Humor in social movements (1975-86): Dis-ordering und re-ordering by affective strategies of diagnosis and mobilization (F06*)

• Subject Area: Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 170320015

Project F06 investigates two pivotal protest movements from the 1970s/1980s (the peace and anti-nuclear movement, feminism) with a particular question in mind: what role did humor play? Chief among the objects of investigation is the relationship between two of humor¿s functions qua social cement: one is outwardly directed, i.e. subversive; the other acts inwardly. Light will additionally be shed on the role of emotions in mobilization performances and mobilization strategies.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 923: Threatened Orders
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Monique Scheer, since 7/2015