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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Jul 19

Zur Erinnerung: Stellungnahme des DGSKA Vorstands zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit vom 12.2.2024:
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Stellungnahme des Vorstands zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland | DGSKA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie

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Franziska Fay @franzifa.bsky.social · 1d

1 Postdoc position OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely*

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726

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Franziska Fay @franzifa.bsky.social · 1d

10 PhD positions OPEN in our newly funded Research Training Group *Technologies of Witnessing* at @unimainz.bsky.social . Deadline: 17. October. *please share widely*

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50416

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Pascale Schild @pascaleschild.bsky.social · 5d

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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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you all for an inspiring dgska conference! Wishing everyone safe travels back home! Until we meet again!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Martin Zillinger is closing the conference!
See you all in Hamburg in two years for "What moves Us?"
#dgska2025

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 6d

You can listen to me speak about „Selbstdenken“ (self thinking) today - a term Hannah Arendt borrowed from Lessing. With this term, both did not mean to signify a retreat into an isolated “self“, but rather a “thinking with others“.
One can learn by oneself - but one cannot think alone! #dgska2025

Writing on a white door: Selbstlernraum. Below a sign with opening hours. University Cologne, Germany.

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · 8d

Leaving Cologne and #DGSKA2025 full of ideas and #anthropological excitement. Wonderful to see old friends and meet new people - and look forward to continuing the conversation on un/commoning!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 8d

At plenary I:

@lianachua.bsky.social shared insights from Borneo on orangutan-human relations and global commons. 🌏🦧

Astrid Ulloa Cubillos spoke on 8 years with the Wayuu in La Guajira, tracing water’s relational paths through Indigenous territory.💧Reflections on more-than-human worlds.

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Academic freedom is under threat in many parts of the world- sometimes openly, sometimes subtly. Basak Ertür, Ghassan Hage, Nandini Sundar & Martin Zillinger explore how we can teach, write & resist in repressive times 🎓🕊️🗣️ Chair: Julia Eckert, Lipin Ram. Thanks to all for your insights!
#dgksa2025

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday‘s Session on „Commoning Marxism“ with Don Kalb, Stefan Wellgraf, @patrickneveling.bsky.social and @jeremyrayner.bsky.social.

Insights were shared on the assumed ‘end of history’, Marxism as theory and practice continues to thrive, taking on a multiplicity of shapes.

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Plenary session IV: Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis starting now!
Make sure to join if you're not here yet!
#dgska2025

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

After the break 💥 Session 2 continues ⛏️🌍⚖️ with Kulinova on extractivism in Kemerovo, Christensen on sand mining and commons in Cambodia, and Ocaklı on gold mining, uncommoning, and collective action in Kyrgyzstan.
Thanks to all speakers!
#dgska2025

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Panel 44 (Session 1/2) dives into mining’s complex legacies: Asya Karaseva reveals memory commons in Kolyma; Jeanine Dagyel spotlights remote Angren’s impact on labour; Jonny Grünsch rethinks climate justice in Pödelwitz; Nikolas Olma uncovers Mailuu-Suu’s shared burdens and uneven clean-up gains ⚖️

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Final day of #DGSKA2025!
Workshop P018: (Un)commoning the Future(s) & its Visualities is electrifying the space. 🎥📷🌀

With contribtions by Ceren Deniz, Michelle Thompson & Anna Lisa Ramella.

#Uncommoning #VisualAnthropology #Commons #FutureImaginaries #DGSKA2025

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

Throwback: what a blast - exhibition reception and guided tour as part of "Out of Focus" @Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum as part of #dgska2025 Thanks so much to everyone contributing and participating!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 6d

What a night! Our Dancing Anthropology party at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum was a great success — many thanks to Chef Kabui, Gifty Owusu, and DJane C:Mone for their contributions to a vibrant and inspiring evening🪩
#dgska2025

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

At the reception of the exhibition Out of Focus, the curational team spoke and there was an intriguing movement performance, that subtly decentered and moved the audience, as the pieces in the exhibition agmedien.de/events/out-o...

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Phillip Budka & André Thiemann explore un/commoning and sustainability—from Maya maize farming 🌽 to green gentrification 🚧, Arctic infrastructure 🚂 & swine fever in Serbia 🐗. Chaired by Maike Melles & Daniel Sosna. #dgska2025

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

News: Reelections and recognitions at DGSKA!

At the DGSKA members' meeting, Martin Zillinger (left) was reelected as chair. The DGSKA Dissertation Prizes were awarded to Barbara Löhde (middle), Laibor Kalanga Moko (right), and Sabine Netz (not pictured). Congratulations!

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Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social · 8d

I’m really looking forward to my talk tomorrow at #DGSKA2025 (@dgska.bsky.social) in #Cologne.

I’ll be speaking about #sustainability & #infrastructure in 🇨🇦, drawing on my work with @infranortherc.bsky.social @univie.ac.at.

Port of Churchill, MB, Canada. Photo by Philipp Budka.

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boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 10d

New on U/C A – Radical Futures: "The Futures of Deliberative Democracy. Citizens’ Assemblies as Technocratic Population Management" by Jannik Schritt, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

Boasblogs • The Futures of Deliberative Democracy

Introduction[1] Citizens’ assemblies, planning cells, consensus conferences etc.: Over the past decade these “deliberative mini-publics” have been promoted as the fix for the so-called “crisis of demo...

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

After the lunch break: Munira Khayyat, Alice von Bieberstein, and Sana Chavoshian explore resistant ecologies and discuss commoning, survival, and repair in war-torn environments across the Middle East and Africa.
Thank you to the speakers!
Session 2 begins at 4:30 PM in S14.
#dgska2025

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

NEW on #boasblog
Proposal for a handbook project, which will be discussed in the upcoming panel
"Accompanied research. A theme for theories, methodologies and teaching " after the lunch break today at 14:30-16:00 & 16:30-18:00.
workshophttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/dgska2025/p/16022

boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 7d

Check out the proposals for the handbook project discussed in today's panel “Accompanied Research” at: boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...

Boasblogs • Un/Commoning Anthropology

This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”, which will take place in Cologne from Sept...

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday's "Un/Commoning Media and Curatorial Practices" at #DGSKA2025 brought rich discussions on how curatorial and multimodal work can open spaces of care & co-creation, analysis & appreciation.
Thanks to the six contributions for the inspiring exchange!
#MediaAnthropology #CuratorialPractice

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 7d

The general assembly is about to start! All members are eligible to vote. #dgska2025

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boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 10d

New on U/C A – More-than-Human Un/Commoning: "Uncommoning conservation?" by Liana Chua, boasblogs.org/uncommoning/... #DGSKA2025

Boasblogs • Uncommoning conservation?

In our research on orangutan conservation, my colleagues and I have often noted a fundamental tension—an uncommonality, if you will—that arises at the interface between conservation interventions and ...

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