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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie

EN - German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology (GASCA)
Thank you all for an inspiring dgska conference! Wishing everyone safe travels back home! Until we meet again!
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Martin Zillinger is closing the conference!
See you all in Hamburg in two years for "What moves Us?"
#dgska2025
October 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Academic freedom is under threat in many parts of the world- sometimes openly, sometimes subtly. Basak Ertür, Ghassan Hage, Nandini Sundar & Martin Zillinger explore how we can teach, write & resist in repressive times 🎓🕊️🗣️ Chair: Julia Eckert, Lipin Ram. Thanks to all for your insights!
#dgksa2025
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday‘s Session on „Commoning Marxism“ with Don Kalb, Stefan Wellgraf, @patrickneveling.bsky.social and @jeremyrayner.bsky.social.

Insights were shared on the assumed ‘end of history’, Marxism as theory and practice continues to thrive, taking on a multiplicity of shapes.
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Plenary session IV: Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis starting now!
Make sure to join if you're not here yet!
#dgska2025
October 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
After the break 💥 Session 2 continues ⛏️🌍⚖️ with Kulinova on extractivism in Kemerovo, Christensen on sand mining and commons in Cambodia, and Ocaklı on gold mining, uncommoning, and collective action in Kyrgyzstan.
Thanks to all speakers!
#dgska2025
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Panel 44 (Session 1/2) dives into mining’s complex legacies: Asya Karaseva reveals memory commons in Kolyma; Jeanine Dagyel spotlights remote Angren’s impact on labour; Jonny Grünsch rethinks climate justice in Pödelwitz; Nikolas Olma uncovers Mailuu-Suu’s shared burdens and uneven clean-up gains ⚖️
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Final day of #DGSKA2025!
Workshop P018: (Un)commoning the Future(s) & its Visualities is electrifying the space. 🎥📷🌀

With contribtions by Ceren Deniz, Michelle Thompson & Anna Lisa Ramella.

#Uncommoning #VisualAnthropology #Commons #FutureImaginaries #DGSKA2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Throwback: what a blast - exhibition reception and guided tour as part of "Out of Focus" @Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum as part of #dgska2025 Thanks so much to everyone contributing and participating!
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
What a night! Our Dancing Anthropology party at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum was a great success — many thanks to Chef Kabui, Gifty Owusu, and DJane C:Mone for their contributions to a vibrant and inspiring evening🪩
#dgska2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
At the reception of the exhibition Out of Focus, the curational team spoke and there was an intriguing movement performance, that subtly decentered and moved the audience, as the pieces in the exhibition agmedien.de/events/out-o...
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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 4:14 PM
News: Reelections and recognitions at DGSKA!

At the DGSKA members' meeting, Martin Zillinger (left) was reelected as chair. The DGSKA Dissertation Prizes were awarded to Barbara Löhde (middle), Laibor Kalanga Moko (right), and Sabine Netz (not pictured). Congratulations!

#dgska2025
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
After the lunch break: Munira Khayyat, Alice von Bieberstein, and Sana Chavoshian explore resistant ecologies and discuss commoning, survival, and repair in war-torn environments across the Middle East and Africa.
Thank you to the speakers!
Session 2 begins at 4:30 PM in S14.
#dgska2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday's "Un/Commoning Media and Curatorial Practices" at #DGSKA2025 brought rich discussions on how curatorial and multimodal work can open spaces of care & co-creation, analysis & appreciation.
Thanks to the six contributions for the inspiring exchange!
#MediaAnthropology #CuratorialPractice
October 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The general assembly is about to start! All members are eligible to vote. #dgska2025
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Day three of #dgska2025 starts with plenary III on histories, effects and potentialities of anthropological Un/Commoning.

Nina ter Laan and Hauke-Peter Vehrs talk to Tamer Abd Elkreem (Bayreuth), Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan (New York), Mary Mbewe (Western Cape) and Christiane Falge (Bochum).
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Starting NOW!
Plenary III: Un/Commoning Anthropology

with Tamer Abd Elkreem, Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, Mary Mbewe & Christiane Falge

What kinds of un/commoning do exist and what does it mean for anthropology?

Chaired by Nina ter Laan & Hauke-Peter Vehrs
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Plenary II explores how the New Right reshapes everyday life in Germany—through environment, media, and mainstream discourse. Shoshan, Krämer, and N’Guessan reveal how authoritarian ideas quietly gain ground. #dgska2025
September 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
With a fully packed aula, plenary II has started: “Authoritarian Publics. Anthropological Perspectives on the New Right in Germany” Chair: Simone Pfeifer. Speakers: Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer, Konstanz N’Guessan
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Plenary II starting now!

Nitzan Shoshan, Mario Krämer and Konstanze N'Guessan discuss: Authoritarian publics and anthropological perspectives on the New Right in Germany

Come join us if you're not here yet!

#dgska2025
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The roundtable “Academic Silencing In and around Palestine-Israel” featured Palestinian and Israeli social scientists discussing how silencing institutions affect their academic freedom, research, teaching, careers, and personal lives, both inside and outside the region.
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The room is packed: "From resource commons to multispecies communities: commoning with nonhumans in community-based conservation" is happening right now at the Seminargebäude 🌿

Arne Harms, Christopher Klapperich and Kristina Großmann are exploring commoning and multispecies communities!

#dgska2025
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Session II Recap: Feminist Anthropology as Possibillity

Luise Erbentraut on (Un)Commoning the Gaze & queer-feminist ethnography of nudes, Kathrin Bauer on queer consciousness
and Hendrikje Grunow shared insights on insurgent intimacies.
Feminist anthropology through a critical, affective lens.
September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Session 1 of Panel 003 "Un/Commoning the Intimate" explores kinship, intimacy, and economy. Here, Susan McKinnon, Tim Burger, Lauren Erdreich and Wolfgang Gabbert discuss the intersection of kinship and economic anthropology.

Get ready for Session 2 at 4pm!

#dgska2025
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM