Maike Melles
@maikemelles.bsky.social
Postdoc in Ecological Anthropology @Czech Academy of Sciences - Frugality, drinking water and food waste in the NL
PhD on dehesa landscape and heritage in Spain
https://www.eu.avcr.cz/en/about-us/staff/maike-melles/
https://cas-cz.academia.edu/MaikeMelles
PhD on dehesa landscape and heritage in Spain
https://www.eu.avcr.cz/en/about-us/staff/maike-melles/
https://cas-cz.academia.edu/MaikeMelles
🌍Excited about our upcoming & final DEA seminar for 2025: Join us on Thu 20.11. at 14:00 online or in Prague for 'Conservation Frontiers: Re-storying wilderness from the margins of Europe' by @georgeiorda.bsky.social (Wageningen Univ.) ⛰️🐻🌳 More info & registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌍Excited about our upcoming & final DEA seminar for 2025: Join us on Thu 20.11. at 14:00 online or in Prague for 'Conservation Frontiers: Re-storying wilderness from the margins of Europe' by @georgeiorda.bsky.social (Wageningen Univ.) ⛰️🐻🌳 More info & registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Reposted by Maike Melles
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Reposted by Maike Melles
📣 "Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung. Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe", erscheint mit Open Access im Frühjahr 2026 beim Campus Verlag in der Schriftenreihe des @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social, hrsg. zusammen mit Thomas Barth, Ricarda Biemüller und Heiko Stubenrauch. www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
📣 "Subjekte der ökologischen Verwüstung. Kritische Theorie der Klimakatastrophe", erscheint mit Open Access im Frühjahr 2026 beim Campus Verlag in der Schriftenreihe des @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social, hrsg. zusammen mit Thomas Barth, Ricarda Biemüller und Heiko Stubenrauch. www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
Big thanks to the four speakers for their fantastic contributions to our workshop on 'Un/commoning sustainability and its temporalities': Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social and André Thiemann - still ruminating over a stimulating exchange at #dgska2025
Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Phillip Budka & André Thiemann explore un/commoning and sustainability—from Maya maize farming 🌽 to green gentrification 🚧, Arctic infrastructure 🚂 & swine fever in Serbia 🐗. Chaired by Maike Melles & Daniel Sosna. #dgska2025
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Big thanks to the four speakers for their fantastic contributions to our workshop on 'Un/commoning sustainability and its temporalities': Eriko Yamasaki, Sandra Calkins, Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social and André Thiemann - still ruminating over a stimulating exchange at #dgska2025
🌍 Tomorrow at 2 pm: 'Clean enough? On measuring ecological cleanliness in Dutch surface waters', DEA seminar by Fenna Smits (University of Amsterdam) 👇
Join us for the next DEA Seminar: Fenna Smits, post-doctoral researcher in Anthropology at the UvAmsterdam, will explore measurements of cleanliness & concerns for more-than-human health in Dutch surface waters 💧🦠🧪
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
September 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🌍 Tomorrow at 2 pm: 'Clean enough? On measuring ecological cleanliness in Dutch surface waters', DEA seminar by Fenna Smits (University of Amsterdam) 👇
Join us for the next DEA Seminar: Fenna Smits, post-doctoral researcher in Anthropology at the UvAmsterdam, will explore measurements of cleanliness & concerns for more-than-human health in Dutch surface waters 💧🦠🧪
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
September 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Join us for the next DEA Seminar: Fenna Smits, post-doctoral researcher in Anthropology at the UvAmsterdam, will explore measurements of cleanliness & concerns for more-than-human health in Dutch surface waters 💧🦠🧪
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To participate online or in Prague, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Reposted by Maike Melles
#Klöckner und #Merz wissen, dass queere Menschen im NS verfolgt und vernichtet wurden. Wenn sie jetzt queeren Aktivismus als "Zirkus" bezeichnen & sich zugleich mit "Nie Wieder ist jetzt" schmücken, ist das maximal zynisch. Die Shoah-Erinnerung ist keine Legitimierungsmaschine für rechte Politiken.
