User:Pteron

About me

Here are some open Continental philosophy task force tasks: Add references to: Theodor W. Adorno Major overhaul: Critical Theory basic topics Semiotics Queer theory Expansion: A Thousand Plateaus Cyborg theory Queer Pedagogy Critical theory Critical race theory Jacques Derrida bibliography Notable figures in critical theory Psychoanalytic theory Mikhail Bakhtin List of works in critical theory Critical Discourse Analysis De-Stub: Barbara Herrnstein Smith French Theory Mary Louise Pratt Juan-David Nasio Peer Review Theodor W. Adorno Diegesis Third Generation of Critical Theory Axel Honneth Nancy Fraser Seyla Benhabib, etc. Economics Influence to Critical Theory Friedrich Pollock Critical Theory of IR and the GPE Improve article on neo-gramscianism and create new category for this field of critical theory Feel free to edit this list or discuss these tasks.

My name is Thomas Wieczorek and I am a 23-year-old student of English, American History and African Studies from the University of Cologne in Cologne, Germany.

I was born in Brighton, England in 1980. In 1987 I moved to Cologne, where I still live. In 2000, I graduated from high school and have been studying at the University of Cologne ever since, with the exception of the 2003/2004, which I spent at the University of Rochester in Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Academically, my interests include American studies (literature, film & history), postmodernism, cultural studies & film studies, psychoanalysis & deconstruction / poststructuralism, race, gender & queer studies, globalization & diaspora / postcolonial studies, esp. Africana studies.

I stumbled upon Wikipedia in late February 2004 and was instantly enthralled. I've been a Wikipedian since February 27. Depending on how I am disposed on a given day, I write on any of the above, a vast array of pop-cultural topics, anything pertaining to Germany and biographies (because they are easy to do research on). I am very interested in adding more information on African culture, as this subject area has apparently been scandalously neglected in Wikipedia. I also translate articles from Germany's Wikipedia. For this reason I have recently joined the laudable WikiProject Countering Systemic Bias. I am also engaged in the 'Translation into English' and the Critical Theory projects.

My Contributions

Articles I've written (w), rewritten (r), translated (t) or significantly contributed to (c) - (s = stub)
nota bene: 66.67.220.114 was me, too, while I resided in Rochester

• Literature: Murakami Haruki (r) | List of African writers (w) | List of African writers (by country) (w)
• Politics: Theodor Heuss (t) | Roman Herzog (t) | Bundesadler (w/s) | Template:PoliticsGermany (w)
• Cologne culture: Willy Millowitsch (w) | Volkstheater Millowitsch (w) | Kölsch (beer) (r) | Kölsch (dialect) (r)
• Music: Beginner (w) | Brothers Keepers (w) | D-Flame (w) | Torch (rapper) (t/s) | Die Fantastischen Vier (t/s) | German hip hop (c) | Fettes Brot (t/s) | Krumping (w) | Samy Deluxe (w/s) | Afrob (w) | Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt (w)
• Media: Tagesschau (t) | Lindenstraße (t) | Das Erste (t) | ZDF (t) | Wetten, dass..? (t)
• Linguistics: Swahili (c)
• Philosophy/Critical Theory/Psychoanalysis: Oedipus complex (r) | Luce Irigaray (w/s) | Laura Mulvey (w/s) | Theodor Adorno (t) | Arnold Gehlen (t) | Paulin J. Hountondji (w/s)
• Pictures: University of Rochester, Mold, Rochester skyline