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- Convenors:
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Heike Drotbohm
(University of Mainz)
Olaf Zenker (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
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- Format:
- Workshop
- Working groups:
- Political and Legal Anthropology
Short Abstract:
In the spirit of an anthropology of conflict, this panel explores how diverse political communities navigate contradictory positions and diverging political values through exemplary types of commoning practices.
Long Abstract:
Extensive research into the common good reveals that the real challenge lies not in the idea itself, but in the practices of commoning—everyday interactions aimed at re-regulating the sharing of resources, emphasizing cooperation, sustainability, and mutual benefit. Commoning is embedded in a complex world of interpersonal interactions where community spirit, solidarity, and equality are sought, while organizational questions and value conflicts simultaneously expose social lines of difference. In this panel, we focus on the solidarity-based practices of the common good, which is not only sought after but also created, redistributed, managed, and controlled. In the spirit of an anthropology of conflict, our PraPla workshop seeks anthropological studies that have explored examples of commoning beyond differences. Cases would be environmental, social, feminist, mobile, knowledge, housing or infrastructure commons and others. We are particularly interested in ethnographic studies that demonstrate how diverse political communities navigate contradictory positions and diverging political values through exemplary types of conflicts as well as the anthropological position therein.