Intersectionalities

Interdependent lines of differences

An ethnographic analysis of the interdependency of racism and heteronormativity

I am interested in the interdependencies of different power relations, in particular of racism and heteronormativity, and want to analyse these with my ethnographic material. So far I have written a bit on it, gave some presentations and have based my teaching on this approach. More about my appraoch in the German version.
For more information you can also contact me by email: info (at) urmila.de

Publications in English:

"Heteronormativity and intersectionality as perspective of analysis of gender and migration: Nurses from India in West Germany", in: Sara Poma Poma and Katharina Pühl (eds.) (2014), Perspectives on Asian Migration - Transformations of Gender and Labour Relations, Berlin,77-82.
"‘Indian’ clubbing in Germany – on the constructions of natio-ethno-cultural belongingness and otherness", in: Sylvia Hahn and Stan Nadel (eds., 2014), Asian Migrants in Europe - Transcultural Connections, Göttingen: V&R unipress.

Presentations in English:

"Not a question of categories. Researching masculinities from an intersectional perspective", Workshop: Researching Migrant Men & Masculinities: Unpacking "female" researcher identity in knowledge productions, Trento, 02.12.22.
"Challenges of Decentering the German perspective in German Studies. Doing research on the nurse migration from India to Germany", Traveling Academy De-Colonizing Knowledge – Views from India and Tunisia, Delhi, 24.11.22
"Care, Migration, Gender. An analysis of the nurse recruitment from Kerala to West Germany and its consequences", ICAS:MP Colloquium, Delhi, 18.10.22.
"The consequences of a denied work permit. On husbands joining their working wifes in Germany", Conference: Globordered Intimacies: Immmigration and Gendered Labor, Family and Personal Relationships, Tel Aviv University, 18.06.19.
"'When the parents are ageing' - adult children of care migrants caring for their parents", Panel "Ageing, care and transnational mobilities", 15th EASA Biennial Conference "Staying - Moving - Settling", Stockholm, 14.08.18.
"Thoughts on Identity Politics in and from Germany", Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 07.06.14
"Free Razan - the pitfalls of international support", International Workshop subtil? wie sexualität rassisisert wird, Berlin, 23.04.12.
"About the Amina Hoax and Free Razan - the Arab revolutions, social media and international attention", Iwalewa-Haus, University Bayreuth, 03.02.12
Centre for Gender Studies, University of Lund, Sweden, 07.-11.03.11
- "Discourses on 'arranged marriages' in Germany - on the interdependency of racism and heteronormativity", Masters Gender Studies, 08.03.11
- "On the interdependency of racism and heteronormativity - challenges for research", Public Seminar, 09.03.11
- "The construction of the Indian woman in Germany - on the interdependency of racism and heteronormativity", Bachelor Gender Studies, 10.03.11
"Of Asians and Indians in Germany - Some thoughts on racism and the interdependencies of power inequalities" (paper as pdf, presentation as pdf), International Workshop: Imagining 'Race' and Hegemony in (Inter)Asia, Seoul, 20.07.08.
"On the interdependence of power dimensions" (als pdf), Workshop: New Theories of Power, Slubice, 28.05.08.
"Discourses on 'arranged marriages' in Germany - On the interdependency of racism and heteronormativity" (als pdf), FEMCIT- seminars: Intimacies, University of Bergen, 13.09.07.
"Arranged marriages' - Dealing with racist and heteronormative discourses in Germany" (als pdf), Monday Seminar, CULCOM, University of Oslo, 16.04.07.