Simone Pfeifer
simonepfeifer.bsky.social
Simone Pfeifer
@simonepfeifer.bsky.social
visual, digital, and media anthropology, (post)migration and religious-political contexts, #criticalanthropology @GoetheUniversity Frankfurt & Global South Studies Center @unicologne

www.simone-pfeifer.de

Photography: Jana Bauch//University of Cologne
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This evening Rahel Jaeggi will join the KiezConnect - check out their or our insta to find more information or click the following long
May 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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📢 Nächste Woche ist es so weit! Besuche in der ersten Juniwoche Veranstaltungen der Themenwoche „Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus“ oder organisiere selbst eine. 🤩 Bereits 150 Events an über 70 Hochschulen sind registriert. Höhepunkt: das bundesweite Podium am 3. Juni um 19 Uhr. Sei dabei! 👏🏼
May 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Kommt vorbei, wenn Ihr in Frankfurt seid: Diskussion zu "Critical Anthropology" im Rahmen von Crossover RMU.
⏰Di, 19.05., 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr
📍Dondorf-Druckerei, 2.OG Gebäude Schirn Kunsthalle, Gabriel-Riessner-Weg 3, Frankfurt am Main.
May 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge – "‚Choose Your Name‘: Naming, Consent, and the Ethics of Storytelling" by Saleh Seid Adem boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge – "Co-Work. Reflections on the Search for Research Practices with Returned Ghanaians" by Melina Götze boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Neu online: „Wozu Ethnologie?" mit Laura Trujillo (Universität zu Köln) 🎬
www.dgska.de/wozu-ethnolo...

🔗 doi.org/10.18450/eth...

#Ethnologie #WozuEthnologie #DGSKA
April 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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new ragebait just dropped.
#DFG #KI

www.dfg.de/de/grundlage...
KI in der Begutachtung
www.dfg.de
April 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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A Relational World? An Interdisciplinary Festival/Conference
April 20, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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👉 Jetzt registrieren (Frist: 22.04.): hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

📅 DGSKA-Mitgliederversammlung
23.04.2026 | 14:00–16:30

Abstimmungen zu internationalen wissenschaftlichen Kooperationen (inkl. Israel/Palästina).
Breite Teilnahme wichtig!
Abstimmung mit mobilem Tool (auch Handy möglich)
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DGSKA-Mitgliederversammlung. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DGSKA-Mitgliederversammlung. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de
April 20, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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Call for Application - The Ethnographic Writing Workshop, in partnership with the Mosaicc Creative Hub and the CRESSON laboratory, is launching the second edition of its free photography workshop for researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral students. fabecritures.fr/workshop-pho...
April 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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We're very excited to share the news that the special issue of, "Current Anthropology" is available now! This issue is a direct outgrowth from WG supported symposium, "Populism: Anthropological Approaches," www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ca/2026/...
Current Anthropology | Vol 67, No S28
www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Online roundtable today (24 March, 17.00-19.00 CET): EASA NAOHH welcomes Banu Karaca who will discuss her project "Beyond Restitution: Heritage, (Dis)Possession and the Politics of Knowledge" - in conversation with Sultan Doughan and Athena Athanasiou. Register here:
easaonline.org/event/in-con...
In Conversation: Beyond Restitution: Heritage, (Dis)Possession and the Politics of Knowledge, Banu Karaca (Forum Transregionale Studien)
Don't miss the today's online event organised by EASA NAOHH: Banu Karaca will discuss her project "Beyond Restitution: Heritage, (Dis)Possession and the Politics of Knowledge" - in conversation with…
easaonline.org
March 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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2000 Beschäftigte im #öffentlichenDienst in Hessen haben heute in Frankfurt für bessere Löhne und Arbeitsbedingungen gestreikt - und damit auch gegen Kürzungen protestiert. Wir fordern #nocutsinhessen #nocuts!!
March 24, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Wir gedenken:

Gökhan Gültekin
Sedat Gürbüz
Said Nesar Hashemi
Mercedes Kierpacz
Hamza Kurtović
Vili Viorel Păun
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Ferhat Unvar
Kaloyan Velkov

Ermordet vor 6 Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, beim rassistischen Anschlag von #Hanau.

Wir gedenken Ibrahim Akkuş, verstorben an den Spätfolgen.
February 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Heute ist World Anthropology Day. Wir fragen: Wozu Ethnologie – Why Anthropology Matters? In der Videoreihe sprechen Kolleg:innen aus unterschiedlichen Arbeitsfeldern über die Relevanz und Verantwortung unserer Disziplin, und feiern ihre Vielfalt! www.dgska.de/wozu-ethnolo... @easainfo.bsky.social
Wozu Ethnologie? | DGSKA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
www.dgska.de
February 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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"The anthropological study of beauty requires a relational understanding of how it is constituted in specific contexts and how it comes to matter in everyday life", writes Claudia Liebelt, in OEA's brand new entry on Beauty! Read it now, read it here: www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/beauty
Beauty
Beauty is an aesthetic value that is tied to embodied practices, affects, and the senses. Whereas philosophers have long discussed beauty as disembodied aesthetics, and scientists have searched for bo...
www.anthroencyclopedia.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology is looking for a new Editorial Team. You can apply here: docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Could you please share this call? @anthroencyclo.bsky.social @aaas.org @anthrofuentes.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @histanthro.org @polar-journal.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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+++ Teilt und unterschreibt unseren offenen Brief an die Hessische Landesregierung! +++ Wir werden die bevorstehende katastrophale Verschlechterung unseres Hochschulsystems nicht hinnehmen und fordern eine Neuverhandlung des Hochschulpakts! #nocuts #nocutsinhessen cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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📢 DGSKA-Mentoring-Programm für mehr Diversität in Professuren der Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 15. Januar 2026
👉 www.dgska.de/mentoring-pr...
🚀 Start: Frühjahr 2026
🔁 Bitte gern teilen! Auch Mentor*innen willkommen.
📎 The call is also available in English (attached)
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM
OUT NOW! Our reflections on "Composite Collaborations" - thanks to Cihan for the wonderful collaborative writing process!
New on Co-Producing Knowledge – Composite Collaborations: "Stories from a Digital Team Ethnography" by Cihan El Mentawi & Simone Pfeifer boasblogs.org/de/coproduci... #DGSKA2025
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge: "Restitution and Reparation: A Collaborative Blueprint for Justice" by Valence Valerian Meriki Silayo boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge: "The Intimate Relations of Creating Knowledge Together" by Alestine Andre & Franz Krause boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge: "Writing (Un)comfortably: Collaborating and Co-Producing Knowledge in Times of Crisis and Distance" by Cathrine Bublatzky boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge: "’How Can your Research Benefit our Community?’: How a Multilingual Research Dissemination Booklet Emerged" by Julia Brekl boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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New on Co-Producing Knowledge: "Some Joys and Sorrows of Co-Producing Knowledge with Ethnographic Collections" by Gertrud Boden boasblogs.org/coproducingk... #DGSKA2025
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM