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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 7d

Watch Biao Xiang’s video summary of his thought on the changing relation between commodity circulation and state power in China www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2J...

Channels and Logistical Power: Making a ‘Perfect Market’ under Authoritarian Rule in China

YouTube video by Theory, Culture & Society

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 8d

Ethnologische Forschung zum Schicksal von Seeleuten während der Pandemie: Sonderausstellung im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven noch bis 1. März 2026. Jetzt auch online: Die Broschüre zur Ausstellung:
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [englisch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [deutsch]

Foto der Broschüre "Still stehen. Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie" (c) Philipp Stumpf

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 15d

Delhi is carried by its people, brick by brick, shift by shift, word by word. In early mornings, long commutes, shared meals, the city is made and remade through care, labour and imagination. Here, scholars uncover what's left in the margins: ticketless-travellers.info/start/locali...

Photo of Khichripur, Delhi 2022
(c) Kavita Dasgupta

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 16d

Why does people’s awareness of social problems often deepen their feelings of powerlessness rather than empower them to push back? Read Xiang Biao’s article "Double alienation: regrounding critical consciousness in troubling times". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cover Image for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 26, Issue 4, (2025)

MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 20d

Interested in rarely heard, but deeply felt stories about Delhi’s working-class neighborhoods? Read, watch and listen to what the Ticketless Travellers – a writing collective from Delhi– have to tell about the corner lanes behind the city. ticketless-travellers.info

Photo showing members of the Ticketless Travellers in Dehli. (c) Kavita Dasgupta

MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · 29d

Ethnologische Forschung zu Arbeitsrechten auf See: Podiumsdiskussion „Stuck in Mobility – Seeleute in der Pandemie“ am 11. September 2025, um 18:00 Uhr im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven u.a. mit Luisa Piart. archive.newsletter2go.com?n2g=v2wug5kz...

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wichtiges Buch zum richtigen Zeitpunkt: Abdelghafar Salim liefert fundierte Einsichten zur differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit muslimischen Lebenswelten in Deutschland. Unbedingt lesen. Open Access: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...

Fotografie des Buches: Lebensweltliche Alltagspragmatik und islamische Normativität. Muslimische Geflüchtete in Deutschland von Abdelghafar Salim
Foto: Philipp Stumpf

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ invites applications for one:
Senior Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of Social Anthropology as Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 level, tenure track)
Deadline: 15 October 2025

recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Aug 4

Nicht verpassen: Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie“ im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven am 7. August, 18 Uhr. Forschungsergebnisse von Luisa Piart u.a. eindrucksvoll aufbereitet und präsentiert: www.dsm.museum/kalender/son...

Sonderausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie"

www.dsm.museum

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 31

Congrats Biao!
Xiang Biao’s book Transcending Boundaries (Chinese 2000 and 2008, English 2005, Korean translation 2024) was selected by the Korea Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as one of the “2024 Sejong Books (Academic Field)”.

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue in Social Sciences

Health-AI — Human-AI Collaborations in Healthcare

Seeking ethnographic & empirical studies on AI in everyday healthcare: diagnostics, decision-making, ethics, & more.

🗓️ Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
🔗 buff.ly/fUJzvxJ

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 18

Call for Fellowships
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. November 2025

https://uni-goettingen.de/de/document/download/77168ed4bf600c782bc2646ee649983c.pdf/Call%2520for%2520Applications_Komplexität%2520Recht.pdf

MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 16

Für die Forschungsgruppe „Transformations in Private Law: Culture, Climate, and Technology“ suchen wir eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) mit einer wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit von 4 bis 8 Stunden
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jun 27

📚 The EASA Book Series, published by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, includes both edited collections and monographs.
✨ New editors Monika Palmberger, Magdalena Suerbaum, and Elisa Lanari aim to continue expanding its key role in fostering and showcasing cutting-edge work.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/rvcB1HX

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 9

Read Xiang Biao’s latest analysis on how the Chinese state achieves dominance over private actors through the facilitation of economic circulation, published in Theory, Culture & Society.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Hansjörg Dilger @hdilger.bsky.social · May 29

At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...

Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts

At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the President’s Office at Freie Universität Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Told from the waiting room of Indian bureaucracy, Reception Room Wing D—a film by Ikuno Naka and Garima Jaju—receives Honorable Mention for the Marsh RAI Short Film Prize.
Celebrate 40 years of the RAI Film Festival by watching the powerful line-up online.

Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WmL...

RAI FILM Festival 2025 Trailer

YouTube video by Royal Anthropological Institute

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ist "heilig" eine universale Kategorie? Diskussion mit Ursula Rao und Ana Honnacker auf dem Festival der Philosophie 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZac...

Was ist Dir Heilig? Ist „heilig“ eine universale Kategorie, Prof. Ursula Rao und Prof. Ana Honnacker

YouTube video by philosophiefestival

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jul 3

Für unsere IT-Abteilung suchen wir ab sofort bis zu
3 Studentische Hilfskräfte (m/w/d)
Bewerbungsschluss: 20. Juli 2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...

MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jun 30

Nicht verpassen bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften: Ethnologin Luisa Piart erzählt von ihrer Forschung bei Seeleuten während der Covid-Pandemie – beeindruckender Einblick in das Schicksal einer kaum beachteten Gruppe. Freitag, 4. Juli, 18 Uhr lndwhalle.de/programm/402

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Halle (Saale)

22. Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften am 4. Juli 2025.

lndwhalle.de

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Feb 4

The conference website is online:
tagung.dgska.de/en/
Use the hashtag #DGSKA2025 for any related posts!

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · Jun 18

📘 New MPIfG Book: What social relationships and economic interactions facilitate the crossing of borders for people to seek asylum?

In “The Game” Hannah Pool offers an ethnographic account of Afghan refugees navigating the perilous journey from Afghanistan to Germany.

🔗 s.gwdg.de/vkNfoE

Book Cover "The Game. The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe"

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Law & Anthropology Department is offering positions for
Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships

Deadline: 15 September 2025

recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...

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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · Jun 19

Are you interested in an evening of conversations about vampires, werewolves and Sami sorcerers, and lots more? 👀🧛

Join us TONIGHT for the exclusive book launch event for @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social new book 'Silence of the Gods'! 🤩

Hand holding book titled "Silence of the Gods" by Dr Francis Young, with a blurred event sign in the background and the door to Cambridge University Press Bookshop

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MPI for Social Anthropology @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social · May 20

Was ist Dir heilig? Ist "Heilig" eine universale Kategorie? @phil_cologne Am Donnerstag, 22. Mai 2025 diskutieren im Leibnizhaus, Am Holzmarkt 4, 30159 Hannover Ursula Rao, MPI für ethnologische Forschung, Halle/Saale und Ana Honnacker, LMU München www.philosophiefestival.com/diskussionen/

Festival der Philosophie 2025: Diskussionen

17:00 -18:30 VORTRAG UND ÖFFENTLICHE DISPUTATIO DER GOTTFRIED-WILHELM-LEIBNIZ-GESELLSCHAFT WIE GÖTTLICH/HEILIG IST EIGENTLICH G.W. LEIBNIZ' GOTT? Auf dem 11. Internationalen Leibniz-Kongress (Hannover...

www.philosophiefestival.com

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