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Cihan El MentawiSimone Pfeifer
23/12/25
Composite Collaborations
Stories from a Digital Team Ethnography
  Introduction In this brief blog post, we explore a recurring assumption in anthropology: collaborative research necessarily strives for symmetrical relationships. Although ethnography as an approach has long been defined as inherently collaborative (Zenker and Vonderau 2023, 134), more recent anthropologists have increasingly called for a more systematic collaborative approach from project conceptualization through to the […]
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Mario KrämerKonstanze N’GuessanSimone PfeiferNitzan Shoshan
27/09/25
Authoritarian Publics
Anthropological Perspectives on the New Right in Germany
In recent years, right-wing politics and discourses have gained substantial traction in Germany, mirroring broader trends across Europe and globally. While anthropological research has focused on far-right movements and on how anthropological practice contributes to the making of the “uncomfortable” or “repugnant other,” studies on broader, everyday forms of political mobilization and sense-making remain underdeveloped. […]
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Ute DieckmannGerda KuiperSimone Pfeifer
16/09/25
Introducing the boasblog Co-Producing Knowledge
Why Co-Producing Knowledge? Why the Blog? Participatory, collaborative, action-based, and shared research practices have gained renewed momentum in anthropology and related fields. These approaches respond to calls for decolonial and non-extractive modes of inquiry, challenging longstanding hierarchies between researchers and those traditionally cast as “researched.” Such approaches are based on ethical and political commitments and […]
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Ute DieckmannGerda KuiperSimone PfeiferHauke Peter Vehrs
25/02/25
Co-Producing Knowledge Call for Contributions
Participatory, collaborative, action-based and shared research practices have recently gained momentum in response to calls for decolonial and non-extractive approaches to knowledge production. Central to these approaches is a focus on the co-production of knowledge, an endeavour that seeks to foster inclusivity and symmetry among all actors involved in research processes—be they researchers, collaborators, research […]
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