Maart
    Mercator-Fellow
    Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity, U of Kwa Zulu Natal
  • Portraitfoto Prof. Graham Priest
    Prof. Graham Priest
    Mercator-Fellow
    Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, CUNY
  • Portraitfoto Prof. Banu Subramaniam
    Prof. Banu Subramaniam
    Mercator-Fellow
    Professor and Chair of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, U of Massachusetts Amherst
Is contradiction eurocentric?

“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”

Kerstin Knopf
every day

“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”

Gisela Febel
space

“According to Niklas Luhmann, space is a ‘special facility to negate contradictions’”.

Julia Lossau
driver

“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”

Norman Sieroka
city

“The city is a laboratory not only of modernity, but also of contradiction.”

Julia Lossau