Lena Kaufmann
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social
China Anthropologist | @snsf-ch.bsky.social Ambizione Fellow @unifr.bsky.social | PhD Zurich University | Book OA https://bit.ly/3Bktstt | Chinese society, farming, migration, tech, digital
https://www.unifr.ch/anthropos/fr/unite/equipe/people/405151/69d92
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Lena Kaufmann
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social
· Aug 26
📍Call for Papers!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
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#conference #anthropology #CfP
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
CfP closing soon!
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China is one of Switzerland’s main trading partners. Anthropologist @lenakaufmann.bsky.social and historian Niklaus Remund analyse half a century of this commercial partnership in a study that is particularly topical in view of current trade wars.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
China is one of Switzerland’s main trading partners. Anthropologist @lenakaufmann.bsky.social and historian Niklaus Remund analyse half a century of this commercial partnership in a study that is particularly topical in view of current trade wars.
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Thank you @snf-fns.ch for featuring our article on the history and present of economic relations between #China and #Switzerland, and for funding the research behind this project. 🙏
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China gehört zu den wichtigsten Handelspartnern der Schweiz. Die Anthropologin @lenakaufmann.bsky.social und der Historiker Niklaus Remund erforschen die letzten 50 Jahre dieser Partnerschaft. Die Studie ist aufgrund neuer Handelskriege besonders aktuell.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Thank you @snf-fns.ch for featuring our article on the history and present of economic relations between #China and #Switzerland, and for funding the research behind this project. 🙏
@modomodo.bsky.social
@ultrabeige.bsky.social
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La Chine est un des partenaires commerciaux principaux de la Suisse. L’anthropologue @lenakaufmann.bsky.social et l’historien Niklaus Remund analysent un demi-siècle de ce partenariat commercial dans une étude particulièrement d’actualité face aux guerres économiques.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
La Chine est un des partenaires commerciaux principaux de la Suisse. L’anthropologue @lenakaufmann.bsky.social et l’historien Niklaus Remund analysent un demi-siècle de ce partenariat commercial dans une étude particulièrement d’actualité face aux guerres économiques.
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CfP closing soon!
📍Call for Papers!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CfP closing soon!
The new issue of Global China Pulse is now live! What does it mean to do fieldwork on Global China? This issue explores the methodological, ethical, and political challenges researchers face when studying China’s global presence from the ground up. Download here: globalchinapulse.net/download/glo...
August 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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@lenakaufmann.bsky.social at the @rg-china.bsky.social meeting
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social at the @rg-china.bsky.social meeting
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@rg-china.bsky.social day 2. @lenakaufmann.bsky.social sharing her project about technology between Switzerland and China
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@rg-china.bsky.social day 2. @lenakaufmann.bsky.social sharing her project about technology between Switzerland and China
📍Call for Papers!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📍Call for Papers!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
#conference #anthropology #CfP
Reposted by Lena Kaufmann
“Swiss-Chinese Entanglements: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on Transnational Economic Collaborations” by Niklaus Remund and @lenakaufmann.bsky.social .
Free to access in both web and PDF versions: zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025/...
Free to access in both web and PDF versions: zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025/...
Swiss-Chinese Entanglements | Zeithistorische Forschungen
zeithistorische-forschungen.de
July 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Swiss-Chinese Entanglements: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on Transnational Economic Collaborations” by Niklaus Remund and @lenakaufmann.bsky.social .
Free to access in both web and PDF versions: zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025/...
Free to access in both web and PDF versions: zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025/...
Reposted by Lena Kaufmann
Ausserdem ein Interview von Nils Güttler und @lenakaufmann.bsky.social mit Debjani Bhattacharyya und Brian Larkin. Und eine Besprechung des Projektes »Digital Benin« von @bildoperationen.bsky.social !
1/2024-2025: Sozial-/Kulturanthropologie und Zeitgeschichte | Zeithistorische Forschungen
zeithistorische-forschungen.de
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ausserdem ein Interview von Nils Güttler und @lenakaufmann.bsky.social mit Debjani Bhattacharyya und Brian Larkin. Und eine Besprechung des Projektes »Digital Benin« von @bildoperationen.bsky.social !
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Mit tollen Beiträgen, u.a. von @gesinekrueger.bsky.social und Michaela Oberhofer, Madlen Kobi und Adam Przywara, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social und Niklaus Remund und von mir und @mrtzg.bsky.social.
1/2024-2025: Sozial-/Kulturanthropologie und Zeitgeschichte | Zeithistorische Forschungen
zeithistorische-forschungen.de
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mit tollen Beiträgen, u.a. von @gesinekrueger.bsky.social und Michaela Oberhofer, Madlen Kobi und Adam Przywara, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social und Niklaus Remund und von mir und @mrtzg.bsky.social.
