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An interview with Joshua Matanzima on his experience at the Bayreuth Humboldt Center
Could you tell us a bit more about your project? Climate change imperatives are pushing the world to transition from the use of fossil fuels (such as coal- lignite, oils and gas) to clean energy sources (such as wind turbines, solar parks and biogas). The establishment of clean energy sources requires huge swathes of land for…
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Public Anthropology Lecture: “Youth Revolt in Bangladesh 2024: Political-Cultural Foundations and Implications”
By Prof. Manosh Chowdhury, Social Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh We cordially invite you to the online presentation of Prof. Manosh Chowdhury, titled “Youth Revolt in Bangladesh 2024: Political-Cultural Foundations and Implications” on 2 December 2024, 16-18 hours CET As the ousting of the Bangladeshi (former) prime minister Sheikh Hasina was visible on the TV screen at…
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NO ONE CAN BE BORN TWICE: Panel discussion in Munich
On 18 October a panel discussion with anthropologists of the University of Bayreuth, together with Bremen refugees and activists, took place in Munich at the no-profit space Bellevue di Monaco. The discussion presented the joint work of the project No One Can be Born Twice, which documents the consequences for those affected of determining whether someone is under 18 or refusing…
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“Subcontractors of Guilt”: Professor Esra Özyürek discusses her new book with our group
On Tuesday, October 22, we had the great pleasure of engaging in a conversation with Professor Esra Özyürek about her book “Subcontractors of Guilt”, published in 2023 by Stanford University Press. The book explores how at the turn of the millennium, Middle Eastern and Muslim Germans rather unexpectedly became central to the country’s Holocaust memory…
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Neuer Beitrag von Eileen Jahn in dem Buch Sammelband “Klimageschichten“
New in Klimageschichten: Eileen Jah’s narrative draws from 2022 ethnographic research in Johannesburg, capturing the sensory impact of power outages – dense diesel clouds, the hum of generators – and offering new ways to experience climate challenges. Zum Sammelband: Klimageschichten bietet ein Kaleidoskop von Erzählungen aus verschiedenen Teilen der Welt über den Umgang mit dem…
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Knowing – Unknowing. African Studies at the Crossroads.
A new Open Access book edited by Katharina Schramm and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. This book emerges at a time when critical race studies, postcolonial thought, and decolonial theory are under enormous pressure as part of a global conservative backlash. However, this is also an exciting moment, where new horizons of knowledge appear and new epistemic practices (e.g.…
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“A Sufi is Someone who Breathes Well!”
Breathing Well in Suffocating Times. by Nasima Selim On Wednesday, July 3rd, the Berlin Anthropology Seminars, a joint initiative by anthropologists from the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin, ZMO, and Ethnologisches Museum, hosts a festive book launch & Shared Breathwork (Universität Bayreuth) by Nasima Selim in conversation with Judith Albrecht (Universität Münster) Abstract: How can we breathe well on the brink of…
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ORDINARY DANGEROUS LIVING: EVERYDAY LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER 30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY
Lecture by Dr Trevor Ngwane, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Wednesday 26 June, 14:00 – 15:30 in RW S 59, University of Bayreuth. The anti-apartheid movement was arguably one of the greatest international solidarity movements in history.It was driven by the dream of a world that could be free from all forms of oppression and…
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NO ONE CAN BE BORN TWICE. Website launch of born-twice.de
With a panel discussion of anthropologists (Uni Bayreuth) and activists (Together we are Bremen) on their joint research project. We cordially invite you to the launch of our website born-twice.de on June 28 at 6.30 pm, at the Lichtburgforum, Behmstraße 13, Berlin. Why and how does the eighteenth birthday make such a huge difference in the lives…
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Public Anthropology Lecture: “The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean”
Presentation by Timothy Raeymaekers (University of Bologna) online | June 17, 2024 | 6 p.m. We cordially invite you to the online presentation of our colleague Timothy Raeymaekers titled “The Natural Border: Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean” on June 17th at 6 p.m. Abstract: The Anthropology of Global Inequalities research group (University of Bayreuth) invites you to…
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Operationalizing the Social Gaze. Doing Race in Affirmative Action Practices in Brazil – By Sarah Lempp
The dissertation of our member Sarah Lempp is now published online. The dissertation ethnographically examines a specific aspect of the Brazilian affirmative action policies: so-called hetero-identification commissions that have to decide whether candidates who applied for a quota vacancy for Black persons should be accepted as such. Drawing on field research conducted between 2016 and…
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Kick Off event “Anton Wilhelm Amo in Berlin”
The Kick Off event “Anton Wilhelm Amo in Berlin” took place on April 26, 2024 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. This event was added last minute to the closing event and publication of the “Remembering Colonialism” (Kolonialismus erinnern). It was not originally part of the city-wide memory concept of “Colonialism” for Berlin, but…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 