Since the 1960s, emancipated, pluralistic and independent youth cultures are on the rise, particularly in Western Europe and the USA. Through a combination of sociological and art historical approaches, we will develop a visual sociology (viscourse) of adolescent masculinities, examine their function in creating knowledge about male adolescence and its visual representation. In four interlocking parts, this project develops an interdisciplinary methodology, which aims to use and realign the method of viscourse analysis.
The Sections are divided as follows: Section 1 “Masculinities in the Sociology of Youth – On the Non-simultaneity of Science and Photography from the 1960s onwards in the USA and Germany”, Section 2 “Photography as a method in art and sociology – Participant Photography and Photovoice as emancipation strategies of male adolescence?”, Section 3 “Sport/Initiation/Vulnerability – Photography as a sociology of adolescent homosociality”, and Section 4 “Intersections of queer adolescence: Masculinities between sexualization and dis:identification in research and art”.
Project management: Prof. Dr. Änne Söll, Prof. Dr. Katja Sabisch
Research staff: Christian Wandhoff M.A., Jule Fischer M.A.
Research assistants: Felix Vofrei B.A., Şenay Heupel