Paradise Lost: A Documentary by Claudia Leal and Pablo Mejila Trujillo
Claudia Leal, member of the research initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) teamed up with director Pablo Mejila Trujillo to tell the story of „studying the jungle in a country at war“: In 2002, after the kidnapping of Akisato Nishimura, Japanese primatologists and Colombian biologists were forced to abandon one of Latin America’s most […]
Research Initiative Sharing a Planet in Peril invited by DFG to submit a full proposal for a Cluster of Excellence
We are excited to announce that the research initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) has been invited by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to submit a full proposal for a Cluster of Excellence. Out of 143 preliminary proposals, only 41 projects were selected to submit a full proposal. Click here for the full press […]
Video: Kate Rigby featured in „Spotlight“ Series by Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
This episode of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology’s „Spotlight“ video-series features Kate Rigby, member of the research initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP), Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Cologne and director of MESH. In the episode, Prof. Rigby talks about her many contributions to environmental humanities […]
Video: SAPP Member Ruth Hall on the Dynamics of Land Use
Prof. Ruth Hall, member of the research initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) joined South African broadcast company SABC News to disucss the dynamics of land use. Find the full video below:
Publication by SAPP Member Michael Bollig Among Outstanding Academic Titles 2023
“Conservation, Markets & the Environment in Southern Africa: Commodifying the ‘Wild’”, edited by Sharing a Planet in Peril (SAPP) member Michael Bollig in collaboration with Selma Lendelvo, Alfons Mosimane and Romie Nghitevelekwa (University of Namibia & CRC-TRR Future Rural Africa Project A04 Future Conservation) is part of the Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023 list. The list […]
GSSC Focus Global South: „Decoloniality and Scientific Freedom: Cancel Culture or Rightward Shift at German Universities?”
Fishbowl discussion: „Decoloniality and Academic Freedom: Cancel Culture or Rightward Shift at German Universities?” The decolonization of knowledge production is at the heart of the SAPP initiative. However, the call for decoloniality in academia also spurs heated debates about academic freedom that appear to mirror larger societal discourses regarding cancel culture and the freedom of […]
Publication: Making Heterogeneous Infrastructure Futures In And Beyond The Global South
This article is co-authored by fourteen researchers, among them Sharing a Planet in Peril (SAPP) members Peter Dannenberg, Clemens Greiner and Javier Revilla Diez. Abstract Infrastructure has never been a single thing, understood in a universal way. Yet, there has long been a broad overarching orthodox approach in which ‘experts’ create replicable, stable, large, networked […]
Four SAPP Members featured in project mapping of „Bridges: a humanities-led UNESCO coalition for sustainability“
BRIDGES is a global sustainability science coalition organized within UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST). As a humanities-led coalition that is not limited to the humanities, BRIDGES promotes transformative collaborations across academic domains of the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences in partnership with diverse communities. In June 2023 the BRIDGES Coalition began […]
Publication: Environmental Anthropology by Michael Bollig and Franz Krause
Environmental Anthropology – By Michael Bollig and Franz Krause Michael Bollig is the speaker of the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and member of the reseatrch initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“. Franz Krause is also a member of the GSSC and is the director of the „Delta“ research project that looks at how global […]
GSSC Excursion – Rhenish Lignite Mining Area
This excursion took international guests of the GSSC into a hotspot of environmental conflict in Germany, the lignite mining area just at Cologne’s doorstep. Due to the extension of various mines and the attendant destruction and resettlement of villages – despite the state’s proclaimed “energy turn” – the area has become a focal point for […]
