Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung: Offener Brief – Der Bund hat die Pflicht zur Kolonialismus Aufarbeitung und Erinnerung Hier geht es zum Offenen Brief: decolonize-berlin.de/de/pressemit... Mitzeichnung über den Link weiterhin möglich!

🎓 Förderpreis für Entwicklungsforschung 2026 Der Verein für Socialpolitik prämiert drei Dissertationen (2025), die wissenschaftliche Exzellenz mit Praxisrelevanz verbinden. Auch sozial- & kulturanthropologische Arbeiten willkommen! ℹ️ entwicklungsoekonomischer-ausschuss.de/wp-content/u...

Auftakt der neuen Webinar-Reihe der DGSKA "The Ethics of Academic Cooperation": "Academic Freedom, Silencing, and Scholasticide" 📅 28. November 2025, 17-19 Uhr 💻 Online, nach Registrierung (Zoom) Mehr Informationen und Anmeldung hier: www.dgska.de/webinarreihe...

#Workshop #PECE #Ethnography Im November findet unter dem Titel "Forschungsdaten gemeinsam denken und gestalten" eine Workshop Tour zur Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE) mit Stopps in Marburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen und Bochum statt. 🔗 www.evifa.de/de/assets/ne...

Check out the German cinema tour of "Invisible People" by Alisa Berger. www.facebook.com/events/13497...

Who speaks for whom? And who do we (or should we) exclude from public discourse? A very timely event not to be missed - happening this WEDNESDAY. Information on how to take part is in the comments. #whospeaksforwhom #academia #anthropology #timely #freedomofspeech

New on U/C A – Health as a Common Good?: "Reframing Syphilis in an Extreme Climate Event: Tensions Between Epidemiological Surveillance and Primary Care" by Eduardo Zanella, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

1 Postdoc position OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely* stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726

10 PhD positions OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely* stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50416

I had the pleasure of being part of the workshop *Commoning Solidarities beyond Differences* at #DGSKA2025, organised by @heikedrotbohm.bsky.social and Olaf Zenker, with contributions from the Claudia Briones, Philipp Naucke, Samira, Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne, Şeyma Saylak and me 🙏🏼 @dgska.bsky.social

Thank you all for an inspiring dgska conference! Wishing everyone safe travels back home! Until we meet again!

Martin Zillinger is closing the conference! See you all in Hamburg in two years for "What moves Us?" #dgska2025

You can listen to me speak about „Selbstdenken“ (self thinking) today - a term Hannah Arendt borrowed from Lessing. With this term, both did not mean to signify a retreat into an isolated “self“, but rather a “thinking with others“. One can learn by oneself - but one cannot think alone! #dgska2025

Leaving Cologne and #DGSKA2025 full of ideas and #anthropological excitement. Wonderful to see old friends and meet new people - and look forward to continuing the conversation on un/commoning!

Academic freedom is under threat in many parts of the world- sometimes openly, sometimes subtly. Basak Ertür, Ghassan Hage, Nandini Sundar & Martin Zillinger explore how we can teach, write & resist in repressive times 🎓🕊️🗣️ Chair: Julia Eckert, Lipin Ram. Thanks to all for your insights! #dgksa2025

Yesterday‘s Session on „Commoning Marxism“ with Don Kalb, Stefan Wellgraf, @patrickneveling.bsky.social and @jeremyrayner.bsky.social. Insights were shared on the assumed ‘end of history’, Marxism as theory and practice continues to thrive, taking on a multiplicity of shapes.

Plenary session IV: Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis starting now! Make sure to join if you're not here yet! #dgska2025

After the break 💥 Session 2 continues ⛏️🌍⚖️ with Kulinova on extractivism in Kemerovo, Christensen on sand mining and commons in Cambodia, and Ocaklı on gold mining, uncommoning, and collective action in Kyrgyzstan. Thanks to all speakers! #dgska2025

Panel 44 (Session 1/2) dives into mining’s complex legacies: Asya Karaseva reveals memory commons in Kolyma; Jeanine Dagyel spotlights remote Angren’s impact on labour; Jonny Grünsch rethinks climate justice in Pödelwitz; Nikolas Olma uncovers Mailuu-Suu’s shared burdens and uneven clean-up gains ⚖️

Final day of #DGSKA2025! Workshop P018: (Un)commoning the Future(s) & its Visualities is electrifying the space. 🎥📷🌀 With contribtions by Ceren Deniz, Michelle Thompson & Anna Lisa Ramella. #Uncommoning #VisualAnthropology #Commons #FutureImaginaries #DGSKA2025

Throwback: what a blast - exhibition reception and guided tour as part of "Out of Focus" @Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum as part of #dgska2025 Thanks so much to everyone contributing and participating!

What a night! Our Dancing Anthropology party at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum was a great success — many thanks to Chef Kabui, Gifty Owusu, and DJane C:Mone for their contributions to a vibrant and inspiring evening🪩 #dgska2025

At the reception of the exhibition Out of Focus, the curational team spoke and there was an intriguing movement performance, that subtly decentered and moved the audience, as the pieces in the exhibition agmedien.de/events/out-o...

Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Phillip Budka & André Thiemann explore un/commoning and sustainability—from Maya maize farming 🌽 to green gentrification 🚧, Arctic infrastructure 🚂 & swine fever in Serbia 🐗. Chaired by Maike Melles & Daniel Sosna. #dgska2025

News: Reelections and recognitions at DGSKA! At the DGSKA members' meeting, Martin Zillinger (left) was reelected as chair. The DGSKA Dissertation Prizes were awarded to Barbara Löhde (middle), Laibor Kalanga Moko (right), and Sabine Netz (not pictured). Congratulations! #dgska2025

I’m really looking forward to my talk tomorrow at #DGSKA2025 (@dgska.bsky.social) in #Cologne. I’ll be speaking about #sustainability & #infrastructure in 🇨🇦, drawing on my work with @infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at.

New on U/C A – Radical Futures: "The Futures of Deliberative Democracy. Citizens’ Assemblies as Technocratic Population Management" by Jannik Schritt, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

After the lunch break: Munira Khayyat, Alice von Bieberstein, and Sana Chavoshian explore resistant ecologies and discuss commoning, survival, and repair in war-torn environments across the Middle East and Africa. Thank you to the speakers! Session 2 begins at 4:30 PM in S14. #dgska2025

NEW on #boasblog Proposal for a handbook project, which will be discussed in the upcoming panel "Accompanied research. A theme for theories, methodologies and teaching " after the lunch break today at 14:30-16:00 & 16:30-18:00. workshophttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/dgska2025/p/16022

Yesterday's "Un/Commoning Media and Curatorial Practices" at #DGSKA2025 brought rich discussions on how curatorial and multimodal work can open spaces of care & co-creation, analysis & appreciation. Thanks to the six contributions for the inspiring exchange! #MediaAnthropology #CuratorialPractice

The general assembly is about to start! All members are eligible to vote. #dgska2025

New on U/C A – More-than-Human Un/Commoning: "Uncommoning conservation?" by Liana Chua, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – Commoning Museum and University: "Ethnologische Museen als Orte affekthistorischer Forschung" von Carl Deußen, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – Commoning Museum and University: "Dialogues of Display and Dissertation. Reflections on a Doctorate in the Museum" by Katharina Nowak, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – Un/Commoning Foodways: "Urban Super Food vs. Rural Staple Food. (Re)discovering Ragi in Bangalore and South Karnataka" by Jasmin Lasslop, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – Health as a Common Good?: "The Price to Pay for a Racialized Labor Market is Health: Depletion and Restless Bodies among EU-2 Migrant Workers" by A. Valentina Moraru, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – More-than-human Un/Commoning: "The Relational Paths Of Water: Wayuu Women Positioning Collective Relationships Around Water In La Guajira, Colombia" by Astrid Ulloa Cubillos, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

New on U/C A – Plenary Session III Un/Commoning Anthropology: "Digital (Un)Commoning as Ethnographic Praxis" by Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

If you missed plenary I, here are some insights from yesterday's conversation. boasblogs.org/uncom.../mor... with contributions by Liana Chua boasblogs.org/.../more.../... and Astrid Ulloa Cubillos #uncommoning #morethanhuman #boasblogs #anthropology #dgska2025

📣 Right now: Plenary on Un/commoning Anthropology While our plenary is unfolding live, we invite you to explore “Digital Un/commoning as Ethnographic Praxis” on boasblogs by Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan boasblogs.org/.../digital-... #Uncommoning #boasblogs #ethnographyhy #digitalpraxis #dgska2025

Day three of #dgska2025 starts with plenary III on histories, effects and potentialities of anthropological Un/Commoning. Nina ter Laan and Hauke-Peter Vehrs talk to Tamer Abd Elkreem (Bayreuth), Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan (New York), Mary Mbewe (Western Cape) and Christiane Falge (Bochum).

Starting NOW! Plenary III: Un/Commoning Anthropology with Tamer Abd Elkreem, Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, Mary Mbewe & Christiane Falge What kinds of un/commoning do exist and what does it mean for anthropology? Chaired by Nina ter Laan & Hauke-Peter Vehrs

Plenary II explores how the New Right reshapes everyday life in Germany—through environment, media, and mainstream discourse. Shoshan, Krämer, and N’Guessan reveal how authoritarian ideas quietly gain ground. #dgska2025

With a fully packed aula, plenary II has started: “Authoritarian Publics. Anthropological Perspectives on the New Right in Germany” Chair: Simone Pfeifer. Speakers: Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer, Konstanz N’Guessan

Plenary II starting now! Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer and Konstanze N'Guessan discuss: Authoritarian publics and anthropological perspectives on the New Right in Germany Come join us if you're not here yet! #dgska2025

The roundtable “Academic Silencing In and around Palestine-Israel” featured Palestinian and Israeli social scientists discussing how silencing institutions affect their academic freedom, research, teaching, careers, and personal lives, both inside and outside the region.

The room is packed: "From resource commons to multispecies communities: commoning with nonhumans in community-based conservation" is happening right now at the Seminargebäude 🌿 Arne Harms, Christopher Klapperich and Kristina Großmann are exploring commoning and multispecies communities! #dgska2025

Session II Recap: Feminist Anthropology as Possibillity Luise Erbentraut on (Un)Commoning the Gaze & queer-feminist ethnography of nudes, Kathrin Bauer on queer consciousness and Hendrikje Grunow shared insights on insurgent intimacies. Feminist anthropology through a critical, affective lens.

Session 1 of Panel 003 "Un/Commoning the Intimate" explores kinship, intimacy, and economy. Here, Susan McKinnon, Tim Burger, Lauren Erdreich and Wolfgang Gabbert discuss the intersection of kinship and economic anthropology. Get ready for Session 2 at 4pm! #dgska2025

Panel 40 was a success: speakers presenting on "Who’s in and who’s out?" explored un/commoning through the lens of inclusion and exclusion. #dgska2025