Tag: postcolonialism
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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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Saving sheep – On extinction narratives in Namibian Swakara farming – by Eleanor Schaumann
The Namibian Swakara industry, a type of sheep farming focused on the production of lamb pelts for the fashion industry, currently faces a crisis situation. Formerly one of the most important export products from Namibia, a combination of drought, falling pelt prices and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic now threaten the survival of Swakara,…
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Anthropology Lecture Series: #1: Breathing Hearts: The Politics and Practices of Sufi Healing in Berlin (An Ethnographic Book Project)
by Dr. Nasima Selim, University of Bayreuth Organized by Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm 03. May 2022, 6:30 P.M. How do we let go of a Ph.D. dissertation written for the doctoral committee and transform it into an anthropologically informed book for a wider audience? Breathing Hearts is the first book-length, ethnographic account of the practices…
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Positive irritations, creative approaches and spaces for discussion – a student project on post- and decolonial theories
Background and Motivation In the summer semester of 2020 we, Vanessa and Semina (BA students at the University of Bayreuth), attended the seminar “Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies”, offered at the Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thiago Pinto Barbosa. In the last session of the seminar, we discussed different possibilities to engage with social…
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“Eine Geste reicht nicht aus”
Gastbeitrag von Katharina Schramm Thema des Tages: “Deutschland hat über ein Jahrhundert gebraucht, um dem Genozid an den Herero und Nama selbst als Völkermord zu bezeichnen. Jetzt liegt der Entwurf für ein Abkommen vor, das die Schuld betont und Geld an die Nachfahren fließen lässt. Doch der Ethnologin Katharina Schramm geht das nicht weit genug.…
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Wissenschaft und Universität zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit, postkolonialer Gegenwart und dekolonialer Zukunft
Online Workshop, 19-21 June, University of Tübingen This 3-day workshop at the University of Tübingen featured a range of formats (lectures, panel discussions, labs, and presentations) around issues of epistemology, knowledge production, and the university as they concern colonial continuities and decolonial futures. The keynote lecture and other recorded events are available as livestream recordings…
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Book Launch
Political Values and Narratives of Resistance: Social Justice and the Fractured Promises of Post-colonial States. Edited By Fiona Anciano and Joanna Wheeler. On 9 June 2021, 3pm – 5pm (SAST)/ 2pm – 4pm (UCT) About the book This book brings together multidisciplinary perspectives to explore how political values and acts of resistance impact the delivery of social justice in post-colonial…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 