Combatting Inequality, Transforming Academic Structures and Implementing Global Sociology – Towards a Rehbeinian Pedagogy
Last year, my friend and teacher, Boike Rehbein, suddenly passed away. He had shaped a generation of scholars across the globe, including myself. In the essay, I look at his characteristics: His conceptual principle of Verstehen, his scholarly contribution through habitus hermeneutics and his structural contribution through the specific design of the Global Studies Programme (GSP). Assessing these three elements and seeing how they are linked, I propose moving towards a Rehbeinian pedagogy, which is instrumental in levelling the academic playing field and allows critical sociology to gain a global orientation.
in: Gedenkschrift Rehbein „Für eine menschliche Welt – Zum Werk von Boike Rehbein“ (For a human work – Work of Boike Rehbein), 2024 Beltz Juventa, p. 188 et seqq.
Muslim Instagram: Eternal Youthfulness and Cultivating Deen
Special Issue „Digital Youth and Religion“ in Religions 2022, 13(7), 658
This article argues that Muslims have created a specific Muslim Instagram that sustains youthfulness and cultivates their deen (religion). I have analysed over 500 images with the hashtags #muslim and #islam … By playing with notions of youthfulness, Muslims recontextualise their faith and practice online to cultivate their deen. They thereby …
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Encountering Hidden Transcripts: Behind the Antagonism of the India-Pakistan Narrative
This article reflects on Pakistan’s imaginary within contemporary Indian society. It is based factually on a personal experience of events and encounters during my study visit at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in
New Delhi 2018.
Südasien-Chronik/South Asia Chronicle 2022 (12)
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Keep It Halal! A Smartphone Ethnography of Muslim Dating
How is Muslim religious identity impacted by Muslim dating apps? The development of Muslim dating apps within the last decade has led to Muslims seeking partners beyond their physical and social locality. The following research takes inner-Muslim discursive traditions into account to examine how Muslim males …
Award-winning article for the DAAD–Prize 2021.