The Anthropology and Education Commission is an active group of the Swiss Anthropological Society (SAA/SEG/SSE). It is dedicated to opening an academic space for debate around education, as a focus of anthropological inquiry, and to discussing the (empirical and theoretical) potential of educational issues in the field of anthropology. It also aims at reflecting how anthropological knowledge may meaningfully contribute to understanding or shaping formal and non-formal educational practices. Founded as a working group in 2014, the commission aims at promoting communication between anthropologists working on educational issues and addresses the challenges of inter- and trans-disciplinarity of the field of education as well as the strong politicisation of formal educational contexts. The commission promotes debate by connecting anthropologists at both universities and universities of teacher education in all four language regions in Switzerland and with symposia at the regular SAA/SEG/SSE conferences.
Members
- Denis Gay (Uni Fribourg)
- Judith Hangartner (PH Bern)
- Elke-Nicole Kappus (PH Luzern)
- Moira Laffranchini (HEP Lausanne)
- Marta Marques (Uni Neuchâtel)
- Jeanne Rey-Pellissier (PH Fribourg, Graduate Institute Genève)
- Sarah Ryser (PH Bern)
- Simona Schmid (PH Luzern)
- Anja Sieber Egger (PH Zürich) (Koordination)
- Angela Stienen (PH Bern)
- Jelena Tošić (Uni St. Gallen)
- Gisela Unterweger (PH Zürich)
- Barbara Waldis (HES-SO Valais)
- Irène Zingg (PH Bern)