GSSC Seminar Series: Sweetening Cocoa – An Ethnography of Subnational Sustainable Development in the Peruvian Amazon. With Anke Kaulard
GSSC Seminar Series: Sweetening Cocoa – An Ethnography of Subnational Sustainable Development in the Peruvian Amazon. With Anke Kaulard The Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and MESH invite you to this edition of the GSSC Seminar Series! 16 April 2024 Sweetening Cocoa – An Ethnography of Subnational Sustainable Development in the Peruvian Amazon Anke Kaulard, Pontificia […]
Thom van Dooren to Join MESH after Receiving Humboldt Research Award
Thom van Dooren to Join MESH after Receiving Humboldt Research Award The Humboldt Research Award is awarded to internationally leading researchers of all disciplines in recognition of their academic record to date. One of this year’s recipients is Australian anthropologist, cultural scientist and writer Thom van Dooren. The award includes a research grant of €60,000, […]
GSSC Seminar Series: Rights of Nature in Ecuador – A Blueprint for Environmental Justice? With Dirk Hanschel
GSSC Seminar Series: Rights of Nature in Ecuador – A Blueprint for Environmental Justice? With Dirk Hanschel The Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and MESH invite you to this special Monday edition of the GSSC Seminar Series! 8 April 2024 Rights of Nature in Ecuador – A Blueprint for Environmental Justice? Dirk Hanschel, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 11:00-12:30 […]
Book Announcement: Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters by SAPP Member Dan Smyer Yü to be Published Soon
Book Announcement: Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters by SAPP Member Dan Smyer Yü to be Published Soon „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Dan Smyer Yü and Jelle J.P. Wouters co-edited a book on „Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters“ that is set to be published in the summer of 2024 as part of a […]
MESH Green Shoots: A Kincentric Lifeworld | Entangled Landscape and Identity in Cherangany Hills, Kenya
MESH Green Shoots Work-in-Progress Seminar: A Kincentric Lifeworld | Entangled Landscape and Identity in Cherangany Hills, Kenya King’asia Mamati April 9, 2024 | 12.00 – 13.00 | GSSC, 3.03(Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, 3rd floor, 50931 Cologne) This paper sheds light on the intersection between landscape and human-environment relations in the Kenyan context, with a particular focus on the Sengwer ethnic community. […]
Interview: SAPP member Frauke Kraas Joins German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Trip to Vietnam and Thailand
Interview: SAPP member Frauke Kraas Joins German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Trip to Vietnam and Thailand. In January 2024, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil travelled to Vietnam and Thailand. „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Professor Frauke Kraas from the UoC’s Institute of Geography accompanied them […]
SAPP Member Ruth Hall Joins Opening Plenary of International Conference on Global Land Grabbing in Bogotá (Full Video)
SAPP Member Ruth Hall Joins Opening Plenary of International Conference on Global Land Grabbing in Bogotá (Full Video) The Global Land Grabbing Conference takes place at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. The institution is a key collaborator in the „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) Network. The conference addresses urgent challenges related to land, […]
SAPP Member Jens Beckert Presents New Book „Verkaufte Zukunft“ in Various Cities Across Germany
SAPP Member Jens Beckert Presents New Book „Verkaufte Zukunft“ in Various Cities Across Germany For decades, we’ve known about global warming and its dangers, yet global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. According to Jens Beckert, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) and member of the research initiative „Sharing a Planet […]
Publication: Dancing and Rapping the Good Life – Sharing Aspirations and Values in Vietnamese Hip-Hop
Dancing and Rapping the Good Life – Sharing Aspirations and Values in Vietnamese Hip-Hop by Sandra Kurfürst. In her recent article in positions, „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Sandra Kurfürst examines aspirations of female hip-hop practitioners in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Abstract Rap and hip-hop’s diverse dance styles have been practiced […]
Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP) Project by SAPP Member Javier Revilla Diez Receives Funding for Third Phase by German Research Fundation (DFG)
Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP) Project by SAPP Member Javier Revilla Diez Receives Funding for Third Phase by German Research Fundation (DFG) The Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP) aims to promote research on topics such as long-term welfare dynamics, rural-urban and urban-rural migration, agricultural transformation, intergenerational aspects of households, and the long-term impacts […]
