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Anna Pfaffenstaller & Jacques Zannou // Our articles focus in two parts on border thinking to decolonize the humanities and social sciences. As border thinking is complex, the two articles are intended to give fundamental and reflective approaches to encourage further exploration of border thinking …
Noémie Hermeking // I vividly remember arriving at Incheon airport Seoul South Korea in 2000, taking the subway to the basement flat where I was going to live during my six months’ stay. The permeating scent of kimchi (fermented cabbage) and garlic wafting through the subway carriages was sensorially distinct to what I was …
Christina Lledo Gomez // I recently met a Lakota man who simply calls himself “Johnny.” He is part of the Indigenous peoples of what is known as the North and South Dakota lands of the United States of America. This past June, I saw Johnny at a conference surrounding the theme of “Decolonizing Churches.” Johnny thought it was …
Noémie Hermeking // Anthropology’s understanding of cultural diversity is key to strengthening diversity, equity and (social) inclusion (DEI) strategies. Anthropology as the study of humankind tries to understand patterns of behavior, values and beliefs. Overall in this scenario, culture is what people “do” and the overarching “glue“ that holds together all of the …
Jonathan Schorsch // Just before the Covid pandemic hit, I founded the Green Sabbath Project. This campaign seeks to adapt the ancient biblical concept of shabbat to serve as one remedy for our collective environmental crises. The idea is to create a mass movement that revolves around a ritualized weekly vehicle for ecological …
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Barbara Schellhammer //Over and over again Pope Francis highlights the importance of proximity for the creation of new social ties and cultural bonds – particularly in light of interreligious and intercultural challenges. For me this call for “proximity” means above all that we need to experience each other – “knowing” about each other is …
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