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Neuer Beitrag auf dem boasblog U/C A – Commoning Knowledge von Saskia Köbschall & Moritz Strickert: Zwischen Sichtbarkeit und Verantwortung. Ethnologische Perspektiven auf ORCID: boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...
July 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Our call for contributions for the boasblog on "Co-Producing Knowledge" is finally out!

Deadline is 30 March, later contributions are possible.
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#collaborativeanthropology #participatoryanthropology #actionbasedresearch #coproducingknowledge #reflexivity
February 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New post on the boasblog, “Waterworlding” by Franz Krause: An Anthropology of the Hydrosocial Anthropocene. Towards a Decolonial Perspective on Global Water Crises:
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August 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
We are thrilled to announce the new boasblog Waterworlding, edited by Ina Dietzsch and Sabine Eggmann as part of the work of the Marburg Water Lab. It starts with two contributions by Ina Dietzsch and Felizitas Juen/Georg Rißler/Anja Sieber Egger/Gisela Unterweger: boasblogs.org/waterworlding/
July 28, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you missed plenary I, here are some insights from yesterday's conversation.
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with contributions by Liana Chua boasblogs.org/.../more.../...

and Astrid Ulloa Cubillos

#uncommoning #morethanhuman #boasblogs #anthropology #dgska2025
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This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Anthropological Association entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”. The panel convenors were invited to discuss the topic of their...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Check out the proposals for the handbook project discussed in today's panel “Accompanied Research” at: boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...
Boasblogs • Un/Commoning Anthropology
This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”, which will take place in Cologne from Sept...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Nach der Konferenz ist nach der Konferenz! Ich freue mich sehr, dass unser Boasblog zur Reihe „Contested Knowledge“ erschienen ist (gemeinsam mit Jeanine Dağyeli). Warum Authentizität immer Thema ist und was sie aus unserer Sicht mit Wissenslegitimation zu tun hat: boasblogs.org/contestedkno...
Boasblogs • From Original Evidence to Ordinary Epistemes
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December 1, 2023 at 11:08 AM
Excited to see that our boasblog contribution on authenticity and the knowledge(s) we live by is online now (co-authored with Jeanine Dağyeli)! Why we think authenticity always merits our attention and what it has to do with (contested) knowledge: boasblogs.org/contestedkno...
Boasblogs • From Original Evidence to Ordinary Epistemes
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December 1, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Out now!
The boasblog: "Who’s afraid of anti-racism?"
A roundtable explores anthropology’s colonial legacies, resistance to anti-racist initiatives, and how to build a discipline committed to justice and inclusion.

Give it a look:
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Racism has been a contentious topic within anthropology. Broadly speaking, the discipline has had a long history of engagement with—whether critical against, conniving at, or even productive of—racial...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New post on the boasblog, “Waterworlding” by Stefan Brachat: Multiple Ontologies of Waste Water. Über die Entsorgung von heiligem Wasser. boasblogs.org/waterworldin...
August 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM
boasblog: Resistant Ecologies

This panel examines the intersections of war, ecology, and commoning, focusing on how communities survive and repair life in war-torn environments.

by Hilal Alkan and Sana Chavoshian (Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient)
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This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Anthropological Association entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”. The panel convenors were invited to discuss the topic of their...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
NEW boasblog "Co-Producing Knowledge"
"Co-Productive Research in Contested Fields" by Mario Krämer.
Is it possible to co-produce knowledge in politically contested fields?
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#ContestedFields #CoProducingKnowledge
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September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Boasblogs: Accompanied Research

Sophia Thubauville
Judit Tavakoli
Julia Koch Tshirangwana

1.10.2025 I 14.30-16:00 Uhr

Anthropological research and knowledge production rarely take place in isolation. Relationships and interactions are at the heart of anthropological work...
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This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Anthropological Association entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”. The panel convenors were invited to discuss the topic of their...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New post on the boasblog, “DCNtR Debates” by Katharina Sabernig: A Rod of God. „Knitted Anatomy“ as a Response to Human Remains in Exhibitions. boasblogs.org/dcntr-debate...
August 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
New post on the boasblog, “DCNtR Debates” by Valentina Gamberi: Traces of Guanyin. In Search of Untold Stories and Practices in Museums: boasblogs.org/dcntr-debate...
August 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
New contribution on the boasblog, “DCNtR Debates” by Farnaz Masoumzadeh: The Expression and Exhibition of the Mystical Features of Islam through Iranian Epigraphic Objects. boasblogs.org/dcntr-debate...
August 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Latest on the boasblog Un/Commoning Migration:
Un/commoning Migration Studies and Decolonization as Distinction.
The AG Migration reflects on borders, divides, and how to rethink Migration Studies beyond colonial legacies.

Look into:
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September 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
NEW on #boasblog
Proposal for a handbook project, which will be discussed in the upcoming panel
"Accompanied research. A theme for theories, methodologies and teaching " after the lunch break today at 14:30-16:00 & 16:30-18:00.
workshophttps://nomadit.co.uk/conference/dgska2025/p/16022
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New post on the boasblog, “DCNtR Debates” by Fang-I Chu: Letters Left at the Threshold. Ritual Writing and Dispersed Memories on Green Island, Taiwan. boasblogs.org/dcntr-debate...
August 13, 2026 at 9:26 AM
boasblog: Who is afraid of anti-racism?

Racism has been a contentious topic in anthropology. While cultural anthropology is often perceived in its historical foundation as a progressive response to scientific racism, recently various critical voices have called attention to the blindspots of the...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NEW on the boasblog "Co-Producing Knowledge":
"Co-Productive Research in Contested Fields" by Mario Krämer.
September 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The "un/commoning boas blog" accompanying the DGSKA conference 2025 is live!
In the blog, panel convenors will present and reflect on their panels.
New posts are published continuously in the following weeks – check back for updates and insights!

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#dgksa2025 #boasblogs
Boasblogs • Un/Commoning Anthropology
This boasblog accompanies the 2025 conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology entitled “Un/Commoning Anthropology”, which will take place in Cologne from Sept...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New post on the boasblog, “Waterworlding” by Andrea Muehlebach: A Thesis on Water. boasblogs.org/waterworldin...
August 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Have a look at the new post on mining tourism in Potosí by Lars-Michael Schacht in our blog "Re/commoning cultural heritage"! boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...
#DGSKA2025 #Boasblog #heritage
Boasblogs • Practices of (Re)Commoning at the Industrial Heritage Site Cerro Rico and Mining Tourism in Potosí, Bolivia
Cerro Rico, a mountain nearly 4,800 meters high, is known as the world’s largest silver deposit and located next to the city of Potosí in southeastern Bolivia. It is perceived in two distinct ways: on...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM