"In our settlement, private nursing homes grow into big hospitals. The government dispensary stays the same crowded, overworked, stretched by every demand. The local chaos, to keep working." For more stories showing the burden carried by public health: ticketless-travellers.info/start/health/

Wie anpassungsfähig sind Rechtspraxis, Rechtswissenschaft, Rechtstheorie und juristische Ausbildung im Kontext von gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen in den Bereichen Kultur, Klima und Technologie? Mareike Schmidt forscht zu diesen Fragen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JC9...

Kulturelle Pluralität, Klimawandel & digitale Transformation im Privatrecht — Mareike Schmidt

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Always wanted to know what exactly gleaning is? Listen to Amiel Bize talking with Xenia Cherkaev about the ethics and politics of gleaning in our episode of “Talk On — Debates in Anthropology” www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2e...

Talk On S3E4 | Who Gets the Remainder? Xenia Cherkaev w/ Amiel Bize

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Maxi Kniffka vom Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung in Rostock spricht im neuen „Ach, Mensch“- Podcast darüber, wie sich Klinikschließungen, Fachkräftemangel und die #Krankenhausreform auf die #Geburtshilfe in Deutschland auswirken. www.mpg.de/26957470/max... @mpidr.bsky.social

Warum schließen immer mehr Geburtskliniken?

Maxi Kniffka vom Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung spricht im neuen „Ach, Mensch“- Podcast darüber, wie sich Klinikschließungen, Fachkräftemangel und die Krankenhausreform auf die Geburt...

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EthnologInnen der Abteilung 'Ethnologie, Politik und Governance' waren gestern zu Besuch beim Fraunhofer-Zentrum für Chemisch-Biotechnologische Prozesse CBP in Leuna, um sich am Beispiel der chemischen Industrie über soziale Transformationsprozesse zu informieren.

What a University, and its relation to the public, should be like in the 21st century? Listen to Biao’s conversation with the Literature professor Laikwan Pang, moderated by Huang Shan, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncv3...

University and the Public: Staying with Our Common Concerns — Prof. Xiang Biao & Prof. Pang Laikwan

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“Jijeevisha” (on endurance, after loss) Farid lost his child, his wife, his house. But not his humanity. He still helps others through the same hospital corridors that once overwhelmed him. For us, that’s Jijeevisha – the fight to keep going. ticketless-travellers.info/start/health...

⏰ Final week to submit your proposal for “Photographic Communities: How People Collaborate with Images”, a photo-historical seminar at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, taking place March 15–19, 2027. ⏳Deadline: August 31, 2026. 🔗More info & application: www.biblhertz.it/en/opportuni...

The porridge recipe video: Before setting out for Delhi’s long clinic queues, we cook Daliya- a cracked-wheat porridge. It steadies the body for hours of wait to come. A small act of care before stepping into uncertainty. Watch the porridge recipe video: ticketless-travellers.info/start/health...

Thank you W-G! This SI takes the customary use-right of gleaning as a new optic on social life. Gleaning cracks private property open to collectivist claims, to the indeterminate gap where worthless things are still useful. Who gets the remainder? @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social

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Time to check out Xenia Cherkaev and Amiel Bize's article, "Who gets the remainder? The ethics and politics of gleaning," in "History and Anthropology." This article is an outgrowth from Cherkaev and Bize's WG funded workshop of the same name. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Don't miss: Jagat Sohail discusses his research on the experience of refugees in Germany during and after the "long summer of migration" in 2015. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXUG...

Talk On S3E3 | Shadows of the Long Summer w/ Jagat Sohail

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Wie Bund und Länder die Wissenschaftsministerkonferenz und die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz gegen Obstruktion absichern – soweit das Recht es zulässt. Unbedingt lesenswerte Analyse zu den Chancen und Grenzen, die Wissenschaftsfreiheit zu verteidigen. verfassungsblog.de/gesicherte-w...

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The Law & Anthropology Department at the @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social is accepting applications for Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships. Deadline: 15 September 2026: recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52... #AcademicOpportunity

The Law & Anthropology Department is offering positions for Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships. Deadline: 15 September 2026 recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...

Bei einem #Strandurlaub schnell vergessen: #Sand prägt das Leben in Küstenregionen, etwa als #Baustoff, und spiegelt soziale, politische & ökologische Machtverhältnisse wider. Wissenschaftler*innen @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social haben dies in Marseille & Mombasa untersucht. www.mpg.de/26846739/was...

Was Sand über Gesellschaft, Macht und Küsten verrät

Sand prägt Küstenregionen als Baustoff und Grenze, spiegelt soziale und ökologische Verhältnisse wider.

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Was machen eigentlich Ethnologinnen und Ethnologen? Drei Vorträge bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften geben mindestens drei Antworten auf diese Frage. Nicht verpassen: 3. Juli, Halle, Uniplatz Melanchthonianum, Hörsaal D, 17–20 Uhr. lndwhalle.de/programm?sea...

Nicht verpassen: Podiumsdiskussion WISSENSCHAFTSFREIHEIT IN ZEITEN AUTORITÄRER VERSUCHUNGEN. Dienstag, 16. Juni, Anton Wilhelm Amo Hörsaal (IV) Steintorcampus, Ludwig Wucherer Straße 2, 06108 Halle, 18:15 Uhr, mit Claudia Becker, Justus Henke, Jörg Niewöhner, Lukas Otterspeer und Nikko Kulke

Great news! The first episode of Season 3 of our Talk On podcast is now online. In this episode, Jovan Maud speaks with Anna-Lena Wolf about her book Labor on the Line: Justice at Work on Assam Tea Plantations, published by Cornell University Press in 2025. youtu.be/99rGXkWu1M8

Talk On S3E1 | Labor on the Line w/ Anna-Lena Wolf

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Waiting for treatment in Delhi’s hospitals In Delhi’s busiest hospitals, waiting is its own journey. A woman waits, her strength fading, her children close. Here, waiting isn’t stillness. It's an effort. Read the whole story: ticketless-travellers.info/start/health...

The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ is offering a postdoc position (m/f/d). recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52... Deadline: 30 June 2026

What happens when an ordinary labourer falls ill? As long as your body moves, there is no illness. It begins the day one can no longer get up. A day off means no wages and an empty kitchen. Illness lives not just in hospitals, but in homes and routines. ticketless-travellers.info/start/health...

Big News! Our "Common Concerns" podcast is available on all streaming platforms. In this podcast, Xiang Biao and his guests aim to transform social theory into a tool that empowers people to think for themselves. Also available as a video podcast. Watch the first episode youtu.be/BUr01b8Lw7E?...

The Common Concerns Approach: Birth of an Idea w/ Xiang Biao

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AI appears threatening, Xiang Biao says, not only because AI is too powerful, but also because human has become too similar to AI. One way to stay human is to focus on the present and appreciate what surrounds us. www.thinkchina.sg/society/big-...

[Big read] Xiang Biao: The life we miss while chasing the future

Amid the onslaught of AI, how do we preserve our humanity? Anthropologist Xiang Biao speaks with Lianhe Zaobao associate editor and Fukan editor Woo Mun Ngan as part of Lianhe Zaobao’s Future 365 inte...

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Ticketless Travellers: Working-class literature as critical ethnography. Our writers are not just storytellers. They ask, observe, question, and return to the field. Their writing is research. Stories from lived experience, not spectacle. Read more: ticketless-travellers.info/start/sitemap/

How can we, especially migrant scholars, defend academic freedom in the challenging times? Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/

Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/ Based on ethnographic interview research and legal analysis the report provides concrete legal information for pushing back external interference and censorship.

We are looking for a Scientific Project Coordinator starting as soon as possible to join the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project “The Challenges of Applying Muslim Family Law in Democratic Liberal States: A Comparative Action-Research Project” recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...

Don't miss out: Hynek Bečka talking about political mobilization within the Czech conspiritual milieu. In his research he explores how people who call themselves "awakened" try to reimagine what it means to live a good life and enact a radical social change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbWs...

Conspirituality in Czech Republic

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In the maze of Savda’s lanes, homes lean into each other for balance. Overhead wires form a sky of silent connections. Inside small, rooms, life is arranged with skill. This isn’t chaos. Its survival. Learn how the maze there becomes a map of resilience: ticketless-travellers.info

Don’t miss next week’s session in our online series on Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE): @franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”. 📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET 📍 online 📧 Sign up: maxcpe@mpifg.de @humboldtuni.bsky.social s.gwdg.de/zG70h8