Wie stellen sich aktuelle gesellschaftliche Konflikte dar, wenn wir sie aus der Sicht juristisch normierter und zugleich vergeschlechtlichter Kollektivierungsprozesse betrachten? Dieser Fragestellung …
Anthropologists and local activists in Indonesia and Peru uncover links between water scarcity and gendered violence, and work together to lessen the harms of gender inequality. ✽ In…
Was ist biologisches Geschlecht – was ist „sex“? Wo brechen binäre Geschlechtergrenzen auf? Wie können wir Sex/Gender transdisziplinär zusammendenken, diskutieren und erforschen? Wie können wir die An…
Geschätzte Lesedauer: 7 Minuten In ihrem Beitrag „Von High Heels und Yogaleggings: Postfeministische Diskurse über Körperlichkeit am Beispiel von Stripperinnen und Yoga-Praktizierenden“ im Ins…
Literatur im Zeitalter des Paragrafen 175 – vom Inkrafttreten des Paragrafen im Jahr 1872 bis zu seiner endgültigen Abschaffung 1994 – entstand unter heteronormativen Bedingungen. Jene Literatur, die…
“How open are my political structures to refugee women*?” This question, posed by Bethi and Doris from Women* in Exile & Friends (WiE), a self-organized group of refugee…
Verbote von geschlechterinklusiver Sprache nehmen immer weiter zu. In den Debatten rund um diese Verbote zeigen sich nicht nur verschiedene Haltungen zur sprachlichen Repräsentation von Geschlecht, so…
Nach den Landtagswahlen in Sachsen und Thüringen Anfang September war viel von einer „Zäsur“ die Rede. In der Tat ist die AfD mit ihren Ergebnissen über 30 Prozent…
An anthropologist conducts research in an Arizona retirement community, where older women share hard-won insights about how limitations on sexual and reproductive freedom impacted their lives. ✽ Kan…
Societies divide labor by gender and age. A biological anthropologist considers when and why this behavior arose. ✽ In his 1776 book The Wealth of Nations, economist Adam…
Middle-class, conservative women in Pakistan have found a political voice as supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party—putting them at odds with the secular women’s movement their own daughters…
The East German women’s movement remains an overlooked chapter of the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In fact, a history of the East German women’s movement…
Gogi is a comic strip character who boldly addresses issues of women’s rights in Pakistan and the broader Muslim world. A cultural anthropologist interviews Gogi’s creator, Nigar Nazar,…
Wie können humanitäre und Friedensaktivitäten hinsichtlich des „Nahost-Konflikts“ aussehen? Wie kann eine Gewaltspirale unterbrochen und wie können dabei die Vulnerabilitäten beider Kollektive sichtba…
When planning an academic conference on „Nature-Society Relations and the Global Environmental Crisis“, which focused on climate change and sustainability through intersectional theory and…
A poet interrogates the garden of Eden origin story by reimagining it against the backdrop of East Africa’s coastal environment. Coastal Eden – Listen in the evening, frangipani…
The Portuguese-language proverb „Quem sai na chuva é para se molhar“ might be translated as „who goes out in the rain, wants to get wet.” It’s a reminder that actions have…
Archives often render marginalized people’s histories invisible. In response to such erasure, a poet writes a letter to explore the experience of historically enslaved African and Creole women…
Three anthropologists sit to talk about the evolutionary purposes of gossip. What role does gossip play in human societies? In this episode, Bridget Alex and Emily Sekine, editors…
Universitäten sind zentrale Orte der Wissensproduktion. Daher ist es von entscheidender Bedeutung, dass vielfältige Perspektiven in der Forschung vertreten sind. Jedoch sind besonders Frauen, rassifiz…
An anthropologist discusses her film that honors and grieves the loss of Kime, a friend who passed away after experiencing physical and state violence. Content Warning: This article…
I first visited the Dhufar region of southern Oman in 2013. I was soon to learn that some residents were discussing the future of the exiled former opposition…
In the mid-2000s, while conducting ethnographic fieldwork on the impact of environmental conservation and development projects on the Yemeni island of Socotra, I took a short break from…
“The struggle continues” is a famous and frequently repeated phrase attributed to Eduardo Mondlane, the first President of FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front that fought against Portuguese colon…