Simone Pfeifer

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]