Anthropology Research Seminar

Program of the Anthropology Research Seminar at the Spring Semester 2023

Seminarraum S221, Lerchenweg 36, except for the first meeting

• 28. Februar. Round table Researching AI Errors: Conflict, experiences and imaginations of the future. Prof. Veronica Barassi, Dr. Philip Di Salvo, Dr. Antje Scharenberg, Rahi Patra und Mari Poux-Berthe, Universität St. Gallen; Chair: Big Data Lives Team; Raum: F-123
• 7. März. Vanishing points and the violent expansion of the migrant quasi-carceral continuum. Dr. Deidre Conlon, University of Leeds, Chair: Carolin Fischer
• 14. März. From ideas to substance: Philosophical practice as a tool for transformation. Lydia Ginzburg, M.A. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chair: Michaela Schäuble
• 21. März. Taking care of the dead: The case of Tajik migrants in Russia. Dr. Juliette Cleuziou, University Lumières-Lyon 2; Chair: Moslem Ghomashlouyan
• 28. März. How vulnerabilities became commodities? A political economy of ethical hacking (1990-2020). Prof. David Bozzini, Universität Fribourg; Chair: Heinzpeter Znoj
• 4. April. Mittelbaugespräch (geschlossene Veranstaltung)
• 11. April. Frühlingsferien
• 18. April. Queer objects and intimate citizenship in Kenya. Prof. George-Paul Meiu, Universität Basel; Chair: Tobias Haller
• 25. April. Juridification of Swiss climate politics through climate activism and civil disobedience. Dr. Jevgeniy Bluwstein und Lucie Benoit, Ambizione Projekt, Universität Bern; Chair: Julia Eckert
• 2. Mai. Local institutions and coping strategies in the phase of transformations of governance of common-pool resources in Senegal. Dr. Désirée Gmür und Selina Felber, Sinergia Projekt, Universität Bern; Chair: Tobias Haller
• 9. Mai. Nollywood: Africa’s popular cinema. Prof. Onookome Okome, University of Alberta; Chair: Sandra Mooser
• 16. Mai. Voice and the law: Petitions and perlocutions in Indian terrorism. Dr. Mayur Suresh, SOAS University of London; Chair: Julia Eckert
• 23. Mai. Sommerfest (kein Kolloquium)