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Pascale Schild @pascaleschild.bsky.social · 7d

I had the pleasure of being part of the workshop *Commoning Solidarities beyond Differences* at #DGSKA2025, organised by @heikedrotbohm.bsky.social and Olaf Zenker, with contributions from the Claudia Briones, Philipp Naucke, Samira, Nino Aivazishvili-Gehne, Şeyma Saylak and me 🙏🏼 @dgska.bsky.social

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to Sabine Netz for being awarded 2nd place in the prestigious DGSKA Dissertation Prize!
Her dissertation explores the role of age in relation to the legal status and living conditions of asylum-seekers in Germany. We're proud to celebrate this outstanding achievement!
#DGSKA2025

Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 17d

(2/2) Other presentations include P059: "Un/Commoning Migration", P034: "Challenging Universal Rights with the Commons or Uncommons" and P011 "Common(ing) Values and Values In-Common".

See you in Cologne next week!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 20d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 17d

Looking forward to attend this year's German Social Anthropology Meeting in Cologne next week. Members of our working group participate in P057: "Who is afraid of anti-racism?", P061 "Beyond Condemnations", and P001: "Commoning Solidarities Beyond Differences?" (1/2)

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 20d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Sep 11

Out of Focus – the exhibition of the DGSKA 2025 – is now online!
The individual projects are now accessible and explore curatorial practices through sound, video, and digital media.

Check them out here:
agmedien.de/events/out-o...

#dgska2025#outoffocus

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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 26

We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025.

See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).

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Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland - ISD Bund e.V. @isdbund.bsky.social · Aug 24

»Die Umbenennung ist ein Symbol dafür, dass eine rassistische Fremdbezeichnung für Schwarze Menschen, Menschen afrikanischer Herkunft, aus dem öffentlichen Raum verbannt wurde.«

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...

Hunderte feiern die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin

Angekündigt, abgesagt, doch durchgeführt: Am Samstag wurde feierlich die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin eingeweiht. Kurz zuvor drohte die Umbenennung der ehemaligen Mohrenstraße an einem Eilantrag...

www.nd-aktuell.de

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · Aug 24

Racist Berlin street name changed after legal battle
www.dw.com/en/berlin-ra...

Racist Berlin street name changed after legal battle – DW – 08/23/2025

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first Africa-born scholar, has finally happened despite a last-ditch legal attempt to stop it.

www.dw.com

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our working group member Samira Marty is presenting her newest research on August 21 at the Ibero-American Institute. Her talk, "Poets in Times of WhatsApp: Nicaraguan Exile, Poetry and the Digital Sphere," will be hybrid.
Find more information via www.iai.spk-berlin.de/forschung/fo...

Forschungskolloquium - Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut

www.iai.spk-berlin.de

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 @amanthro.bsky.social invites pitches for its new Highlights section, featuring creative, experimental, and critical work from early-career anthropologists.

Submit 200-word pitches to Armanc Yildiz: [email protected]
🔗 bit.ly/3QhJKoF

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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · Jul 11

New publication alert 📚📣📚: Anthropology in Action, latest issue, and #OpenAccess!

Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

The latest Open Access issue of Anthropology in Action has been published! View the latest TOC here: mailchi.mp/berghahnbook...

AiA is a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro program: www.berghahnjournals.com/page/berghah...

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FID Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie | EVIFA @fid-ska.bsky.social · Jul 8

#DGEKWKongress2025 Die Anmeldung und das Programm finden sich auf der Webseite des 45. DGEKW Kongress 2025 "Zufall, Überraschung, Kontingenz – Zum Unbestimmten in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft".
🔗 www.evifa.de/de/assets/ne...

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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · Jul 3

We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, July 7, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":

"What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality" by Katharina Schramm.

📅 Monday June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Jun 26

🖼️ Ongoing Exhibition | From Oblivion to Memory – Transatlantic Memorial Echoes
📍 Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth
🕒 Tue–Thur, 12–4 PM | Special opening: 5 July (12–5 PM)
📩 Visits by appointment: [email protected]
🌐 Virtual exhibition: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_2-Resea...

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Jun 23

My conversation with dear @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social on his wonderful book, Racializing Caste (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social), is out on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

Check it out 👇

newbooksnetwork.com/racializing-...

Thiago P. Barbosa, "Racializing Caste: Anthropology Between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970)" (de Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Hansjörg Dilger @hdilger.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our "Public Anthropology" reader is out - and it has become such a beautiful book! 😍🌞 #openaccess

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Jun 10

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

cover of the journal "anthropological theory"

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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · May 9

Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️

German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · May 9

New on the #GHIL blog! 📇

Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), winner of the GHIL Dissertation Prize 2023, introduces his book ‘Racializing Caste: Anthropology between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970)’,
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Universität Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social · May 23

The Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple" at the University of Bayreuth has secured renewed funding
#AfricaMultiple #UBT #UniBayreuth #ClusterOfExcellence
www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press...

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy publication day to Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), the winner of of our 2023 Dissertation Prize! 🎉
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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · Feb 11

Congratulations to Eleanor Schaumann, our group member, for successfully defending her excellent PhD thesis supervised @ksch.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Jan 23

Out now: our conversation about Genetic Ancestry and the Colonial Legacies of Race. Thanks to Ernesto Schwartz-Marin for facilitating the discussion.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/gen...

Frontiers | Genetic ancestry and the colonial legacies of race in genomics: a cross-disciplinary dialogue

links.email.frontiersin.org

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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thanks BBC for this piece about our book on Irawati Karve 💫

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · Jan 19

Irawati Karve: India's trailblazing female anthropologist who challenged Nazi race theories

Irawati Karve, India's first female anthropologist, led a fascinating life that challenged patriarchal norms.

www.bbc.com

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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · Dec 14

Our book “Iru” was recommended as BEST BOOKS of 2024 in Open Magazine by author KR Meera 🫶 “Reading Iru allows you to unlearn many misguided theories about the female brain and witness the power of a woman passionate about social sciences and humanity.” See: openthemagazine.com/cover-storie...

Best of Books 2024: My Choice - Open The Magazine

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Political scientist and columnist This was another year with an embarrassment of riches. But here are some that engage the heart, mind and imagination. For sheer reading pleasure, ...

openthemagazine.com

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · Dec 13

WE'RE HIRING

Fulltime Postdoctoral Research Position

Apply online by January 10th, 2025
More infos:
* www.ls-ska.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
* anthropologyofglobalinequalities.com

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