ECAS 9 (European Conference of African Studies) “African Futures”
As member of the AEGIS network, the GSSC organized the “African Futures” Conference, which explored the past, present, and future of Africa’s global entanglements. 1900 delegates from 80 countries came together in Cologne addressing the theme by presenting 1400 papers across 245 panels/roundtables. Because the GSSC cooperated with the city of Cologne as well as […]
CRC-TRR 228 „Future Rural Africa’s“ Exhibition aboard the „MS Wissenschaft“
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) “Future Rural Africa” is one of several exhibitors on the “MS Wissenschaft”, a floating science centre on a former transportation ship measuring over a hundred meters in length, with interactive exhibits on socially relevant topics. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in collaboration with various partner institutions including […]
B/OR/DER ST/OR/IES Exhibition at Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Cologne
B/OR/DER ST/OR/IES consists of an exhibition and a homepage. The exhibition intervention will take place from 25 May to 25 August 2023 in the permanent exhibition of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne. Five stations inform about different aspects such as colonialism, the closed-door policy of Europe, discrimination – but also about criticism of borders and resistance […]
Publication: Dancing Youth – Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist Vietnam by Sandra Kurfürst
Dancing Youth – Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist Vietnam by Sandra Kurfürst In her book, „Dancing Youth – Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist VIetnam“, „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Sandra Kurfürst examines Hip Hop and gender in late socialist Hanoi: Breaking, popping, locking, waacking, and hip-hop dance are practiced […]
GSSC Public Lecture: Expanding the concept and practice of protected areas? A Brazilian take on convivial conservation
Henyo T. Barretto Filho (University of Brasília, Brazil) Abstract: The notion of convivial conservation emerged, among other issues, to overcome both the dichotomies constitutive of the naturalist ontology that impregnate much of conservationism and the capture of mainstream conservation by the neoliberal configuration. Given Brazil’s longstanding and complex historical experiences with indigenous lands, extractivist reserves […]
MESH Grassroots – Public Lecture: Building BRIDGES | Sustainability Science Coalition
MESH Grassroots Public Lecture: Building BRIDGES | Sustainability Science Coalition Professor Dr Steven Hartman (University of Iceland) and Professor Joni Adamson (Arizona State University) January 19, 2023 | 17.45 [5.45 pm] GMT+1 | via zoom To register and receive the zoom link for this event, please contact Claudia Veltman (claudia.veltman[at]uni-koeln.de) In this online public lecture, Professor Steven Hartman (University […]
GSSC Seminar Series: Book launch “Bosque Nativo”
GSSC Seminar Series 31 January 2023 Book launch “Bosque Nativo”. A collaborative writing project between science, art and a social movement for the protection of the last riparian ecosystems of the La Plata River, Argentina Vanina Santy (University of Cologne) 12:00-13:00 This book, published in December 2022 and funded by the GSSC, aims to articulate […]
MESH Greenroots / GSSC Seminar Series: Work-in-Progress Seminar – Zooming out | Peripheral Places and the Planetary Novel in Latin AmericaMESH Greenroots / GSSC Seminar Series:
MESH Green Shoots Work-in-Progress Seminar: Zooming out | Peripheral Places and the Planetary Novel in Latin America Professor Dr Bieke Willem (University of Cologne) December 6, 2022 | 12.00 – 13.00 | GSSC, 3.03(Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, 3rd floor, 50931 Cologne) Grasping the Anthropocene through the lens of the Humanities means not only being able to imagine scales of […]
Network retreat at Steinfeld Abbey
Our retreat was a foundational event for this research network: our diverse group of researchers, and including Critical Friends from Latin America, India, China, Southeast Asia and Europe, had the opportunity to envision and design composition, program and methodology of this network in a series of focused workshops. Shortly before Christmas at a quaint, historical […]
Book Launch: Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South: Challenges for Implementation
Book Launch: Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South: Challenges for Implementation 19.10.2022 About the Book: This volume examines the impact of globalization on international environmental law and the implementation of sustainable development in the Global South. Comprising contributions from lawyers from the Global South or who have experience in the Global […]
