Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Past events

  • 2020-10-30T00:00:00+01:00
  • 2021-02-27T00:00:00+01:00
  • Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / online
October 30 Friday 2020

Time: 00:00

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / online

Following courses are offered in the winter semester 2020/21 by the Department

  • 2019-10-18T00:00:00+02:00
  • 2019-10-19T23:59:59+02:00
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Senatssaal
October 18 Friday 2019

Time: 00:00

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Senatssaal

Idee/ Hintergrund„The readiness to involve oneself with the respondent´s perspective is crucial for producing and consolidating knowledge in the interaction between researcher and respondents“ (Andreas Witzel & Herwig Reiter, 2013: The Problem-Centred Interview: Principles and Practice )

  • 2019-09-26T17:00:00+02:00
  • 2019-09-26T23:59:59+02:00
  • Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Kirchweg 33, 14129 Berlin
September 26 Thursday 2019

Time: 17:00

Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Kirchweg 33, 14129 Berlin

Why is it that too many intellectual cultures, intellectual histories, and theoretical contributions of individual thinkers from economically and politically marginalized regions of the world in the so-called ‘global South’ are still little known, underexplored and undervalued? I would like to reflect on this from three different but mutually entangled perspec- tives. One is informed by my own approach of criti- cal area studies, and touches upon the problem of embracing the plurality of ontological ecologies on our globe. Another one is (geo-)politically inspired. It addresses the issue of global power relations that are mirrored, among others, in the gap be- tween hegemonic and non-hegemonic languages, and the assumed necessity of generating applied knowledge rather than basic theoretical thought. A third one, related to the previous two, highlights the notion of local knowledge. Attending to the “why” question above, I suggest that local knowledge can contribute to a thorough re-thinking of predominant (Eurocentric) concepts and lead to what I would like to call “we-thinking”. The three perspectives are meant to open a forum for discussion and motivate the building of connections that transform what is already being connected – for instance through acts of translation. If epistemic decolonization were to be encouraged, strengthening connectivities may be suggested as a means to do so.

  • 2019-06-21T18:00:00+02:00
  • 2019-06-21T20:00:00+02:00
  • Department of South Asia Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Invalidenstr. 118, Room: 217
June 21 Friday 2019

Time: 18:00

Department of South Asia Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Invalidenstr. 118, Room: 217