July 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🌍 Next week, Matt Watson (University of Sheffield, UK), the fourth speaker in the DEA's 2025 Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series, will be talking about 'Food Waste as the Fallout of Everyday Practices'. 🚮
To join us in Prague or online, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To join us in Prague or online, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
May 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🌍 Next week, Matt Watson (University of Sheffield, UK), the fourth speaker in the DEA's 2025 Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series, will be talking about 'Food Waste as the Fallout of Everyday Practices'. 🚮
To join us in Prague or online, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To join us in Prague or online, register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Looking forward to the upcoming lecture of the DEA Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series: 'Food Waste as the Fallout of Everyday Practices' by @mattwtsn.bsky.social (University of Sheffield, UK) 🥦🍞🚮
Join us on Wednesday, 4 June, at 14:00 (CET) in Prague or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Join us on Wednesday, 4 June, at 14:00 (CET) in Prague or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking forward to the upcoming lecture of the DEA Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series: 'Food Waste as the Fallout of Everyday Practices' by @mattwtsn.bsky.social (University of Sheffield, UK) 🥦🍞🚮
Join us on Wednesday, 4 June, at 14:00 (CET) in Prague or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Join us on Wednesday, 4 June, at 14:00 (CET) in Prague or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Today at 15:00 (CET): Tereza Stöckelova's seminar 'Living as Inflammable Objects' at the Department of Ecological Anthropology in Prague 🔥 Join us in person or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
May 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Today at 15:00 (CET): Tereza Stöckelova's seminar 'Living as Inflammable Objects' at the Department of Ecological Anthropology in Prague 🔥 Join us in person or online: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
New starting time! Join us for Tereza Stöckelová's lecture 'Living as Inflammable Objects' next Tuesday at 15:00 (CET) 👇
🦠🌡'Living as Inflammable Objects' by Tereza Stöckelová (Institute of Sociology CAS & Charles University) 🔥 The third lecture of the Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series at the Institute of Ethnology on Tuesday 6.5. at 14:00 (CET) 🌍 To join us online or in Prague: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
April 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New starting time! Join us for Tereza Stöckelová's lecture 'Living as Inflammable Objects' next Tuesday at 15:00 (CET) 👇
🦠🌡'Living as Inflammable Objects' by Tereza Stöckelová (Institute of Sociology CAS & Charles University) 🔥 The third lecture of the Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series at the Institute of Ethnology on Tuesday 6.5. at 14:00 (CET) 🌍 To join us online or in Prague: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
April 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🦠🌡'Living as Inflammable Objects' by Tereza Stöckelová (Institute of Sociology CAS & Charles University) 🔥 The third lecture of the Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series at the Institute of Ethnology on Tuesday 6.5. at 14:00 (CET) 🌍 To join us online or in Prague: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Tomorrow at 2 pm! Jan van Duppen's seminar on the temporalities of community gardening in Berlin 🌿 Organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropoloy in Prague. Join us in person or online: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Tomorrow at 2 pm! Jan van Duppen's seminar on the temporalities of community gardening in Berlin 🌿 Organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropoloy in Prague. Join us in person or online: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
April 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Reposted by Maike Melles
🇳🇱 Hello Dutch-based Bluesky! 🇳🇱
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
March 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🇳🇱 Hello Dutch-based Bluesky! 🇳🇱
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
Reposted by Maike Melles
🇳🇱 Hoi Bluesky Nederland! Ik vraag om je hulp bij het zoeken naar geïnteresseerde deelnemers voor een onderzoek naar het duurzame gebruik van water en voedsel 🚿🥖🍎 Voor het RESOURCE project zoeken we naar huishoudens in NL die vanaf de lente 1 week/seizoen een dagboek willen bijhouden.
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
March 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🇳🇱 Hoi Bluesky Nederland! Ik vraag om je hulp bij het zoeken naar geïnteresseerde deelnemers voor een onderzoek naar het duurzame gebruik van water en voedsel 🚿🥖🍎 Voor het RESOURCE project zoeken we naar huishoudens in NL die vanaf de lente 1 week/seizoen een dagboek willen bijhouden.
