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Hansjörg Dilger
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Social and Cultural Anthropologist @ FU Berlin, Director of Collaborative Research Centre "Affective Societies", Head of Research Area Medical Anthropology | Global Health, Co-speaker of DFG Network "Public Anthropology" & Co-PI @ MoRePPaR .. more

Political science 31%
Sociology 19%
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At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
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Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts
At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the President’s Office at Freie Universität Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...
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Tanzania has charged more than 200 people with treason, a lawyer and judicial sources told AFP, with the country's opposition saying on Saturday that yet another one of their leaders had been arrested ➡️ u.afp.com/Sn4z

"Hundreds of people have been killed in Tanzania during three days of protests following Wednesday's general election, the country's main opposition party has said. The death toll varies, and a nationwide internet shutdown is making it difficult to verify the numbers." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tanzania election: Hundreds feared dead in crackdown on protests - BBC News
A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.
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🎧 Mixed Feelings – der neuer #Forschungspodcast!
Forschende des SFB #AffectiveSocieties sprechen über den Umgang mit widersprüchlichen Gefühlen und teilen wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse über #Emotionen, die aus Konflikten entstehen.
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🎧 Direkt reinhören: tinyurl.com/2s6mw77n

"Lawmakers from the European Parliament said in a statement Thursday that the elections in Tanzania were 'neither free nor fair' and urged democratic partners to 'stand firm in the defense of democracy and human rights.'": www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Protests in Tanzania spread after a disputed election, with the military on the streets
Protests have erupted in Tanzania following a disputed election
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"The so-called 'election' in Tanzania is a sham. The outcome was fixed the moment Suluhu strangled all opposition, silenced the media, and shut down political space" (Kenya Human Rights Commission and other CSOs): khrc.or.ke/press-releas...
Tanzania doesn't have an election but a crackdown disguised as democracy
Fellow East Africans,  We stand here as East African Citizens, mandated by the fact that Jumuiya ni yetu. We continue to witness human rights violations and the degradation of democracy across the reg...
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"Election day: Tanzania restricts internet as chaos erupts" (The East African): www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/eas...
Election day: Tanzania restricts internet as chaos erupts
There is a nationwide disruption of internet services in Tanzania, with users reporting being unable to share multimedia content.
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"Police fire tear gas as protests erupt during Tanzania election" (BBC): www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tanzania election: Police fire tear gas as protests erupt in Dar es Salaam - BBC News
Opposition supporters accuse the government of undermining democracy, and say the elections are not free and fair.
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The DFG Emmy Noether Research Group ,Situated Care: Subjectivity, Knowledge, and Labor' is looking for 3 Doctoral Students (m/f/d) for an ethnographic study of peer support work across the German speaking countries.
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„Das Online-Portal ,Sammlungsgut aus Kolonialen Kontexten’ von @ddbkultur.bsky.social - Wie kann der Nutzen für Herkunftsgesellschaften erhöht werden?“
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cc: @bundeskultur.bsky.social @laenderkultur.bsky.social

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On Sunday, we are opening a small but special exhibition: Celebrating Womanhood. Cultural Heritage from #Kilimanjaro. It combines historical objects with current knowledge and diverse perspectives – and shows the significance of this cultural heritage, which is over 100 years old, to this day.
JOB: come work with me @uni-konstanz.de ! We have a junior professorship to fill from 1 April 2026 (6 years, non-tenured, as funding comes from the Centre for Cultural Inquiry).
The denomination is very timely: Environmental #Anthropology!
Details ⬇️
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#academia
Junior Professorship (non-tenure) in Environmental Anthropology
Deadline: 01.10.2025
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Dekolonial Erinnern: @jhaentzschel.bsky.social @szde.bsky.social kommentiert, dass Weimer @bundeskultur.bsky.social nicht sagt, wie er „Aufarbeitung des Kolonialismus intensivieren“ (Koalitionsvertrag) will. Bei 10% mehr im Haushalt 2026.
@mehler.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social
📣 Call for Mentees!
EASA’s free, remote Academic Mentorship Programme returns Sept 2025–May 2026.
For late-PhDs, postdocs & early-career scholars (PhD ≤8 yrs).
⏰ Apply by 31 Aug 2025
🌍 Open to EASA members
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“Fragments of Leipzig – Visual Ethnographies in Urban Space” was the title of the student exhibition that opened on July 10 with a well-attended vernissage at Späti Bar Makan. The vernissage also served as the summer party of the Institute of Anthropology.
Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Tolles Video über Prof. Albert Gouaffo & Team bei Provenienzforschung mit Museum Fünf Kontinente München. @rhoelzl.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social
@lindenmuseum.bsky.social
Wann kommt Restitution @diplo.de?

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Die Sammlung Max von Stetten – Perspektiven aus Kamerun
YouTube video by Museum Fünf Kontinente
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Die Kürzungsvoschläge des Berliner Senats hätten fatale Folgen für die Sozial- & Geisteswissenschaften - das erklärt dieser Artikel von Torsten Harmsen hervorragend am Beispiel des Instituts für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 🔽
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Unsere PM zur Umbenennung der M*Straße:
"Die Umbenennung der M*straße in Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße ist ein längst überfälliger Schritt im Prozess der kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit Rassismus und kolonialen Kontinuitäten im öffentlichen Raum."
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Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Großartiger Artikel von Paul Munzinger in SZ (€) über Rückkehr von Ngonnso als Teil der ersten Restitutionswelle im September. @diplo.de @geronafrica.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @lindenmuseum.bsky.social @museum5kontinente.bsky.social

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Historischer Durchbruch in der deutschen kolonialen Restitutionspolitik: @diplo.de @laenderkultur.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @lindenmuseum.bsky.social u.a. bereit zur „ersten Welle“ der Rückführung nach Kamerun im September.

Wie geht’s danach weiter? Und Tansania?
@goldmatt.bsky.social

Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social gegen Kürzungen und Rechtsruck!

"Die geplanten Kürzungen sind insbesondere heute, wo Hochschulen weltweit darum ringen, inklusive, demokratische und rassismuskritische Denkräume zu bleiben, ein besorgniserregendes Zeichen."
Thank you so much to our colleagues at the Ethnological Museum for their clear words and solidarity! 🙏

The Ethnological Museum Berlin has issued a press statement in support of retaining all professorships in social and cultural anthropology at Freie Universitität Berlin. This is also essential for the future of ethnological museums in Germany ⬇️

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Das Ausmaß der #Kürzungen sei verheerend, vor allem aber die Geschwindigkeit richte großen Schaden an, sagt Politikwissenschaftlerin Gülay Çağlar @caglarguelay.bsky.social.
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Gestern protestierten unsere Studierenden bei einer Sitzung des akad. Senats gegen die Kürzungspläne der FU Berlin, die unser Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie unverhältnismäßig hart treffen würden. Vielen Dank an alle, die sich solidarisiert haben. It means a lot! 💜✊
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Herzlichen Dank an den Vorstand der @dgska.bsky.social für das deutliche Unterstützungsschreiben angesichts der drohenden Kürzungen, durch die die Existenz unseres Instituts @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social insgesamt bedroht wäre 🙏

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Join us on Wed., June 18th, for Esra Özyürek's talk on her book "Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany" at FU Berlin or online. Much looking forward to a timely debate!

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Great to see that the excellent catalogue of the Angel of History exhibition at the Bode-Museum (Der Engel der Geschichte: Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee und die Berliner Engel 80 Jahre nach Kriegsende) is available OA books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoric...

The amazing design - of the cover and the five section separators - is by Imad Gebrayel #collaborations