Episode 21: Colorful diversity - How can we do justice to diversity in our society, science and research?

Our podcast series YOU ASK we explain - Berührungsängste in der Medizin was launched in 2023 and is published monthly. In our 21st episode, as part of the TUD Lectures+, we discussed the topic: Colorful diversity - How can we do justice to diversity in our society, science and research?

We wanted to discuss with you and answer your questions. Do we really live colorful diversity and is this also reflected in areas such as language, technology design or medicine? Does research and development take into account the diversity of our modern society and consider the needs of people in their diversity?

Only since 2022 has there been a dummy in the well-known car crash test that takes into account the special features of the female physique. This shows that even supposed majorities such as women are often neglected in technology design. Not to mention other social groups, such as older people, people with disabilities or with different cultural experiences, to name just a few examples.

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Our Advisors:

• Prof. Roswitha Böhm, Vice-Rector University Culture, Chair of French Studies / Institute of Romance Studies and member of the GenderConceptGroup at TU Dresden
• Prof. Alexander Lasch, Chair of German Linguistics and Language History

Moderation:

• Prof. Nicole Vögele from the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HFBK Dresden)

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This project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments.