BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:907@ub.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250607 DTSTAMP:20250922T112841Z URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/neutralize-or-visibilize-an-op en-question/ SUMMARY:Neutralize or visibilize? An open question DESCRIPTION:Poster HEREParticipationParticipation is free\, but registratio n is mandatory. To register\, please fill in this Google form by Thursday\ , May 15th: https://forms.gle/hknjyJwWcoEhhboJANeutralize or visibilize? A n open questionIn the debate on gender-fair language\, a conflict emerged between the interests of women and non-binary people. Several feminist gro ups call for making women visible in order to fight sexist stereotypes (vi sbility strategy). However\, Dembroff and Wodak (2018\, 2021) argued that is incompatible with a full fairness towards non-binary people: as they hi ghlight\, indeed\, using the feminine for women and a further form for non -binary people amounts at lumping all the many non-binary identities in on e form\, while men and women have a dedicated one each. This\, they argue\ , is unfair and to avoid such unfairness it&rsquo\;s necessary to get rid of masculine and feminine forms altogether (neutrality strategy). Such a p roposal\, though\, is incompatible with making women visible in language t hrough the employment of feminine forms. We are\, then\, at a double bind and research is needed to address this question and find a solution. On th e one hand\, the request to make women visible in grammar is grounded in t he need\, still actual\, of using language as a tool to counter sexism and patriarchy. Crucially\, challenging stereotypes would benefit not only wo men but also non-binary people. However\, making women visible in language requires using forms that perpetrate a binary representation of genders\, which is harmful to non-binary people. Moreover\, while gender marking mi ght be a useful tool to counter gender stereotypes\, gender is the only so cial category marked in language: countering other types of stereotypes ca nnot take advantage of grammatical markers. Yet\, it&rsquo\;s not clear we should give up on this useful tool and take advantage of the possibility of using grammatical gender marking to counter gender stereotypes. This wo rkshop aims at reaching an advancement on this topic\, thanks to prolific discussion between experts on gender in language. To this end\, we plan to adopt a cooperative methodology rather than relying on the classical stru cture of workshops where each participant presents what they have done alr eady: since here the goal is to produce a theoretical advancement on an op en research question\, we&rsquo\;ll focus more on new ideas brought about by the workshop than on participants&rsquo\; previous positions. Instead o f talks\, then\, we&rsquo\;ll employ non-formal education methodologies su ch as trajectories of knowledge\, questioning circle\, and case scenarios.  \;Confirmed invited speakers:\nCorrado Fumagalli (University of Genoa )\nSofia Safina (University of Naples)\nFiona Woollard (University of Sout hampton)\nFrancesca Cesarano (University of Frankfurt)\nMara Floris (Unive rsity San Raffaele)\nOrganizers:\nGreta Persico (University of Milano-Bico cca)\nTeresa Marques (Universitat de Barcelona)\nMartina Rosola (Universit at de Barcelona)\nAcknowledgment: This workshop is organized as part of th e project New Paths in the Philosophy of Hybrid Representations\, funded b y the Spanish Ministry of Science - Code: PID2023-150569NB-I00. \;The workshop was made possible thanks to the funding of the Faculty and Depart ment of Philosophy of the University of Barcelona. \; VenueFaculty of Philosophy of the Universitat de Barcelona: Campus Raval UB\, 4th floorCar rer de Montalegre 6-8\, BarcelonaWorkshop activities: room 412Catering: ro om Seminari Marí\;a Zambrano (inside the Department of Philosophy)&n bsp\;ProgrammeThursday 05/06/2025\, Room: 4129.30-10.00: Ice breaking and presentation of the participants.10.00-10.20: Activity &ldquo\;trajectorie s of knowledge&rdquo\;\, coordinated by Greta Persico. \;10.20-10.40: Coffee break (in room Seminari Marí\;a Zambrano)10.40-12.30: Round t able on theoretical positionings on visibility and neutrality with Frances ca Cesarano\, Mara Floris\, Fiona Woollard\, Corrado Fumagalli\, and Sofia Safina.12.30-14.00: Lunch14.00-18.00: Exploration of the research questio n through the questioning circle technique\, with Francesca Cesarano\, Mar a Floris\, Fiona Woollard\, Corrado Fumagalli\, and Sofia Safina\, coordin ated by Greta Persico.15.50-16.10: Coffee break (in room Seminari Mar&iacu te\;a Zambrano)Friday 06/06/2025\, Room: 4129.30-9.45: Ice breaking.9.45-1 2.30: Analysis of the possible practical outcomes of what emerged from day 1 thorugh the case scenario techique with Francesca Cesarano\, Mara Flori s\, Fiona Woollard\, Corrado Fumagalli\, and Sofia Safina\, coordinated by Greta Persico.10.50-11.10: Coffee break (in room Seminari Marí\;a Z ambrano)12.30-14.00: Lunch14.00-15.50: Identification of the previous sess ions&rsquo\; results\, coordinated by Greta Persico.15.50-16.10: Coffee br eak (in room Seminari Marí\;a Zambrano)16.10-17.30: Programmation of follow up activities\, coordinated by Teresa Marques and Martina Rosola.1 7.30-18.00: Conclusion of the workshop.\n CATEGORIES:Conferences LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia\, Barcelona\, UB X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, Spain;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100 ;X-TITLE=Seminari de Filosofia\, Barcelona\, UB:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR