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Muss man Romanistik studiert haben, um Romanist zu sein? Der Insider als Outsider und die Aporien der Sprachpraxis
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PA_4 Garvani - Geertz - Goffman. How illustrated journals shaped world knowledge.
No full textDer Kurzbeitrag widmet sich der Frage, wie illustrierte Journale als mediale Neuerfindung des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts ›Welt.Wissen.Gestalte(te)n‹ und folgt dazu praktischen wie theoretischen Verbindungen zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft, zwischen Wissensgeschichte und Wissenschaftsgeschichte.This short article is dedicated to the question of how illustrated journals as a medial invention of the early nineteenth century shaped social (world) knowledge, conflating practices and theories of both the arts and the sciences, the history of knowledge, and the history of the sciences
PB_2 Which ›feminisms‹ - which ›anti-feminisms‹? On the subjectification potential of counter-discourses
No full textBei Artikulationen von Feldakteur*innen ansetzend nimmt dieser Beitrag Bezugnahmen auf (anti‑)feministische Diskurse in den Blick. Ziel ist die Annäherung an Subjektivierungspotenziale, die mit der Kategorie Geschlecht interferierenden Diskursen inhärent sind. Dafür galt es zunächst jedoch die Frage aufzuwerfen, von welchen ›Feminismen‹ und ›Antifeminismen‹ auf der Ebene des Alltags überhaupt die Rede sein kann.This paper deals with references to (anti-)feminist discourses and their relationship to the appropriation of identity and subjectivity. The question which ›feminisms‹ and ›antifeminisms‹ are being addressed in a variety of everyday discourses will be of particular interest in this respect
Ethiopian Refugees in Kenya c.1937–1941: A Note on the Photo Collection at the Kenyan National Archive
Get PDFThe Kenya National Archives in Nairobi hosts a large collection of photos of British refugee camps taken during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. This brief overview of the collection does not endeavour to analyse this little-known aspect of Ethiopian history but to introduce the photo collection as a possible tool to assess the history of migration and refuge in this part of the world
Composing Ethnographic Texts. How to Use Stylistic and Argumentative Techniques Properly
Get PDFBeing a good ethnographer means, amongst other things, not forgetting the future reader during the writing process. This article discusses one possible approach for crafting reader-friendly ethnographies. I review basic strategies for creating stringent and straightforward texts, drawing on the journalistic canon of Reportage writing, and sketch how I personally apply or modify these techniques when composing an ethnography. I address elements such as clear formulation, coherent argumentation, adequate pars pro toto scenes, vivid language, and the difficult terrain of symbols and metaphors. I also suggest steps for reworking the first draft of the text. I conclude by arguing that cultivating and cherishing a recipient-friendly communication style is vital for the public visibility of cultural and social anthropology
Space to Write: A Student’s Perspective on Ethnographic Writing
Get PDFHow and where do we learn to write ethnographically? What should this space look like? Although there is an emphasis on academic writing in universities, often little attention is given to ethnographic writing. This is a problem when ethnographic texts require a different skill set and can sometimes leave students lost in a labyrinth of words. Ethnographies are an entirely different species of writing from the traditional academic essay. They require the writer to bring out an atmosphere, a particular way of talking, a total sensory experience, a relationship between oneself and another, all of which can be captured in a million different ways. Drawing on my own participation in a series of ethnographic writing seminars and my own learning process and development as a writer, I reflect on what kind of environment is needed to develop these skills. Three conditions were especially important: freedom, experimentation, and collaboration. I advocate for an alternative space within universities - a space free from structured templates and marking schemes; a space where students can experiment with different styles, figurative techniques, narration, and form; a space where people can share their ideas without fear or judgement and where they can help each other find their own unique voices
PV05 Waterworlds revisited
No full textSpätestens die Hitzewelle des letzten Sommers hat die Abwesenheit von Wasser zum gesellschaftsfähigen Thema auch in solchen mitteleuropäischen Regionen werden lassen, in denen sonst kaum die Sorge um die Verfügbarkeit von Wasser besteht. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Aktualität wird dieser Text der Frage nachgehen, warum und in welcher Form Wasser zum Gegenstand alltäglichen und kulturanthropologischen Wissens gemacht wird bzw. werden kann. Konkret wird gefragt: Wie wird Wasser eigentlich gewusst? Es werden anhand aktueller empirischer Befunde die vielfältigen heuristischen Potentiale bereits vorhandener Arbeiten herausgearbeitet und neue Perspektiven für eine Anthropologie des Gegenwärtigen und Zukünftigen diskutiert, die Wasser zu einem expliziten Gegenstand macht.The heat wave this summer, at the latest, has made the absence of water a socially acceptable issue of debate in European regions where otherwise little concern has been in place about the availability of water. Against the background of this topicality, this text will pursue the questions of ›How is water actually known?‹ and ›In what form can water be made the subject of quotidian as well as cultural anthropological knowledge?‹ Making Kirsten Hastrups ›Waterworlds‹ project a starting point and based on current empirical findings, the text elaborates on the manifold heuristic potentials of existing work and discusses new perspectives for an anthropology of the present and the future that makes water its explicit subject
S3_03 Local Knowledge for Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Towards Decolonizing Climate Science
No full textThe paper underscores the value and continuing relevance of indigenous and local knowledge for environmental protection and climate change adaptation in Africa. It argues that while Africa stands to gain from global science and international best practices, the continent should search within its own knowledge systems for appropriate ideas and approaches to many of its development challenges, and that indigenous knowledge may provide a model for rethinking and decolonizing climate science. Researchers and the development community should, therefore, try to tap into the vital resource of indigenous knowledge for locally appropriate and culture-sensitive ways to engage with the environment, and adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The paper concludes with some general reflections on the indigenous knowledge movement as an appropriate local response to globalization and Western knowledge dominance, and as a way to underscore the fact of epistemic diversity and the need for inter-cultural dialogue.The paper underscores the value and continuing relevance of indigenous and local knowledge for environmental protection and climate change adaptation in Africa. It argues that while Africa stands to gain from global science and international best practices, the continent should search within its own knowledge systems for appropriate ideas and approaches to many of its development challenges, and that indigenous knowledge may provide a model for rethinking and decolonizing climate science. Researchers and the development community should, therefore, try to tap into the vital resource of indigenous knowledge for locally appropriate and culture-sensitive ways to engage with the environment, and adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The paper concludes with some general reflections on the indigenous knowledge movement as an appropriate local response to globalization and Western knowledge dominance, and as a way to underscore the fact of epistemic diversity and the need for inter-cultural dialogue