Die Geburt der Ethnologie aus dem Geist der Tragödie
The following paper [in German] was presented during the symposium ‘The Future of German Anthropology’ on 7 November 2014 at the University of […]
100 years of (socio-cultural) anthropology in Leipzig – An introduction
The institute of anthropology was founded in November 1914 as “Sächsische Forschungsinstitut für Völkerkunde” (Saxonian Research Institute for Ethnology). It
Anthropology and the Persistence of Universal Europe: Translation as a Key Term
The following paper [in German] was presented during the symposium ‘The Future of German Anthropology’ on 7 November 2014 at the
Bourgeois Knowledge
Young man: Hey, what’s he talking about? Old man: The professor is discussing ideas of justice and humanity in the
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On 28th of December 2013, Emile, a two-year-old child who lived with his family in a small Guinean village near
The Good, the Bad & the Whatnot: AAA 2014
What do you know: almost as soon as the AAA 2014 began, it came to its end. After one last
Tunisia: c’è mai stata una primavera araba?
Sono passati più di tre anni da quando, dalla Tunisia, sono partite le prime rivolte [1] che hanno sovvertito molti
Conversation One-Shots
Being a Resilient Community: An Interview with Shahida Zubair
Milan. A few meters from Duomo’s Square. Beginning of October. We are under the “Galleria” waiting for Shahida Zubair and
Note One-Shots
Help ALLEGRA get (even) better!
By now it should come as surprise to no one that we are working VERY hard to make Allegra everyone’s
“I love polyandry, yo”: Tibetan refugee citizenship and the politics of culture
Toronto, summer 2012, three of us having lunch at an Indian restaurant downtown—me and two young Tibetan friends. We were