Conference Report: Mapping Situational Analysis—An International Conference

Authors

  • Sonja Gaedicke Technische Hochschule Köln
  • Rebekka Haubold Universität Leipzig
  • Anna-Lisa Klages Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
  • Christian Rhein Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
  • Tamara Schwertel University of Cologne
  • Olaf Tietje Ludwig-Maximiliams-Universität München

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-26.2.4424

Keywords:

situational analysis, qualitative methods, feminist STS, collaborative inquiry, nonhumans, situational mapping, analysis of visual data

Abstract

In this conference report we provide insights into some of the key topics presented at the first international conference on situational analysis in Germany, held in November 2024 in Magdeburg. Central issues discussed include collaborations and feminist perspectives in practice for power-sensitive knowledge production, nonhumans and how they can be included in situational analysis through all types of mappings as well as methodical and methodological questions regarding mapping processes, interdisciplinary mapping, and the conceptualization of space in and through situational analysis. Adele CLARKE and her work were honored and celebrated at the conference.

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Author Biographies

Sonja Gaedicke, Technische Hochschule Köln

Sonja GAEDICKE is a research associate at the Department for Gender Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Köln (TH Köln). In her research, she focuses on gender dimensions in interdisciplinary settings, feminist perspectives on urban space and situational analysis.

Rebekka Haubold, Universität Leipzig

Rebekka HAUBOLD is a research associate at the Center for Teacher Training and School Research. Her current research and teaching interests include media appropriation, media competence, media-didactics, and qualitative research methods. In her doctoral thesis, she studies the situation of smartphone appropriation by adults.

Anna-Lisa Klages, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt

Anna-Lisa KLAGES is a postdoctoral research associate at the Research and Transfer Center for Sustainability Studies (ForTraNN) at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI). In her work, she focuses on just sustainability transitions, international cultural development, civil society, arts-based practices and qualitative methods.

Christian Rhein, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media

Christian RHEIN is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTHM). As part of his PhD project, he is researching media development and façade media, as well as the applicability of Situation Analysis for investigating processes.

Tamara Schwertel, University of Cologne

Tamara SCHWERTEL is a research associate at the chair for medical sociology at the Medical Faculty of the University Clinic and University of Cologne. Her research interests are qualitative methods, science and technology studies and sociology of health and illness.

Olaf Tietje, Ludwig-Maximiliams-Universität München

Olaf TIETJE is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximiliams-Universität München. In his research, he concentrates on labor, gender studies, migration studies, social participation and qualitative methods.

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2025-05-26

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Gaedicke, S., Haubold, R., Klages, A.-L., Rhein, C., Schwertel, T., & Tietje, O. (2025). Conference Report: Mapping Situational Analysis—An International Conference. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-26.2.4424

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2025): Digital Images and Visual Artifacts in Everyday Life: Changing Media—Changing Uses—Changing Methods

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FQS Conferences

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