Futures of Difference

Steven Vertovec, Georg Diez
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How are social categories like race, gender, and migration status being transformed? Futures of Difference finds out. Hosted by Steven Vertovec (Max Planck Institute) and journalist Georg Diez, this academic podcast features leading scholars on human diversity, superdiversity, cosmopolitanism, ethnic diversity, right-wing populism, and intersectionality. Guests: Michèle Lamont, Dan Hiebert, Junjia Ye, Miri Song, Ann Phoenix. Vertovec is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, originator of the superdiversity concept. Also on YouTube and Substack.

Episodes

  1. 6D AGO

    Social Categorization and Populism — Michèle Lamont | Ep. 1

    How does social categorization work — and how is right-wing populism reshaping it? Michèle Lamont (Harvard) explains. In this episode, Steven Vertovec and Georg Diez explore the evolution of diversity discourse with sociologist Michèle Lamont. They discuss moral boundaries and social categories, the backlash against diversity, destigmatization, the shifting Overton window, and how generational change is reshaping attitudes toward social difference. Michèle Lamont is one of the world's leading scholars on social categorization, moral boundaries, and the cultural dimensions of social inequality. Her work examines how societies draw boundaries between groups — and how those boundaries can be redrawn. Futures of Difference is a research-based video podcast by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity that explores how social categories are being challenged, contested, and transformed.

    59 min

  2. MAR 15

    Why Social Categories Matter | Steven Vertovec & Georg Diez | Futures of Difference Ep. 0

    Why do social categories like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality have such real impact on everyday life? Steven Vertovec and Georg Diez explore. Anthropologist Steven Vertovec (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) and journalist Georg Diez (author of "Anderland," former Spiegel columnist) introduce Futures of Difference — a research-based video podcast exploring how social categories are being challenged, contested, and transformed at this critical moment in history. Drawing on decades of research and public debate, Vertovec and Diez discuss how social categories have historically shaped societies and inequalities — and why they are changing in unprecedented ways right now. Diez brings a journalistic lens on the migration crisis, othering, and what these shifts mean for the future of democracy. In this podcast series, Vertovec and Diez are joined by leading scholars — Michèle Lamont, Dan Hiebert, Junjia Ye, Miri Song, and Ann Phoenix — to examine the malleability of social categories, the forces reshaping human diversity, and what these shifts mean for the future. --- Listen & watch: youtube.com/@FuturesOfDifference Essays & more: futuresofdifference.substack.com Produced by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity mmg.mpg.de

    4 min
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How are social categories like race, gender, and migration status being transformed? Futures of Difference finds out. Hosted by Steven Vertovec (Max Planck Institute) and journalist Georg Diez, this academic podcast features leading scholars on human diversity, superdiversity, cosmopolitanism, ethnic diversity, right-wing populism, and intersectionality. Guests: Michèle Lamont, Dan Hiebert, Junjia Ye, Miri Song, Ann Phoenix. Vertovec is Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, originator of the superdiversity concept. Also on YouTube and Substack.

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  • Creator
    Steven Vertovec, Georg Diez
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