Anthropology Research Seminar

Program of the Anthropology Research Seminar at the Fall Semester 2023

Seminarraum S221, Lerchenweg 36

• 26. September:The Origins of Rural Conservatism and Populism in Modern Indonesia. Dr. Iqra Anugrah, Leiden University, Chair: Heinzpeter Znoj
• 03. Oktober: Neo-Feudal Land Governance: Exploring discrepancies between global imaginaries and local realities of nature conservation. Samuel Weissman, Institut für Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bern
• 10. Oktober: Growing What’s Good: On Horticulture’s Industrial and Degrowth Futures. Rob Booth, University of Birmingham, Chair: Kiri Santer, Discussant: Jevgeniy Bluwstein
• 17. Oktober: Social Ocean Energy: learning for justice around wave and tidal power technologies. Dr. Jeanne Féaux de la Croix, University of Bern ; Chair : Tobias Haller    via zoom: https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/67810474235 , Meeting ID: 678 1047 4235
• 24. Oktober: Caring for a shared past: Eldercare as recognition in the aftermath of Dutch colonialism. Dr. Olivia Kilias, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich; Chair: Sabine Strasser, Discussant: Rohit Jain
• 31. Oktober: Politicization of Intimacy and Transformation of Educational Institutions. Affective Archives on shame and “fed-upness”. Dr. Rafael Blanco, University of Buenos Aires. National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina. Chair: Maya Ober
• 07. November: Anthropology Talks with Amitav Ghosh.
• 14. November: Mittelbaugespräch                      
• 21. November: Book Launch: Intimate Strangers: Commercial Surrogacy in Russia and Ukraine and the Making of Truth (!!! 18:15 @Theater ONO, Kramgasse 6!!!). Dr. Veronika Siegl, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geography University of Bern and Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. University of Vienna; Chair: Sabine Strasser & Carolin Schurr (Geographisches Institut, Unibe)
• 28. November: Round-table: Democracy in India: Current Issues (!!! 18:30 @Kleine Bühne at Progr !!!) With: Prof. Arjun Appadurai, Emeritus Professor in Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, Aiman Khan, researcher and Human Rights Defender, Amnesty International, Nicolas Walder Swiss Member of Parliament, Julia Eckert (Chair) Registration can be done here.
• 05. Dezember: Law. Duty. Resistance? Strategies for (de)legitimizing civil disobedience. Lena Herbers, Institut für Soziologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; Chair: Jevgeniy Bluwstein.
• 12. Dezember: Apian: A Ministry of Bees. Aladin Borioli, independent researcher; Chair: Michaela Schäuble
• 19. Dezember: Weinachstfeier (kein Kolloquium)