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Mit grosser Freude verkünde ich die Nachrichte, dass gestern unser Special Issue der Zeitschrift «Zeithistorische Forschungen» erschienen ist.
zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025
zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mit grosser Freude verkünde ich die Nachrichte, dass gestern unser Special Issue der Zeitschrift «Zeithistorische Forschungen» erschienen ist.
zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025
zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2024-2025
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How can we study Chinese multinationals ethnographically amid geopolitical & tech rivalry restrictions?
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social uses Swiss fieldwork to propose innovative methods and a socio-technical lens for ICT firm research in Europe and beyond. buff.ly/KN0VP9b
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social uses Swiss fieldwork to propose innovative methods and a socio-technical lens for ICT firm research in Europe and beyond. buff.ly/KN0VP9b
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How can we study Chinese multinationals ethnographically amid geopolitical & tech rivalry restrictions?
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social uses Swiss fieldwork to propose innovative methods and a socio-technical lens for ICT firm research in Europe and beyond. buff.ly/KN0VP9b
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social uses Swiss fieldwork to propose innovative methods and a socio-technical lens for ICT firm research in Europe and beyond. buff.ly/KN0VP9b
Reposted by Lena Kaufmann
How can we study Chinese multinationals ethnographically when access is restricted by geopolitics and tech rivalry? In this essay, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social draws on fieldwork in Switzerland to propose creative methods and a socio-technical lens for researching ICT firms in Europe and beyond.
Polymorphous Engagement with Global China: Researching Contested Chinese Companies in Western Europe
This essay explores how we can ethnographically study contested Chinese multinationals when access is limited due to geopolitical sensitivities and technological competition. I argue that, despite the...
globalchinapulse.net
May 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How can we study Chinese multinationals ethnographically when access is restricted by geopolitics and tech rivalry? In this essay, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social draws on fieldwork in Switzerland to propose creative methods and a socio-technical lens for researching ICT firms in Europe and beyond.
📍Call for Panels!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Looking forward to receiving your panel proposals!
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Looking forward to receiving your panel proposals!
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
May 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📍Call for Panels!
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Looking forward to receiving your panel proposals!
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association, February 5-7, 2026 @unifr.bsky.social
“Care, Maintenance, Decay: Ways of attending to vulnerability in a transforming world”
Looking forward to receiving your panel proposals!
www.sagw.ch/en/seg/saa-m...
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@lenakaufmann.bsky.social “Prefiguring China’s Digital Silk Road to Europe”, is featured in the latest episode of the joint ReConnect China - Horizon Europe Research Consortium and CHERN China in Europe Research Network podcast.
Podcast: soundcloud.com/turun-yliopi...
Podcast: soundcloud.com/turun-yliopi...
ReConnect China & CHERN Podcast: China’s Digital Silk Road to Switzerland
In this episode, we trace China’s Digital Silk Road (DSR) into Western Europe. Dr. Lena Kaufmann unpacks the “downstream effects” of Chinese digital infrastructures in Switzerland—an often-overlooked
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May 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@lenakaufmann.bsky.social “Prefiguring China’s Digital Silk Road to Europe”, is featured in the latest episode of the joint ReConnect China - Horizon Europe Research Consortium and CHERN China in Europe Research Network podcast.
Podcast: soundcloud.com/turun-yliopi...
Podcast: soundcloud.com/turun-yliopi...
🥳 Out now: Our article "Farming Technologies, Migration and Left‐Behind Women in China: A Socio‐Technical Perspective", in Population, Space and Place, co-authored by Han Tao & me.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/psp....
Or contact us directly for a copy
#China #migration #agriculture #technology #anthropology
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Or contact us directly for a copy
#China #migration #agriculture #technology #anthropology
Farming Technologies, Migration and Left‐Behind Women in China: A Socio‐Technical Perspective
This article sheds new light on the connection between agriculture and rural-urban migration in contemporary China. Focusing on migrants' places of origin and the case of paddy rice fields, it invest...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🥳 Out now: Our article "Farming Technologies, Migration and Left‐Behind Women in China: A Socio‐Technical Perspective", in Population, Space and Place, co-authored by Han Tao & me.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/psp....
Or contact us directly for a copy
#China #migration #agriculture #technology #anthropology
👉 doi.org/10.1002/psp....
Or contact us directly for a copy
#China #migration #agriculture #technology #anthropology
Hot off the press!📚 “Seeing China‘s Belt and Road“ @oxunipress.bsky.social by @edwardschatz.bsky.social & Rachel Silvey eds. rb.gy/to24vn
My chapter on the history & present of the #DigitalSilkRoad between #China & Europe is OA:
doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
#NewBook #BeltandRoad
@modomodo.bsky.social
My chapter on the history & present of the #DigitalSilkRoad between #China & Europe is OA:
doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
#NewBook #BeltandRoad
@modomodo.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Hot off the press!📚 “Seeing China‘s Belt and Road“ @oxunipress.bsky.social by @edwardschatz.bsky.social & Rachel Silvey eds. rb.gy/to24vn
My chapter on the history & present of the #DigitalSilkRoad between #China & Europe is OA:
doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
#NewBook #BeltandRoad
@modomodo.bsky.social
My chapter on the history & present of the #DigitalSilkRoad between #China & Europe is OA:
doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
#NewBook #BeltandRoad
@modomodo.bsky.social
Coming soon! Including my chapter on the history and present of the Digital Silk Road to Europe, particularly Switzerland.
