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Among the activities of the Feminist Section is an annual Dialectics Week, in which dialectical thinking is studied and acquired in order to increase political competence and capacity, and the organization of an annual Feminist Fall Academy with topics such as: Occupy feminist: On the reappropriation of the concept of work, the political arena and social relations (2013) or (I) as a feminist in socialist politics. How do we make contradictions productive? (2014); the training of speakers for the dissemination of the Four-in-One-Perspective as a compass for Left politics; the support of the women's editorial team of the journal Das Argument; up to suggestions for the series Berlin Contributions to Critical Theory.
Invitation to participate
The Section needs many helpers, authors, translators, political-scientific work, speakers, research, ideas and fantasy and the experience of many women to discuss entries, vote on their suitability, write, suggest new entries, inform about new publications and write. Without the work of the Section the dictionary would lack the feminist objection and the continuing work on Marxism-Feminism. The Feminist Section meets at the annual InkriT conferences, where they work in workshops on dictionary articles and elect -- together with the other Fellows -- the Fellow speakers.
In the periodical Das Argument we publish once each year a special issue of feminist themes; here women are invited to contribute, to suggest topics, to search for authors and to write articles. We study the current movements and raise questions. We write and publish reviews of new publications (in each issue of Das Argument), also as practice in academic writing, thus providing ourselves with an overview of the state of feminist debates and passing it on.
We work together to prepare the Feminist Fall Academy and the Dialectics Week, plan workshops and working groups, formulate topics, give ourselves a program. From these activities the speaker group has formed; they give talks, on the Four-in-One-Perspective, for example.
In short: You can join the Feminist Section anywhere; many women are needed to take part in different forms, to discuss, write and to learn together and to try out a good life.
Our international congress The Strength of Critique - Trajectories of Marxism-Feminism in March 2015 provided a great and hopeful view of what has already been done - but also of what remains to be done. The congress marks an international new beginning, inspiring renewal: a subsequent, second congress was held in Vienna 2016 - meanwhile, we are planning a continuation in Lund (Sweden) in 2018. The Feminist Section of InkriT and the women's editorial team of the journal Das Argument will take up the discussions and continue them. Together we want to set themes, gain authors, develop political projects - and find fellow activists.