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Vlado Kotnik Študiji spolov kot lakmusov test univerze
Univerza na Primorskem, Spol je postal globalno bojišče, na katerem se odvija spopad med resnico in lažjo,
Fakulteta za humanistične študije,
spoznanjem in zmoto, znanostjo in zablodo, vednostjo in predsodkom, teorijo in
Slovenija
dogmo, refleksijo in zaroto, erudicijo in ideologijo. Univerze, ki naj bi bile stvar-
University of Primorska,
nice, svetilniki in braniki resnice, spoznanja, znanosti, vednosti, teorije, refleksije
Faculty of Humanities, Slovenia
in erudicije, so se znašle v položaju, ki izziva njihovo institucionalno in epistemsko
vlado.kotnik@fhs.upr.si
zavezanost temeljnim načelom, kakor so avtonomija, svoboda, verodostojnost,
integriteta, raznolikost, vključevalnost. Nedavni napadi antigenderistov na štu-
dije spolov, torej akademsko področje vednosti o spolu, ki se ga povezuje prav
z univerzami, so resno opozorilo, pred katerim univerze ne bi smele kloniti, če
želijo ostati na strani resnice, spoznanja, znanosti, vednosti, teorije, refleksije in
erudicije. Vprašanje pa je, ali se univerze v celoti zavedajo, da se z ideološkimi na-
padi na eno od njihovih znanstvenih disciplin pravzaprav spodkopava več kakor
le to disciplino; spodkopava se demokratični red družb, integriteto akademskega
sveta, avtoriteto znanosti, avtonomijo univerz in politiko enakosti spolov, ki so
ji univerze šele nedavno postale obetavno naklonjene in ki jo je omogočil prav
razvoj študijev spolov. Nadaljnja usoda študijev spolov na univerzah je potemta-
kem bržčas tudi lakmusov test za prihodnost uresničevanja načel univerz.
Ključne besede: študiji spolov, teorija spola, enakost spolov, antigenderizem, uni-
verza

Gender Studies as the University’s Litmus Test
Gender has become a global battlefield where truth and lies, insights and igno-
rance, science and delusions, knowledge and prejudice, reflection and dogma,
theory and conspiracy, erudition and ideology are fought. Universities, which
are supposed to be producers, beacons and bulwarks of truth, insights, science,
knowledge, reflection, theory, and erudition, are severely challenged in their
institutional and epistemic commitment to fundamental principles such as au-
tonomy, freedom, credibility, integrity, diversity, and inclusivity. The recent anti-
genderist attacks on gender studies, hence on the academic field of knowledge
about gender, which is associated precisely with universities, are a serious warn-
ing that universities should not succumb if they want to remain on the side of
truth, insights, science, knowledge, theory, reflection, and erudition. The ques-
tion however is whether universities are fully aware that ideological attacks on
one of their academic disciplines undermine more than just this discipline; at-
tacking genderstudies actuallyundermines thedemocraticorderofsocieties,the
integrity of academia, the authority of science, the autonomy of universities, and
the politics of gender equality to which universities have only recently become
Enakost, pravičnost in vključevalnost
spolov v akademskem okolju promisingly dedicated and which has been made possible precisely because of
Povzetki drugega posveta the development of gender studies. The future of gender studies at universities
oenakosti spolovzavključujočo is therefore most likely also a litmus test for the future of universities and their
univerzo in družbo
fundamental principles.
Koper, 15. november 2024
Key words: gender studies, gender theory, gender equality, anti-genderism, uni-
versity
Gender Equality, Equity and Inclusivity
in Academia
Abstracts of the Second Symposium
on Gender Equality for an Inclusive
University and Society
Koper, 15 November 2024

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