Josef Barla
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Teaching focus

My teaching interests lie at the intersection of the philosophy of technology, feminist epistemologies, theories and methods in science and technology studies, the sociology of scientific knowledge, and the environmental humanities. My teaching and diversity statement can be found here.

In the winter term 2022/23, I will be teaching the undergraduate course "Soziologie des Anthropozäns: Natur, Kritik und Gesellschaft" and the graduate course "Feminist Science Studies: Objectivity, Truth, and Knowledge" at the Institute of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Courses taught
Summer term 2022
"Wissenschaft, Objektivität und Erkenntnis: Vom Positivismusstreit zu den Science Wars"
Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Technik und Gesellschaft: Techniksoziologische Klassiker"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt
Winter term 2021/22
"Masters, Slaves, and Machines: Race und Gender in der wissenschaftlichen Fiktion"
Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Technikzukünfte: Soziologische Perspektiven auf Mensch, Maschine und Gesellschaft"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt
Summer term 2021
"Race and/as Technology: Biopolitics, Race, and Engineered Inequality"
The course blog can be found here.
Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt (co-taught with Vicky Kluzik)

"Natur, Technik und Gesellschaft im Anthropozän"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Winter term 2020/21
"Politik der Natur"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt (co-taught with Franziska von Verschuer)

"Technik und Gesellschaft: Einführung in die kritische Techniksoziologie"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Summer term 2020
"Making Kin, Not Population? Biopolitics, Racism, and Science in the Face of Extinction"
Graduate course at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"'In the Belly of the Monster': Wissenschaft, Technik und Geschlecht"
Undergraduate course at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Winter term 2019/20
"Science-Fiction/Science-Fact: Schlüsseltexte feministischer Technowissenschaftsforschung"
Graduate course at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Roboter, Rechner und Automaten: Zu einer Soziologie der Maschine"
Undergraduate course at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Summer term 2019
"Humanism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism: Toward a Sociology of the Non-/Human"
Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Technik und Gesellschaft: Einführung in die Techniksoziologie"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Winter term 2018/19
"Science Wars Revisited: Science, Objectivity, and Democracy"
Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Bruno Latour: Technik ist stabilisierte Gesellschaft"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Summer term 2018
"Biopolitik, 'Race' und Wissenschaft: 'Race is a fracturing trauma'"
​Graduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

"Geschlecht, Technik und Wissenschaft: 'In the belly of the monster'"
Undergraduate course taught at the Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt
Winter term 2017/18
​"Themenfelder II": Einführung in die feministische Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung"
Graduate course taught at the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna
Summer term 2016
“In the Belly of the Monster": Feminist Perspectives on Science and Technology
Graduate course taught in the master’s program Interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Graz

Winter term 2015/16
Chaosmosen des Politischen: Barad, Deleuze, Foucault und neue Medientheorien
Graduate course taught at the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna (co-taught with Christoph Hubatschke)

Winter term 2015/16
​​Theoriegeschichte und Theoriedebatte: Utopie und Politik
Undergraduate course taught at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna (co-taught with Katharina Maly)

Autumn term 2015
​Introduction to Feminist Philosophy of Technology and Technoscience Studies
Graduate evening lecture taught at Tema Genus, Linköping University, Sweden
Winter term 2013/14
“Technik ist stabilisierte Gesellschaft": Einführung in Bruno Latours Techniksoziologie
Undergraduate course taught at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna

Summer term 2011
​Gewalt und Handlungsmacht: Feministische Perspektiven
Undergraduate lecture taught at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna (co-taught with GIK faculty and fellows)
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