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18. Dezember 2018
Beyond the ethnos and anthropos Or how anarchist approaches have already changed my methodological toolkit
11. Dezember 2018
by Emmanuel Rogge (Emi)
Foreword
Dear Readers,
you are going to absorb the written version of my talk presented at the ‘Ethno’symposium 2018 in Hamburg (Germany). My motives to apply for this talk were twofold. On the one hand, I was curious about the presentation format – I have never held a 45 minutes long presentation before. On the other hand, I intended to share some insights of my personal developement and discussion of selected, ‘anthropo’logical issues. This talk especially examines the issues of self-designation and self-positioning within the realm of ‘anthropo’logy. In this line of thought, this examination draws on the traditional practice of reflecting on, more or less, contemporary ideals and thereby distils a specific set of ‘anthropo’logical purpose(s) to a greater detail.
From my point of view, ‘anthropo’logies have tremendously influenced the realities of thousands upon thousands of people, and they still do. Basically, this talk aims at contributing to give orientation, though not word-for-word, how ‘anthropo’logy can be understood as a civic component. I suggest that it is sometimes immensely important to think about breaking with regular ideals to pave the way for radical changes and purposes[1] that enable ‘anthropo’logists to (re)adjust to turbulent times more mindfully.
[1] In terms of methodologies, philosophies, politics, activism, learning, teaching, research, financialisation,.. more „Beyond the ethnos and anthropos Or how anarchist approaches have already changed my methodological toolkit„
Ethnologie in einem Karton
4. Dezember 2018
von Theresa Vollweiter
Ethnologie ist schon eine eigenartige Disziplin. Sie ist eine jener, die immer ausführlich erklärt werden muss, weil Freunde und Familie im Normalfall keine treffende Vorstellung davon haben. Die perfekte Chance, um ein bisschen schlau daherzureden. Aber da macht uns das Fach einen Strich durch die Rechnung! Warum das so ist, lernt man ganz fix.