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In Solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and Call for Dismantling Structural Racism in Germany: Public Statement Issued by the Working Group Public Anthropology, German Anthropological Association

BlackLivesMatter Protest in Berlin Alexanderplatz on 6 June 2020. Copyright: Nasima Selim. Drafted on 6 June 2020 Follow us on Twitter @AGPublicAnthro and Facebook In the…

Post date 23rd June 2020
Post author By Jenny Rosenberg
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#StayAwake in the Time of Pandemic: A Case of Anti-Government Protests in Slovenia (#WitnessingCorona)

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Hide Press Release (3 Less Words) Ziga Podgornik Jakil Almost every Saturday afternoon in the past two months, the so called ‘Hygiene-Demo’ takes place at the Rosa…

Post date 22nd May 2020
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Wenn aus Tätern Opfer werden: Freilassung von Gefangenen wegen des Coronavirus in Argentinien (#WitnessingCorona)

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Kim Radestock Strikte Quarantäne in Buenos Aires. Copyright: Kim Radestock. SARS-CoV-2 hat die gesamte Welt in einen Ausnahmezustand versetzt. Jed…

Post date 15th May 2020
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Monströs oder gespenstisch? Fragen von Schuld, Verantwortung und Solidarität in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie (#WitnessingCorona)

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Felix Lussem Eine andere Art von „Geisterorten“: Noch immer verschwinden Dörfer im Rheinland für Kohleextraktion. Aktivisten verweisen auch hier auf das…

Post date 20th April 2020
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Refugees in Bremen fighting for protection: Vulnerability, power relation, and the double-standards of structural racism in Corona times (#WitnessingCorona)

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Silke Betscher Illustration I: Refugees in Bremen protesting in front of the refugee reception center on Lindenstraße, 27 March 2020. Copyright:…

Post date 17th April 2020
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Politically charged and morally provocative: A report from the German Anthropological Association’s (DGSKA) conference in Konstanz

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Piyush Pushkar I had the pleasure of attending the recent conference of the German Anthropological Association (DGSKA) in Konstanz, which invited panels…

Post date 5th December 2019
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Ideological Closure, Austerity and National Health Service Reforms: How do UK healthcare bureaucrats close down the political space available for ethical debate of budgets, reforms and their consequences?

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Piyush Pushkar For my PhD research, I spent a year doing ethnographic fieldwork in Greater Manchester, with political activists campaigning against cuts…

Post date 25th November 2019
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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CfP „Radical Health: Doing Medicine, Health Care, and Anthropology of the Good“ (Berlin, 2-4 October 2020)

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Hide Press Release (14 Less Words) Helmar Kurz, Claudia Lang, Dominik Mattes, Caroline Meier zu Biesen, Nasima Selim, Ehler Voss In contemporary times of proliferating neoliberalization, augmenting so…

Post date 5th September 2019
Post author By Redakteur
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“Creative Methods and Participatory Arts Research in Medical Anthropology” – Conference Report of the 9th MAYS Meeting

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Hide Press Release (6 Less Words) Ursula Probst, Karoline Buchner, Max Schnepf Copyright: Ritti Soncco Introduction: Focusing on Junior Scholars’ Perspectives In medical anthropology, participatory act…

Post date 31st January 2019
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Different Shades of White: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Albinotic Body – Conference Report

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Christopher Hohl Several phenomena have contributed to the increased attention paid to albinism in the past decade. The terrible atrocities inflicted on…

Post date 5th December 2018
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Refuge Europe at its Limits? Limits and Contradictions of the Political and Moral Ideal – Conference report

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Hide Press Release (5 Less Words) Marcos Freire de Andrade Neves From the left: Prof. Alessandro Monsutti; Prof. Heath Cabot; Žiga Podgornik-Jakil; Prof. Olaf Zenker. Photographer Timur H…

Post date 3rd November 2017
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Transnational Scientific Projects and Racial Politics: The KEMRI Six Case Against the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Contemporary Kenya

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Denielle Elliott The Supreme Court of Kenya: Lawyer Ogutu, Sam Gwer, Lawyer Chigiti, Michael Mwaniki, and Moses Ndiritu (left to right), taken…

Post date 7th August 2017
Post author By Karoline Buchner
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Call for Papers: Social Anthropology of ‚Well-Being‘ – Prekäres Leben: Krieg, Flucht, Migration

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5.-6. Mai 2017, Institut für Ethnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Organisation: Helene Basu, Natalie Gies-Powroznik, Claudia Lang, Dominik Mattes und Annika Strauss Wir möchten Sie he…

Post date 13th December 2016
Post author By Redakteur
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„Starting below Zero“: On the Situation of Women* in Refugee Camps in Berlin

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Hide Press Release (19 Less Words) Miriam Bräu, Katharina Epstude, Ana Mara Erlenmaier, Lena Nahrwold, Maya Perusin Mysorekar, Maja Sisnowski, Laura Strott, Camila von Hein School gyms are…

Post date 9th August 2016
Post author By Max Schnepf
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Structural Vulnerabilities and Global Migrant Crises: What Can Activist Scholars Do?

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Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Nolan Kline Plakat Refugees Welcome G7 Gipfel Gegendemo am 06.06.2015 in Garmisch-Patenkirchen Elmau | Metropolico.org CC BY-SA 2.0 At recent Donald Trump…

Post date 18th April 2016
Post author By Max Schnepf
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