Gesa Mayer
Main focus: Sociology of Desire
Languages: German, English
City: Hamburg
Country: Germany
Topics: non-monogamies, gender studies, queer theory, relationships, desire, monogamy, mononormativity, polyamory
Sociologist (Dipl.-Soz.) and Master of Higher Education (MHEd). PhD student at the University of Hamburg. Working at the Hamburg University of Technology.
My main sociological interest is research on intimate relationships: Why and how do people live and love as couples, in open and/or polyamorous relationships? What do monogamous and non-monogamous ways of living have to do with social discourses, norms, power and gender relations? How accepted, discriminated, and/or emancipatory are 'alternative' models of relationships and family beyond the hetero- and mononormative couple relationship?
Depending on the type of event and the interests of the audience, my talks, workshops, interviews, and publications on topics such as romantic love and mono-normativity, informal or consensual non-monogamies, open and polyamorous relationships, gender and desire may have an introductory character suitable for an everyday understanding but may as well address more specific sociological-theoretical issues.
Examples of previous talks / appearances:
15.11.2019 - Part of the panel "Reconfiguring the dichotomy monogamous and non-monogamous: Comparing gendered divisions of labor, concepts of love and everyday practice", with Dr. Michael Raab, Dr. Cornelia Schadler, Dr. Christian Klesse (Network Critical Relationship Research). 3rd Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
This talk is in: English07.08.2019, Veranstaltungsreihe gesellschaft*macht*identität, Univerisität Hildesheim
30.06.2018, im Rahmen der 24 Stunden Vorlesung, Universität Rostock
Sep 2nd, 2017, at the 2nd Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference, Aug 31st – Sep 2nd, 2017, Sigmund-Freud-University, Vienna, Austria
This talk is in: EnglishMai & Juli 2016, Queere Ringvorlesung, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main & Queere Ringvorlesung, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg & Queerreferat der Aachener Hochschulen
February 2016, Polyamory Day. Polyamory, Consensual Non-Monogamy and Relationship Anarchy. Manchester Metropolitan University
This talk is in: EnglishJanuar 2016, Ringvorlesung que(e)r_einsteigen, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Juni 2015, Ringvorlesung Jenseits der Geschlechtergrenzen, Universität Hamburg & FHW, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Februar 2013, zusammen mit Christian Schütze, Intros – Gesellschaftskritische Einführungsveranstaltungen, Hamburg
Einfach mehrfach lieben? Abgrenzungs- und Berührungspunkte von Mono- und Polyamory /// Mono-Poly – Monogamie-Norm und Polyamory (zusammen mit Robin Bauer) // Wieso, weshalb, warum offen/poly leben? (Workshop) /// Mono- vs. Poly-Normativität? Beziehungsnormen – und was wir dagegen haben (Workshop) /// RZB revisited – Zur Kritik der romantischen Zweierbeziehung und ihrer Alternativen (Workshop) /// Kommentar zum Doku-Film Schlampenau, eine Schlampolygarchutopie /// Monogame Mangel-Erscheinungen. Die Monogamie-Norm und ihre Logik des Mangels /// Traute Zweisamkeit? Die Macht der Norm, monogam zu leben ///