Maren Wirth
@marenwirth.bsky.social
PhD candidate & research associate Collaborative Research Centre "Affective Societies" FU Berlin | affects, activism, photography, colonialism
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Maren Wirth
@marenwirth.bsky.social
· Feb 19
The Temporality of Violence — Affect, Atmospheres and contested Frameworks in the Study of Colonial Collections - Allegra Lab
We are a group of five, three men and two women, sitting in the shade of a Maasai hut in Oltukai, northern Tanzania. One of the men is pointing at me
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Read some reflections on the affective and ethical tensions I faced during my ethnographic fieldwork in Tanzania, which I was very happy to publish @allegralab.bsky.social
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Our institute is at risk due to the severe funding cuts affecting Berlin’s universities.
It’s no coincidence that, in a time of the alarming rise of the far right, it’s the already underfunded critical social sciences that are being hit hardest. Now is the time to stand up ✊
It’s no coincidence that, in a time of the alarming rise of the far right, it’s the already underfunded critical social sciences that are being hit hardest. Now is the time to stand up ✊
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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May 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our institute is at risk due to the severe funding cuts affecting Berlin’s universities.
It’s no coincidence that, in a time of the alarming rise of the far right, it’s the already underfunded critical social sciences that are being hit hardest. Now is the time to stand up ✊
It’s no coincidence that, in a time of the alarming rise of the far right, it’s the already underfunded critical social sciences that are being hit hardest. Now is the time to stand up ✊
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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:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
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...
www.linkedin.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
Honoured to be in Birmingham at #ASA2025 to present a paper together with @domattes.bsky.social based on our ongoing research with religious climate activists.
April 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Honoured to be in Birmingham at #ASA2025 to present a paper together with @domattes.bsky.social based on our ongoing research with religious climate activists.
Reposted by Maren Wirth
Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania: Dr Laibor Kalanga Moko talks about his research on Maasai belongings at Ethnological Museum Berlin @kulturspk.bsky.social.
@hdilger.bsky.social @marenwirth.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social
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@hdilger.bsky.social @marenwirth.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social
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Episode 04 (English) with Dr Laibor Kalanga Moko
Decolonial Memories · Episode
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March 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania: Dr Laibor Kalanga Moko talks about his research on Maasai belongings at Ethnological Museum Berlin @kulturspk.bsky.social.
@hdilger.bsky.social @marenwirth.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social
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@hdilger.bsky.social @marenwirth.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social
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@domattes.bsky.social and I are hiring a student assistent for our research project on affect, religion and the climate justice movement based @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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March 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@domattes.bsky.social and I are hiring a student assistent for our research project on affect, religion and the climate justice movement based @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
Read some reflections on the affective and ethical tensions I faced during my ethnographic fieldwork in Tanzania, which I was very happy to publish @allegralab.bsky.social
allegralaboratory.net/the-temporal...
allegralaboratory.net/the-temporal...
The Temporality of Violence — Affect, Atmospheres and contested Frameworks in the Study of Colonial Collections - Allegra Lab
We are a group of five, three men and two women, sitting in the shade of a Maasai hut in Oltukai, northern Tanzania. One of the men is pointing at me
allegralaboratory.net
February 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read some reflections on the affective and ethical tensions I faced during my ethnographic fieldwork in Tanzania, which I was very happy to publish @allegralab.bsky.social
allegralaboratory.net/the-temporal...
allegralaboratory.net/the-temporal...