#digital #china #europe #newbook
#digital #china #europe #newbook
Seeing China's Belt & Road (Oxford Univ. Press) will be available on January 2.
With a crack team of scholars, Rachel Silvey & I seek to learn, ground-up, from countries around the globe what the BRI's downstream impact is shaping up to be.
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@oxunipress.bsky.social
With a crack team of scholars, Rachel Silvey & I seek to learn, ground-up, from countries around the globe what the BRI's downstream impact is shaping up to be.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
@oxunipress.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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Dear all, from today you can also follow us on this account. If you haven't done so yet, take a look at our web page and our initiatives.
ethnologiechinas.org
ethnologiechinas.org
November 23, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Dear all, from today you can also follow us on this account. If you haven't done so yet, take a look at our web page and our initiatives.
ethnologiechinas.org
ethnologiechinas.org
My new @snsf-ch.bsky.social project on agricultural drones in #China and #Europe at the University of Fribourg. Now with the fabulous Dr. Han Tao and Ruishi Zhen, MA, MSc. 🥳🎉
Details: www.unifr.ch/anthropos/fr...
Details: www.unifr.ch/anthropos/fr...
November 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
My new @snsf-ch.bsky.social project on agricultural drones in #China and #Europe at the University of Fribourg. Now with the fabulous Dr. Han Tao and Ruishi Zhen, MA, MSc. 🥳🎉
Details: www.unifr.ch/anthropos/fr...
Details: www.unifr.ch/anthropos/fr...
My review of “The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China: Policymaking, Funding, Talent, and Organization” by Yutao Sun & Cong Cao in the China Quarterly.
Email me if you can’t access it here: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Email me if you can’t access it here: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
November 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM
My review of “The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China: Policymaking, Funding, Talent, and Organization” by Yutao Sun & Cong Cao in the China Quarterly.
Email me if you can’t access it here: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Email me if you can’t access it here: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
📖 Out now! My article
“‘Today There are Ploughing Machines, That’s Quicker!’ The Transformation of Agricultural Working Knowledge in Post-Reform China”
In this volume on the history of the transformation of work.
OA next year, for now access here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“‘Today There are Ploughing Machines, That’s Quicker!’ The Transformation of Agricultural Working Knowledge in Post-Reform China”
In this volume on the history of the transformation of work.
OA next year, for now access here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 16, 2024 at 5:06 PM
📖 Out now! My article
“‘Today There are Ploughing Machines, That’s Quicker!’ The Transformation of Agricultural Working Knowledge in Post-Reform China”
In this volume on the history of the transformation of work.
OA next year, for now access here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“‘Today There are Ploughing Machines, That’s Quicker!’ The Transformation of Agricultural Working Knowledge in Post-Reform China”
In this volume on the history of the transformation of work.
OA next year, for now access here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
📍Looking for a PhD student in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social project “Digital Agriculture: Sino-European Contrasts, Correspondences & Collaborations” @Unifr.bsky.social, thanks for sharing!
Apply by: 30 April
Details: shorturl.at/hjwW5
#China #Europe #ethnography @graduatefunding.bsky.social
Apply by: 30 April
Details: shorturl.at/hjwW5
#China #Europe #ethnography @graduatefunding.bsky.social
March 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM
📍Looking for a PhD student in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social project “Digital Agriculture: Sino-European Contrasts, Correspondences & Collaborations” @Unifr.bsky.social, thanks for sharing!
Apply by: 30 April
Details: shorturl.at/hjwW5
#China #Europe #ethnography @graduatefunding.bsky.social
Apply by: 30 April
Details: shorturl.at/hjwW5
#China #Europe #ethnography @graduatefunding.bsky.social
*Early-Career Grant 2024 Call* for PhD students at an eligible Swiss institution to apply for a research stay of 3 to 6 months in East or Southeast Asia @eth_en Leading House Asia.
👉 leadinghouseasia.ethz.ch/funding-inst...
#PhD #grants #asia
👉 leadinghouseasia.ethz.ch/funding-inst...
#PhD #grants #asia
February 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
*Early-Career Grant 2024 Call* for PhD students at an eligible Swiss institution to apply for a research stay of 3 to 6 months in East or Southeast Asia @eth_en Leading House Asia.
👉 leadinghouseasia.ethz.ch/funding-inst...
#PhD #grants #asia
👉 leadinghouseasia.ethz.ch/funding-inst...
#PhD #grants #asia