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- Convenors:
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Victoria Kumala Sakti
(Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)
Kathrin Bauer (Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin)
Ferdiansyah Thajib (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Thomas Stodulka (Universität Münster)
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- Format:
- Lab
- Working groups:
- Psychological Anthropology
Short Abstract:
This lab explores the concept of "commons" in psychological anthropology. Participants will immerse in outdoor activities and subsequently reflect together how these have reshaped their perspectives on psychological anthropology in two indoor lab sessions.
Long Abstract:
This lab critically examines the role of commons and commoning in psychological anthropology. Through three distinct projects, we will facilitate immersive outdoor walks during the conference, followed by reflective indoor discussions. Our objective is to address two key questions: first, what does “commons” mean within psychological anthropology? Second, how can anthropologists who share an interest in care, well-being, and collaboration engage with the commons as both method and theory in times of crisis?
The lab features the following projects as starting points for our explorations:
1. Crisis Care as Commons Tether – Lauren Cubellis (TUM)
This project examines the role of social relationships in psychiatric crisis care. By attuning to familial and social networks in practices of listening and recognition, recovery is revealed to be a re-commoning of traumatic experience, held in relation and reimagined through the collective.
2. Environment and Psychological Well-being – Flora Hastings (SOAS)
This project investigates the psychological commons in relation to space, nature, and non-human actors. It will consider how nature-based practices and sensory engagement with the environment foster commons-oriented approaches to psychological well-being.
3. Collaborative and Non-Hierarchical Models in Psychological Anthropology – Ferdiansyah Thajib (FAU Erlangen-Nürnber, KUNCI Study Forum & Collective), Nuraini Juliastuti (HKU Utrecht, KUNCI Study Forum & Collective) and Rifki Akbar Pratama (KUNCI Study Forum & Collective)
This project explores the potential for commons-based, non-hierarchical research models in academia. It will discuss how these models can unlearn traditional academic structures in psychological anthropology and what implications this might have for the field.