{"id":16560,"date":"2018-11-12T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet\/2018\/11\/12\/hamburg-you\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:22:45","slug":"hamburg-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/2018\/11\/12\/hamburg-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Hamburger Sie”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n
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The \u201cHamburg Sie\u201d is a form of addressing someone using their first name and the formal German \u201cyou\u201d (\u201cSie\u201d). This practice can aid in balancing the power inequality between teaching staff and students and therefore create a more welcoming environment. Addressing people with their first names and \u201cSie\u201d can also allow for communication without gender classification \u2013 by avoiding addressing people with \u201cFrau\u201d or \u201cHerr\u201d, the \u2013 in the scientific community unnecessary \u2013 reminder of gender classification isn\u2019t always present. Furthermore, unpleasant situations caused by improper pronunciation of someone\u2019s last name can be avoided. This form of address can promote the inclusion of students with a migrant background or international students, since they are not always reminded of their \u201cnon-German\u201d last name and the conveyed \u201cdifference\u201d between them and other students. When implementing the \u201cHamburg Sie\u201d, it is important for both sides to use it, so the imbalance of power isn\u2019t emphasized even more. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-testimonial>\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-singlefooter><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The \u201cHamburg Sie\u201d is a form of addressing someone using their first name and the formal German \u201cyou\u201d (\u201cSie\u201d). This practice can aid in balancing the power inequality between teaching staff and students and therefore create a more welcoming environment. Addressing people with their first names and \u201cSie\u201d can also allow for communication without gender … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219],"tags":[295,225],"class_list":["post-16560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tip-for-university-teaching-staff","tag-sensitization","tag-tip-for-university-teaching-staff"],"primary_category":{"id":219,"name":"Tip for university teaching staff","slug":"tip-for-university-teaching-staff","parent":0,"breadcrumb":"Tip for university teaching staff"},"media":{},"image":{"url":false,"credit":false},"index":"Sensitization","assigned_date":"","external_link":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16560"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19568,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16560\/revisions\/19568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}