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
🇳🇱 Hoi Bluesky Nederland! Ik vraag om je hulp bij het zoeken naar geïnteresseerde deelnemers voor een onderzoek naar het duurzame gebruik van water en voedsel 🚿🥖🍎 Voor het RESOURCE project zoeken we naar huishoudens in NL die vanaf de lente 1 week/seizoen een dagboek willen bijhouden.
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
March 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🇳🇱 Hoi Bluesky Nederland! Ik vraag om je hulp bij het zoeken naar geïnteresseerde deelnemers voor een onderzoek naar het duurzame gebruik van water en voedsel 🚿🥖🍎 Voor het RESOURCE project zoeken we naar huishoudens in NL die vanaf de lente 1 week/seizoen een dagboek willen bijhouden.
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
Delen a.u.b.! 🙏
🇳🇱 Hello Dutch-based Bluesky! 🇳🇱
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
March 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🇳🇱 Hello Dutch-based Bluesky! 🇳🇱
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
I'm asking for help in my search for people who'd like to participate in our diary study on the use of water and leftover food. For our RESOURCE project, we're looking for households in the NL to keep a diary for 1 week / season, starting in the spring.
Please share! 🙏
🌍 One week to go until Tania Murray Li's lecture in the seminar series organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropology @czechacademy.bsky.social in Prague! Join us in person or online 👇
"Agro-ecological Imaginaries, Smallholder Ambitions, and the Dull Compulsion of Market Discipline"- Join us for the second lecture of the Ecological Anthropology Seminar Series by Tania Murray Li on Thursday 20 March at 14:00 (CET) in Prague and online 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
To register: forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
March 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🌍 One week to go until Tania Murray Li's lecture in the seminar series organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropology @czechacademy.bsky.social in Prague! Join us in person or online 👇
Reposted by Maike Melles
after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
March 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
after a fantastic talk this week, we have another scheduled in 2 weeks as part of our regular seminar series
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Tania Murray Li - Thursday March 20
register here - forms.office.com/e/rfKrvjTnE2
Looking forward to this lecture today, organised by @mempop.bsky.social 👇
Dear colleagues, do not forget about our exciting lecture on Wednesday by @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...
The Figure of the Wolf in German Far-Right Politics: Deliberations on Nature and Nationalism - The Institute of Ethnology CAS
www.eu.avcr.cz
March 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Looking forward to this lecture today, organised by @mempop.bsky.social 👇
Reposted by Maike Melles
Please note: the grotesque and absurd are not mere anecdotes and side effects of fascism but lie at the very heart of it
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On dictators and clowns
In February 2022, Vladimir Putin, with a penchant for absurdly long tables and known as a bare-chested horseman and bear tamer, deployed a massive army to invade Ukraine, headed by Volodymyr Zelensky...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Please note: the grotesque and absurd are not mere anecdotes and side effects of fascism but lie at the very heart of it
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Next week! To participate online or in person: bit.ly/3QtNisV
🐕🔉 🇬🇧🌍 Join us for the upcoming seminar "Echoes of Silence: Breeds of Empire and the Global Geography of Sheepdogs" by @garethenticott.bsky.social on Tuesday 4 March at 14:00 (CET) in Prague and online! Organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropology CAS. Register here: bit.ly/3QtNisV 👈
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Next week! To participate online or in person: bit.ly/3QtNisV
Reposted by Maike Melles
Next week on Tuesday
Looking forward to this one with @garethenticott.bsky.social
Register here: forms.office.com/e/yFU40JQ9Hz
Looking forward to this one with @garethenticott.bsky.social
Register here: forms.office.com/e/yFU40JQ9Hz
February 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Next week on Tuesday
Looking forward to this one with @garethenticott.bsky.social
Register here: forms.office.com/e/yFU40JQ9Hz
Looking forward to this one with @garethenticott.bsky.social
Register here: forms.office.com/e/yFU40JQ9Hz
Reposted by Maike Melles
An exciting hybrid event co-organized by our project on March 5 at The Institute of Ethnology in Prague with @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...
The Figure of the Wolf in German Far-Right Politics: Deliberations on Nature and Nationalism - The Institute of Ethnology CAS
www.eu.avcr.cz
February 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
An exciting hybrid event co-organized by our project on March 5 at The Institute of Ethnology in Prague with @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...