Dr. Simone Pfeifer, Dr. Arjang Omrani und Tahereh Aboofazeli
zu ihrer Auszeichnung mit dem Beatrice-Primus-Forschungspreis für Transfer der Philosophischen Fakultät !
Sie erhalten den Preis für ihr Projekt "We are not Carpets! I tell you my story" - das vom 27.Sept. 2024 bis 5. Jan. 2025 im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wurde .Wir freuen uns mit Ihnen!
For a Blue Planet: water commons and ‘commoning’ in the climate crisis.
16 June 2025 16:00 - 17:30 (CEST) | Online Event:
A Dialogue between Andrea Pia (LSE) und Andrea Mühlebach (Bremen)
The initial image of Earth, seen from space, resonated deeply with the early environmental movement, crystallising in the iconic "blue planet" metaphor: a cosmic treasure we are entrusted to protect in common. Yet, are we truly fulfilling this stewardship? The climate predicament has dramatically shifted our perception of the planet, highlighting ecological tipping points and boundaries we are reluctant to cross, alongside the anxiety of lacking the planetary institutions needed to bring global climate change under control. Read more >>
GSSC Seminar Series 13 May 2025,12:00-13:00 Seminarraum 3.03, Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24
International academic exchange: A discussion on sustainability
Gerda Kuiper (University of Cologne)
This seminar will briefly introduce the topic and will discuss the example of the DAAD Global Climate and Environment Center AFAS, a cooperation between two African and two German universities. >>> read more
On Wednesday, 4 December, from 16:00-18:30, the department's roundtable of this winter semester will take place in our department's library.
We warmly invite all members of the department and especially all students of our BA and MA programmes to join us in an open dialogue and exchange perspectives on the field of anthropology. While enjoying coffee and Christmas cookies, we would like to talk about the following topics above all:
How to reconnect students to act as "Fachschaft" ?
We will use English and German in the talks and support each other in translating.
Die AG Umweltethnologie der DGSKA lädt ganz herzlich zum Online-Workshop „Umwelt(en) im Wandel“
Im Fokus dieses Workshops stehen die unterschiedlichen Zukunftsvisionen, Interessen und Sorgen von lokalen Akteur:innen, Praktiker:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen, die sich aus den aktuellen ökologischen, kulturellen, und soziotechnischen Transformationen ergeben. Mehr dazu >> https://umweltethnologie.com/aktuelles/
Projektseminar „Forschungslücke schließen: Repräsentation und Dekolonialisierung im Fairen Handel”
in Kooperation mit dem Kompetenzzentrum Fairer Handel. Erforschen Sie die Wahrnehmung der Bildsprache von Fairtrade Produkten in der BIPoC Community und untersuchen Sie, ob & inwieweit policy Dokumente, Gesetzgebungen und Handelsabkommen postkoloniale Strukturen reproduzieren >> anmelden in KLIPS
How Does Black Life Matter to How We Understand Urban Life
AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield)
Lecture 02.10. 2024, 17:00 pm Room S26, Seminargebäude, University of Cologne
The lecture is part of the program of the GSSC-Thematic Area South-South Relations: Engaging with New Constellations and Dynamics in the Global Souths. Read more >>
GSSC Seminar Series | 1 Oct, 12:00 – 13:00
Physical Identity of Women in the Persian Gulf on Instagram: A study on Baloch Women in Iran and Oman
Atiyeh Azarshab (University of Cologne)
Location: Room 3.03, Global South Studies Center (GSSC), Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, 50931, Köln
Dear students and members of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
We kindly invite all students and faculty to the summer roundtable “utopian seminars” on Wednesday July 3rd 16:00-18:00h. Leaving infrastructural constraints of seminar rooms as well as audit concerns behind, we would like to invite you to dream together about seminar utopias. What do we aspire the ideal seminar to look like?
The roundtable will be held in English and German. We are aware that for many this is not the native language, and we support each other in translating.
Wed, 29 May 2024, 16:00-18:00 | Hörsaal XIb (Hauptgebäude)
The director, Paul Harris, will be present to introduce his film and discuss the film-making process. Paul worked in production and then as a sound and camera operator to gain experience before venturing out to make his own films. He will touch on aspects of film-making such as directing, producing and rights, as well as about his experiences as a film-maker in China >> read more