BA/MA Sachbereichs-/Regionalübung: Matters of ethnography: Engaging the world one thing at a time
Mittwoch, 04.12.2024
It is commonly understood that ethnography means to describe people’s cultural practices. Yet, anthropologists have written ethnographies about matters that exist beyond human presence. Such work has recently flourished, driven in particular by debates around the so-called Anthropocene. Arguably, these debates address a classical anthropological question, namely how humans relate to their environment. Yet, they have given it a new twist by questioning the very subject (humanity) standing at the center of the discipline. Doing so, they have also widened generally held notions about what can be the subject of ethnography in the sense of a literary genre. In this course we will be less concerned with unpacking (and getting lost in) ambitious theoretical debates. Rather, we will take the venturing beyond human subjects as a matter of focus. What can we learn about the world by focusing on a particular thing? We will approach this question by reading ethnographies, and by bringing them into conversation. We will each choose a thing somebody has written a book about. They may range from cheese or drugs to forests or mountains to rare earths or stone. Why are the authors concerned with these particular things? How do they go about unpacking them? Where does the journey of doing so lead them? What does following their journeys do to us as readers?
| Veranstaltungsart: | Vorlesung/Seminar |
|---|---|
| Dozierende(r): | Dr. Jonas Fabian Köppel |
| 04.12.2024: | 12:15 - 14:00 |
| Ort: |
Unitobler Lerchenweg 36 3012 Bern EG, F011 |
Sie können diese Veranstaltung in ihrer persönlichen Agenda speichern. In Ihrer persönlichen Veranstaltungsübersicht finden Sie alle relevanten Detailinformationen zu Ihren gespeicherten Veranstaltungen zum Ausdrucken.