For a Blue Planet: water commons and ‘commoning’ in the climate crisis.
16 June 2025 16:00 - 17:30 (CEST) | Online Event:
A Dialogue between Andrea Pia (LSE) und Andrea Mühlebach (Bremen)
The initial image of Earth, seen from space, resonated deeply with the early environmental movement, crystallising in the iconic "blue planet" metaphor: a cosmic treasure we are entrusted to protect in common. Yet, are we truly fulfilling this stewardship? The climate predicament has dramatically shifted our perception of the planet, highlighting ecological tipping points and boundaries we are reluctant to cross, alongside the anxiety of lacking the planetary institutions needed to bring global climate change under control. Read more >>

Documentary "Mtu ni Watu - Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork"
Film Premiere
at the Off-Broadway
on 23 June 2025, 5-7pm
Mtu ni Watu explores the often unacknowledged role of research assistants in anthropological fieldwork. >>> read more and watch the trailer on youtube
German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Conference 2025 | Universität of Cologne | 29.9. to 2.10.2025
on “Un/Commoning Anthropology“
+++ Call for papers closes on 15 January 2025 +++
>> Conference Website
Get ready for the GASCA/DGSKA conference theme?
“Commoning Dialogues” now on Youtube
The "Commoning Dialogues" were launched as a event series in winter 2023-24 and continued as a webinar series in winter 2024-25.
"Commoning" is also the theme of the GASCA/DGSKA Conference 2025 at Universität of Cologne (29.9. to 2.10.2025)
Learn more about “Commoning Practices” by listening to the youtube videos of the webinar series >>>
NEU ! Kölner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie, KAE 10
Producing and Reproducing Social Inequalities through Labor Exploitation across Time and Space
An Intermediate Analysis
Fabiana Kutsche, Jonathan Ngeh, and Michaela Pelican
This report presents the intermediate results of four studies conducted by members of the research unit “The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Global Contexts and Concepts of Labor Exploitation.” DOWNLOAD KAE 10 >>