Month: May 2022
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Anthropology Lecture Series #5: The Genetic origins of the Cosmic Race: The constitution of time, blackness, and indigeneity in the Universe of Mexican Mestizaje
by Dr. Ernesto Schwartz-Marin 31.05.2022 at 18:30 CET In genomic science, ethno-racial distinctions are intimately tied to the construction of temporality and genetic diversity. The ways in which the construction of time and genetic diversity destabilise, challenge —and sometimes reinforce—notions of demographic history, and nationhood brings forth relationships between race and genetics that move beyond…
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Anthropology Lecture Series #4: Decolonizing the Study of the State: Max Weber, Colonialism and African Studies
by Aharon De Grassi Register here: https://t.co/xC6zf2Obao 24.05.2022 at 18:30 CET Conceptualizing the state, corruption, and patronage is crucial to understanding and pursuing justice and liberation, so how are we to grapple with problematic aspects of these concepts’ genealogies involving colonial, racist, and sexist thought and practice? Especially important is the prominent comparative political sociologist…
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Anthropology Lecture Series #3: : Right-wing xenophiles? : discourses on diversity in European far-right communities
by Dr. Agnieszka Pasieka Register here: https://uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ysc–rrD8pEtQhOLinorPUPr8x5huuAZaE Drawing on ethnographic research with Italian and Polish far-right movements, in my talk I aim to shed light on the ways in which members of these movements deploy the notions of “difference” and “sameness” to promote their activism and appeal to broader population. First, I show that far-right…
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Anthropology Lecture Series: #2: An anthropologist from the Global South Plays with Augmented Reality: Reflections on technology, public spaces, politics, and waste in Maputo
by Anselmo Matusse 10. May 2022, 1830 CET Register here: https://uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ysc–rrD8pEtQhOLinorPUPr8x5huuAZaE The rise of new media has significantly impacted different spheres of society and calls humanities and social scientists to critically engage with new media, mostly in the context of the Global South, where such studies are incipient. In this lecture, I play with Augmented…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 