Institut für Sozialanthropologie

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2022

Questioning the Safe Haven: Interdisciplinary Inquiries into Violence in Refugee Arrival and Settlement

A Workshop Series hosted by the Institute of Social Anthropology of the University of Bern.

Organisers: Carolin Fischer, Manuel Insberg and Sabine Strasser

We are delighted to welcome eight researchers from multiple disciplines and various European universities from 8 to 10 March 2023 to discuss articulations and repercussions of violence in refugee arrival and settlement with a specific focus on European contexts. Based on empirical and theoretical contributions, we seek to substantiate the argument that violence does not necessarily end once refugees are granted legal protection. Across Europe refugee arrival is often coupled with violent experiences of continuous uncertainty, economic precarity and deportability. Hence, instances of violence do not disappear from peoples’ everyday lives. A key objective of the workshop is therefore to disentangle, challenge and ultimately better understand the notion of a safe haven and the scientific and political implications that derive from its shortcomings.

Filmvorführung: La pyramide humaine (1961) 88 min Mit einer Einführung von Michaela Schäuble, Bern

Roundtable "Governing with Algorithms"

Wohnzimmerlesung

An einem poetisch-politischen Abend treffen sich die zwei Autorinnen Lubna Abou-Kheir und Ivna Žic in einer gemütlich-diasporischen Wohnzimmer-Atmosphäre mit dem Sozialanthropologen Rohit Jain zu Chai und Snacks. Durch ihre Texte und Gespräche entsteht ein Raum, in dem sie Leben, Arbeit, Sprechen, Schreiben in der Diaspora als selbst-bewusste Normalität kreieren. Nachdenklich, vielstimmig, witzig und stolz.

Hybrid book launch of “Ethnographies of Deservingness” on Thu, Oct 27th, at 18h15 CEST

We warmly invite you to the
Hybrid book launch of “Ethnographies of Deservingness” on Thu, Oct 27th, at 18h15 CEST in the Ethnography Talks series of the Critical Ethnography Collective at the University St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Chair Insa Koch will discuss with editors Jelena Tosic and Andreas Streinzer, and contributors Sabine Strasser, Susana Narotzky, and Erik Bähre. We’ll have an open floor afterwards for questions and discussion. You find the complete info on the hybrid event on the poster attached. Please consider joining, and feel free to distribute it widely!

Swiss Researching Africa Days 2022

The 7th edition of the Swiss Researching Africa Days will take place on 28-29 October 2022 at the Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern. The biennial Swiss Researching Africa Days are held alternating with the international thematic conferences of the Swiss Society for African Studies. They are open to all disciplines representing African Studies. The objective of the meeting is to promote the exchange among the community of researchers working on Africa in Switzerland. Its goals are to

- present current research projects of MA- and doctoral students, post-docs and senior scholars;
- enhance the circulation of relevant information between these actors and the respective institutions;
- offer a platform for synergies and collaboration;
- enhance the visibility of African Studies in Switzerland, the universities and research institutions;
- promote the institutionalisation of African Studies.

Panel Discussion "Women in War: Reflections from Kurdistan and Ukraine"

Whether as combatants, politicians, or activists, women's roles during war and violent conflict are often dismissed, essentialized, or objectified. This panel considers the intersection of gender and war in two distinct conflict landscapes to prompt critical reflection on gender assumptions of equality, agency, and violent resistance and to discuss visions of an anti-militarist and anti-imperalist feminist future.

Questioning the Safe Haven: Interdisciplinary Inquiries into Violence in Refugee Arrival and Settlement

A Workshop Series hosted by the Institute of Social Anthropology of the University of Bern

Organisers: Carolin Fischer, Manuel Insberg and Sabine Strasser

We are delighted to welcome eight researchers from multiple disciplines and various European universities from 14 to 16 September 2022 to discuss articulations and repercussions of violence in refugee arrival and settlement with a specific focus on European contexts. Based on empirical and theoretical contributions, we seek to substantiate the argument that violence does not necessarily end once refugees are granted legal protection. Across Europe refugee arrival is often coupled with violent experiences of continuous uncertainty, economic precarity and deportability. Hence, instances of violence do not disappear from peoples’ everyday lives. A key objective of the workshop is therefore to disentangle, challenge and ultimately better understand the notion of a safe haven and the scientific and political implications that derive from its shortcomings.

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50 Jahre Sozialanthropologie

Anthropology Talks

CREOLE Intensive Program

Nacht der Filme: Der Dokumentarfilm in der anthropologischen Forschung

Für die Nacht der Forschung zieht das EthnoKino in das Hauptgebäude der Universität, wo von 17 bis 24 Uhr sieben Kurzfilme, anschliessende Gesprächsrunden sowie Vorträge einen Einblick ins ethnografische Filmen als Forschungsmethode geben sollen. Der Raum 220 soll in dieser Nacht zudem zum Austausch zwischen Interessierten, Studierenden, Filmemachenden und Dozierenden einladen, und Diskussionen zu Potenzial und Grenzen der Kamera als Forschungsinstrument ermöglichen.

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