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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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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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…
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“Made in Bangladesh”. Film screening and discussion on 8 May at 7 p.m. CINEPLEX BAYREUTH
Dr. Nasima Selim, a member of the Working Group Anthropology of Global Inequalities will participate in the post-screening discussion about the film “Made in Bangladesh” (Rubaiyat Hossain, 2019, 95 Min.) to talk about the wider context of the film in relation to biosocial justice focusing on the suffocating working conditions if female garments factory workers…
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BREATHING HEARTS: Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany – By Nasima Selim
Sufism is known as the mystical dimension of Islam. Breathing Hearts explores this definition to find out what it means to ‘breathe well’ along the Sufi path in the context of anti-Muslim racism. It is the first book-length ethnographic account of Sufi practices and politics in Berlin and describes how Sufi practices are mobilized in healing secular…
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