The Institute of Social Anthropology teaches social anthropology in its full diversity. Key areas of research at our institute include (but are not limited to): migration, anthropology of the state, economic and ecological anthropology as well as media anthropology. Our different degree programs – one bachelor and three master’s programs which include the specialised master’s program Anthropology of Transnationalism and the State (ATS) and CREOLE – provide students with a thorough grounding in anthropological theory and methodology. Furthermore, they offer vast possibilities for specialisation. The Institute of Social Anthropology also participates in several postgraduate programs for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers.
Anthroblog: “The Commons we Want, Green Grabbing and Leaving a Mark in Kenya" By Alexandra Steiner, Alessandro Machi, Students at the Institute of Social Anthropology, Bern
April 19 2024
Tobias Haller and Ilkhom Soliev (Unversity of Halle, Germany) are as Co-Coordinating Team of the Regional Chapter Europe and CIS of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) organizing the 3rd Colloquium Series on Commons and Policy (online, always on Fridays from 1-2:30pm between April 19 to June 7, 2024. Thematically, the focus is on crises we are facing around the world (e.g.,related to climate, biodiversity, migration, poverty, health, energy, etc). Check on the first presentation: Claiming the commons’ value in the context of de-valuation, and the ambivalent role of the state in recognizing it (ethnographic case study from Austria). by Lisa Francesca Rail, University of Vienna, Austria: Please see link for program and information on how to attend.
Institute's colloquia: CANCELLES
ciné liminal
Call for Applications
Interview mit Dr. Rohit Jain, SRF Rundschau
An der historischen Osterprozession in Mendrisio TI stellen Menschen schwarz geschminkt angeblich historische Figuren dar. Dieses sogenannte «Blackfacing» gilt heute als rassistisch. Die Organisatoren der Prozession wollten dies deshalb verbieten. Doch dagegen gab es emotionale Proteste aus der lokalen Bevölkerung. Dr. Rohit Jain, Institut für Sozialanthropologie der Universität Bern hat zu Blackfacing und kolonialen Symbole im öffentlichen Raum geforscht und ordnet die Debatte ein.
neue Publikation
Haller, T. and Weissman, S. (eds.) (2024). Disenchanted Modernities: Mega-Infrastructure Projects, Socio-Ecological Change and Local Responses. Hamburg, Berlin, Wien, Zürich: Lit-Verlag.
CREOLE - Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes
Spaces
Future Polities, Global Capitalism, Multimodal Practices, Output, Debatten
Publication und Summer School
New Publication
The Multi-Sided Ethnographer: Living the field beyond research, edited by Tim Burger, Usman Mahar, Pascale Schild and Anna-Maria Walter
With contributions from Pascale Schild and Sabine Strasser
Interview
«Plötzlich muss man sich fragen, ob man das Recht auf ein Leben in der Stadt verdient hat» Die Stadt Zürich soll in den nächsten Jahren um 80’000 Einwohner:innen wachsen. So wollen es die Pläne der Behörden. Wo sollen diese Menschen wohnen? Und was bedeutet diese Verdichtung für die Stadtbevölkerung? Die Anthropologin Sabrina Stallone im Interview.
Das Institut gratuliert Dr. Kiri Santer zum SNIS Award für die beste Doktoratsarbeit in international studies "Bordering Responsibility: The Unaccountable Politics of Migration Control in the Central Mediterranean"
SNIS
Veröffentlichung
Peacebuilding Journal co-edited by Pascale Schild and Martina Santschi
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Phone: Tel.: +41 31 684 8995 claudia.schauerte@unibe.ch