Squaring the Circle. A Podcast on Building Material Reuse and Circular Construction. 02.12.2024 SEG News This is a podcast on building material reuse and circular construction for those interested in a more sustainable management of our built environment and a careful handling of building materials. It is produced by the Urban…
Ethnographic Imagination - Basel: New episodes 30.09.2024 SEG News New episodes: Ethnographic Imagination Basel (EIB) – a podcast series on reimagining the world from the mundane. Ethnographic Imagination Basel (EIB) is produced by the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel. It is a…
Open letters in support of academic freedom 29.02.2024 SEG News Two open letters were published in February 2024 in support of academic freedom in Switzerland by scholars at Swiss universities. You may read and sign the letters here if you would like to support them: Support for Academic Freedom: Open…
New President of the Swiss Anthropological Association: Bettina Beer 31.12.2023 SEG News From January 2024, Bettina Beer will be the new president of the Swiss Anthropological Association (SAA). The Association's next conference will be held in Lucerne in June 2024 (https://www.sagw.ch/seg/tagungen-der-seg/jahrestagung-2024).…
Introducing Ethnographic Imagination - Basel 07.06.2023 SEG News Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce the launch of Ethnographic Imagination Basel (EIB) – a podcast series on reimagining the world from the mundane. EIB is produced by the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of…
New Anthropology Professor at the University of Neuchâtel: Alice Aterianus-Owanga 26.02.2023 SEG News Alice Aterianus-Owanga was recently appointed assistant professor in anthropology at the University of Neuchâtel. Prior to that position, she was a research fellow at the University of Lyon 2, LAHIC/IIAC, IFAS Johannesburg, University of…
Multimedia Story FIELDWORK: Creating anthropological knowledge 31.01.2023 SEG News The team of the ROADWORK project from the University of Fribourg published a multimedia story about ethnographic fieldwork. The story is called 'FIELDWORK: Creating anthropological knowledge'. This multimedia story is the result of their…
Call for Special Issue Proposal - Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology 31.10.2022 SEG News The Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology (formerly Tsantsa) invites proposals for a special Issue to be published in 2024.
