Author: Anthropology of Global Inequalities
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Boasblogs: Melina Götze on Rethinking Ethnographic Practice Through “Co-Work”
A new contribution by our member Melina Götze, titled “Co-Work: Reflections on the Search for Research Practices with Returned Ghanaians” has been published on the Boasblogs. The article offers a timely reflection on how ethnographic knowledge is produced in contexts shaped by forced return, border violence, and unequal mobility. Drawing on long-term research with Ghanaians who were forcibly…
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“Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa”
Our member, Eileen Jahn, is part of a book project with her chapter on innovative solutions to water abundance in Eastern Africa.
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New Publication: Special Issue: “The Lotos Eaters: Anthropological Reflections on The White Lotus, Privilege and the Limits of Critique”
The latest issue of Anthropology in Action (32/1), co-edited by group member Samira Marty in collaboration with Pardis Shafafi and Keir Martintakes HBO’s White Lotus (2020, 2021, 2025) as an anthropological provocation to explore how privilege operates through luxury tourism, labour, and wellness, and how the show digitally and through global marketing techniques reverberates beyond the screens. The issue…
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“Backway to Europe” Podcast: Talking Borders and Migration with Gambians on the Move
How do young Gambians understand the forces shaping their mobility—and what can their analyses teach us about the global border regime? Backway to Europe, a new podcast series hosted on Allegra Lab, takes up these questions through a rare collaboration between Gambian advocates and our member and anthropologist Viola Castellano.
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Public Anthropology: Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago on Why Anthropology Matters
Our member Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago has collaborated with German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology (DGSKA) on their educational videos on why anthropology matters.
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“PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY: KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES AND SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES”
Our members Katharina Schramm and Nasima Selim contributed to the new publication on Public Anthropology with Hansjörg Dilger, Gisela Welz, Beate Binder, and Thomas G. Kirsch as its editors. Today, anthropologists are expected to position themselves in relation to various social problems and debates. This reader offers the first overview of the diverse practices, formats and approaches with which…
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Group member Mihir Sharma in the German newspaper TAZ on Ethnonationalism, race and racism in Germany
Our group member and former PhD student, Mihir Sharma, has done an interview with TAZ newspaper in Germany. Click on the link to read more:
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Building (b)ridges beyond the Portrait – Mapping Memories of Kwasi Boachi – Exit Frame!
A new article published by group member Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago on arthistoricum.net The following essayistic synthesis takes two portraits of Ashanti Prince Kwasi Boachi (1827–1904) as an opportunity to explore the life and work of this Black nobleman. The focus is particularly on Boachi’s contributions to migrant history, which are recognized here as part of a “royal narrative.” From his…
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How Hope Defi(n)es South Africa: Reimagining Hope in Johannesburg’s Slovo Park Beyond State Failures
Aerial night view of Johannesburg, South Africa, showing a vast urban landscape of city lights, with glowing streets and highways winding through the metropolis. © Eileen Jahn, all rights reserved, courtesy of the artist New article of our group member Eileen Jahn on The February Journal This article examines the dual role of hope in…
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An interview with Eleanor Schaumann on her dissertation “Priceless but Worthless: Values and Valuation Practices in Namibian Karakul Sheep Farming”
On the 18th of January, our group member Eleanor Schaumann has brilliantly defended her dissertation supervised by Katharina Schramm, becoming the 200th graduate of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Dear Eleanor, your dissertation developed from the broader project “Karakul circulations” of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of…
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Genetic ancestry and the colonial legacies of race in genomics: a cross-disciplinary dialogue
A new article published in Frontiers in Genetics co-authored by Katharina Schramm together with Ernesto Schwartz-Marin, Tayyaba Jiwani, Sarah Abel, Yulia Egorova, Amade M’charek, Diogo Meyer, Andrés Moreno Estrada, Peter Wade, Michel Naslavsky As genomics initiatives have spread around the world–often in the name of genetic diversity and inclusion–they have not only invoked promises of…
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A Collective Effort to Remember Scientific Racism: The Opening of the Memorial Ihnestraße in Berlin
Flowers were placed next to a stele in the opening of the Ihnestraße Memorial Site’s exhibition “History of Science and Injustice”, October 2024 (Photo by the author)by Thiago P. Barbosa The beautiful three-story building at oak-shaded Ihnestraße 22 gives little indication of its dark history. Now home to the political science department of the Freie…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 