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Our Staff at the DGSKA Conference

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We are happy to announce that many of our staff members are actively participating in this years conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology. We assembled an overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the DGSKA conference here. The conference is taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.

A picture of Cologne. Photo: Colourbox.
This years DGSKA conference is taking place in Cologne. Photo: Colourbox.

DGSKA Conference

With the main theme “Un/Commoning”, members of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology will gather in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025, for their biennial conference. Our institute will be represented in various workshops and roundtables:

  • Dr. Sina Emde and Dr. Thiago Barbosa, together with Dr. Mihir Sharma and Dr. Catherine Whittaker, are organizing the roundtable “Who is afraid of anti-racism? Intersectional justice and inclusive futures in anthropology”.
  • Lucilla Lepratti, together with Dr. Viola Castellano, is organizing the workshop “Beyond Condemnations: The Responsibility of Anthropology towards Palestine”.
  • Prof. Stefanie Mauksch, together with Dr. Lukas Ley and Dr. Alba Valenciano-Mañé, is organizing the workshop “Upcycling, in an Extended Sense – Revaluing Stuff, Building New Imaginaries”.
  • Paola Kirchhof is organizing the lab session “Un/Commoning the Classroom?”.

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