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Workshop with Francis Seeck "Class Matters"

Location: Stadtwerkstatt, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 11, 10178 Berlin, 1st floor in the arcades
Access via stairs or elevator

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The term classism refers to discrimination on the basis of class origin or class affiliation, limiting access to culture, housing, educational attainment, health care, agency, participation, recognition, and moneyThe workshop deals with this often forgotten form of discrimination. How does classism manifest itself in the cultural sphere and what can we do against it on a practical level?

Francis Seeck, born in 1987 in East Berlin, is a cultural anthropologist, author and anti-discrimination trainer. As the child of an unemployed, single mother, Seeck experienced the effects of class society at an early age. Today Seeck teaches and researches on classism and social justice after holding a substitute professorship in sociology and social work sciences at the Hochschule Neubrandenburg, now as a post-doc at HU Berlin. In 2020 Seeck published the anthology Solidarisch gegen Klassismus with Brigitte Theißl. In spring 2022, the book on classism Zugang verwehrt was published by Atrium.