What are the emotional and affective dynamics during and beyond the mass protests on Cairo’s Tahrir square and Taksim square in Istanbul? How do emotion and affect matter for political participation? What does this entail for more long-term transformations in both countries? These and other questions were tackled during the international workshop “Affective Politics and … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 Questions to Dina Makram-Ebeid
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies”. Today, we introduce Dina Makram-Ebeid who is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo. During the Workshop “Affective Politics and … weiterlesen
Emotions and the media in the time of the coronavirus pandemic
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Professor at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, has been analysing and commenting on media coverage of the coronavirus. She is currently co-editing a special issue of Digital Journalism on “Covering corona: News in times of the pandemic crisis.” For our Blog, she provided insight into her research. I have been … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 questions to Nitzan Shoshan
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies”. Today, we introduce Nitzan Shoshan who is assistant professor at the Center for Sociological Studies at the Colegio de México in Mexico City. On … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 questions to Maria Malmström
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies”. Today, we introduce Maria Frederika Malmström who is Associate Professor at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University, where she, … weiterlesen
Book review: Immersion as participation and reflection
Staging Spectators in Immersive Performances is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarly work focusing on artworks and artistic practices that immerse audiences in intimate and/or large-scale environments, which often require participation from spectators and tend to be situated outside of traditional theatre institutions and spaces. The anthology comprises an introduction followed by … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 questions to Alison Rooke
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies”. Today, we introduce Alison Rooke who is a is a sociologist with a special focus on urban theory and creative research methods … weiterlesen
Unravelling Silence from a Psychological Anthropological Perspective
“I can tell you that. But nobody else talks about what happened.” (Mr. N – go-along 2016) Using a psychological anthropological approach to silence, this essay demonstrates how silence may be an affective action in people’s efforts of navigating diverging emotion repertoires. Elsewhere, my colleagues and I have argued that emotion repertoires are shaped during … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 questions to Nabil El Kot
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researchers on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center “Affective Societies”. Today, we introduce Nabil El Kot who is a Consultant Psychiatrist with 28 years of work experience in the field of psychiatric … weiterlesen
Affective societies, affected scientists! 5 questions to Aníbal Arregui
The interview series poses questions concerning the role of affects and emotions in research practice and contemporary society to researches on short-term visit and associate members of the Collaborative Research Center „Affective Societies“. Today, we introduce Aníbal Arregui who studied Social Anthropology at the Uni Barcelona (PhD 2013). As a postdoc, he has been affiliated to … weiterlesen
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