Articles by Hans Asenbaum

October 3, 2024

🎭 Not a race race: why it doesn’t matter whether Kamala Harris 'became Black'

Hans Asenbaum

Despite being the first Black woman to run for US President on a major party ticket, Kamala Harris’ identity plays no prominent role in public perception. Hans Asenbaum argues that Trump’s attempts to define Harris are failing because of her intersectionality and fluidity.

November 1, 2023

🎭 Identity wars and democratic transformations: let’s dare to be different!

Hans Asenbaum

To face the multiple crises of our time, we need to explore our inner multiplicity. In this inaugural blog for a new series on ‘Democratic Transformations’, Hans Asenbaum argues that in daring to be different, we can engender systemic change

July 28, 2021

🦋 Making sense of democracy – not without the demos!

Hans Asenbaum

How can we capture the many meanings of democracy? We need to critically reflect on who produces knowledge about democracy, argues Hans Asenbaum. People outside academia must play a central role in democratic theorising

Hans Asenbaum

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra

Hans' work focuses on democratic theory and practice, identities, digital politics, and participatory research methods.

He tweets @Hans_Asenbaum

The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity & Democracy in the Digital Age
Oxford University Press, 2023

Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy
Coedited with Selen Ercan, Nicole Curato, and Ricardo Mendonça
Oxford University Press, 2022

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Articles by Hans Asenbaum

🎭 Not a race race: why it doesn’t matter whether Kamala Harris 'became Black'

🎭 Identity wars and democratic transformations: let’s dare to be different!

🦋 Making sense of democracy – not without the demos!

The Loop

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