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To be is to be seen - a visuel perspective at social positionsThis article claims that a strengthening of the emphasis on visual embodiment in the analysis of social positions is much needed. It works with the application of an analytic framework inspired by theories of 'the mimetic faculty' and phenomenological theories of embodiment. This creates a focus on experiences of being seen; experiences of one's 'seenness'. With an empirical illustrative case, the article shows how this framework makes it possible to address feelings and sensations that are formative of the experience of one's own individual position.

Intersectionality as embodiment. This article explores intersectionality as embodiment, arguing that by taking embodiment into account broader possibilities of intersectional analysis can be unfolded. Inspired by phenomenological theories of embodied experience and the mimetic faculty, the article suggests that intersectionality can be understood as embodied experience. Following this thinking embodiment is radically conditioned as well as a site of agency. This has implications for the understanding of structures, agency as well as their interrelation.