Elisabeth Schäfer (philosopher)

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Elisabeth Schäfer (born December 12, 1979 in Germany ) is a queer feminist philosopher who lives in Vienna. She is a lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Vienna . Together with Esther Hutfless and Gertrude Postl , she published the first German translation of the essay "The Laughing of Medusa" by Hélène Cixous in 2012 and thus contributed to a renewed reception of this essay, which has become famous since the 1970s. Schäfer's approach is characterized above all by rereading the écriture féminine (female writing) in connection with queer-theoretical approaches and understanding writing as artistic research .

Life

Elisabeth Schäfer did her doctorate with Arno Böhler at the University of Vienna with the dissertation Just like the life of my skin. Draft of an ontology of touch that deals with Jean-Luc Nancy and Luce Irigaray and their criticism of the exclusion of the body from the history of European philosophy. Since 2010 Schäfer has been teaching regularly as a lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Vienna.

Schäfer can be attributed to deconstruction and queer-feminist discourses. Her research areas include: body discourse, écriture féminine , writing as artistic research, aesthetics of risk, performance philosophy. She regularly realizes lectures, lecture performances and interventions.

Her main interests include studying the importance of the body for philosophy and thinking, as well as for the activity of writing. Schäfer defines this activity or writing as artistic research ("writing as artistic research"), which can be understood as a creative and transformative practice "in and of itself" ("a creative and transformative practice in and of itself") . In this context, Schäfer also coined the concept of a writing or a letter as trans-sensitive exposure ("trans-sensitive exposure"):

[I] t seems to be most fruitful to regard writing as an operation of the “ in-between ” unfolding itself in-between materiality and the intelligible [...] a movement of “sense” in both directions: materiality has the potential to become intelligible as the intelligible has the potential to become material. […] Writing transgresses […] and translates in this space of the in-between - a circulating movement. Taking the "circulation" of writing as transgressing and trans lating movement between body and signification, materiality and intelligibility seriously, I argue did we call "writing as artistic research" a trans-sensitive exposure. […] Writing thus is a movement of translation, transformation, trans-subjectivity; any theory of writing would also be in need of this prefix "trans-."

In her thinking, she repeatedly combines the work of the post-structuralist feminist authors Hélène Cixous , Luce Irigaray , Julia Kristeva and the philosophers Jacques Derrida , Gilles Deleuze , Jean-Luc Nancy with approaches of queer thinking and gender construction, such as the works by Paul B. Preciado and Judith Butler .

Publications

  • The open side of writing. Jacques Derrida and Hélène Cixous Côte à Côte. Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85165-865-1 .
  • with Esther Hutfless and Gertrude Postl (eds.): The laugh of Medusa. Together with current articles. Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7092-0049-0 . (2nd edition, 2017.)
  • with Esther Hutfless (ed.): Hélène Cixous: Conversation with the donkey. Blind writing. Zaglossus Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-902902-52-8 .
  • Writing as artistic research, in: Ruth Mateus-Berr, Richard Jochum (Ed.): Teaching Artistic Research. Conversations Across Cultures. de Gruyter, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-11-066239-9 , pp. 60–70.
  • Open Text - Open Performance: Hélène Cixous and Ariane Mnouchkine, together with Esther Hutfless and Gertrude Postl, in: Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, Alice Lagaay (Eds.): The Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy. Routledge, New York 2020, ISBN 978-1-138-49562-3 , pp. 330-334.
  • Performance Philosophy as Media Philosophy, together with Jörg Sternagel and Volkmar Mühleis, in: Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, Alice Lagaay (ed.): The Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy. Routledge, New York 2020, ISBN 978-1-138-49562-3 , pp. 109-116.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hélène Cixous: The Laughter of Medusa . Ed .: Esther Hutfless, Gerda Postl, Elisabeth Schäfer. Translated by Claudia Simma. Passagen, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7092-0049-0 .
  2. ↑ Bettina Schmitz: The laughing sex: philosophy, poetry, body, politics ... Review of "The laughing of Medusa". May 9, 2013, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Rolf Löchel: The woman of the future. Review of "The Laughing of Medusa". July 25, 2013, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ On this reading of the "écriture feminine" as "queer écriture" see z. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: Dora with Medusa. Is there such a thing as hysterical writing as a subversive revolution? In: Ulrike Kadi, August Ruhs, Karl Stockreiter, Gerhard Zenaty. (Ed.): Texts. psychoanalysis. aesthetics. cultural criticism. Passagen, Vienna 2019, p. 96 .
  5. ↑ See e.g. E.g .: Elisabeth Schäfer: Writing as Artistic Research. In: Ruth Mateus-Berr, Richard Jochum (Ed.): Teaching Artistic Research. Conversations Across Cultures. De Gruyter, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-11-066521-5 , pp. 62-64 .
  6. ↑ See also Elisabeth Schäfer: Open Text - Open Performance: Hélène Cixous and Ariane Mnouchkine, together with Esther Hutfless and Gertrude Postl . In: Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, Alice Lagaay (Eds.): The Routledge Companion to Performance Philosophy. New York 2020, p. 330-334 .
  7. ↑ Elisabeth Schäfer: Just like the life of my skin: Design of an ontology of touch. unv. diss. University of Vienna, 2012.
  8. ↑ Overview of courses at the University of Vienna. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Overview teaching on the website of Elisabeth Schäfer. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  10. ↑ See e.g. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: "Taking the risk of a risk. Feminist Critique and Transformations." Biennale Lecture 2019, together with Mag.a Dr Esther Hutfless. Schauspielhaus Vienna. March 8, 2019, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  11. ↑ See e.g. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: "Beyond anger and hatred." Invited Lecture as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series "ART - RESEARCH - GENDER." University of Applied Arts Vienna. December 28, 2018, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  12. ↑ See e.g. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: "Spacious Singing Flesh." Keynote at the symposium “On the Stage New Sisterhood. Feminism and the demand for post-colonial multiculturalism. " University of Wuppertal. November 4, 2016, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Overview of lectures on Elisabeth Schäfer's website: Overview of lectures on Elisabeth Schäfer's website. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  14. ↑ See e.g. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: "Bodies of Resistance. On the topicality of the body as places of the political." Lecture performance as part of the 2018 annual conference: Cultures of knowledge and diversity. Positions, diffractions, participations. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. November 27, 2018, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  15. ↑ See e.g. B. Elisabeth Schäfer: "Out there is a field." Performance together with Barbara Kraus. Tanzquartier Vienna. June 4, 2016, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Overview of performances on Elisabeth Schäfer's website. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  17. ^ Elisabeth Schäfer: Writing as Artistic Research . In: Ruth Mateus-Berr, Richard Jochum (Ed.): Teaching Artistic Research. Conversations Across Cultures . De Gruyter, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-11-066521-5 , pp. 61 .
  18. ^ Elisabeth Schäfer: Writing as Artistic Research . In: Ruth Mateus-Berr, Richard Jochum (Ed.): Teaching Artistic Research. Conversations Across Cultures. De Gruyter, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-11-066521-5 , pp. 62-64 .
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany