Reassembling Life in the Anthropocene Ethnographically
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Giving a talk at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle entitled “Chemistry after Progress. Reassembling life in late industrial societies” (Niewoehner) offered a dual chance to learn: about the transformation of Germany’s foremost chemical region and about the latest developments at the MPI – such an important home for anthropology in Germany. […]
29.1.2025 07:40After progress in Germany’s foremost chemical regionAt this year’s biannual conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists in Barcelona, Patrick organized a fascinating panel together with Sahra Gibbon & Rosie Mathers (UC London). With further speakers from the US, UK and India, we discussed theoretical and methodological opportunities and challenges around (different factes of) the biosocial in relation to inter- […]
5.8.2024 09:58Biosocial approaches to health and environment @ EASA 2024Scholars gathered at easst/4S Amsterdam to found a scholarly network under the working title of “Social Study of Chemicals and Chemistry in Transformation: S2C2“ Nona Schulte-Römer (Berlin), Janine Hauer (Halle), Ruzana Liburkina (Hamburg), Patrick Bieler and Jörg Niewöhner (Munich) called upon STS scholars interested in chemicals and chemistry to gather and explore possibilities of collaboration, […]
19.7.2024 15:07Founding S2C2 @easst/4SA recent publication in the European Heart Journal (Witkowski et al. 2024) suggests that sugar alcohols such as Xylitol used widely as low-calorie sweeteners significantly increase the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events. Evidence stems from a metabolomic (cohort) and a mechanistic approach. Platelet reactivity appears to be affected by the sugar alcohol. Xylitol makes […]
21.6.2024 08:40The sadness of sweetenersWe will be engaging in a little StreetScience at Zamanand Festival on Saturday, 1st of June, 7pm at the TUM stand on Ludwigstr. opposite Adalbertstr. We’ll be discussing with the audience how chemicals affect our bodies and whether anyone cares. See you there – plenty of time to see the Champions League final afterwards…
27.5.2024 10:10Join Us at the Zamanand Festival: Do we care about Chemical Effects on our BodiesWe have outlined our understanding of ‘Knowledge after Progress’ in the Blog of BioSocieties: https://biosocieties.org/knowledge-after-progress/
12.4.2024 14:29‘Mission Statement’: Knowledge after ProgressOur team member Patrick Bieler has published his updated PhD thesis with Campus (open access). You can download the pdf of “Urbane Psyche: Alltagsgestaltung und Biopolitik in Berlin aus ethnografischer Perspektive” here: https://www.campus.de/e-books/wissenschaft/kulturwissenschaft/urbane_psyche-18238.html
12.4.2024 14:19New Book: Urbane PsycheThanks to great efforts by Michelle Pentecost, Jaya Keaney, Tessa Moll and Michael Penkler, the Handbook on DOHaD (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease) and Society has now been published open access: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/handbook-of-dohad-and-society/D877BF2F1B2285AE7C317DB2B8A5FA82 It thinks through the possibilities of biosocial collaborations in moving beyond modern, ‘progressive’ dichotomies of nature|culture.
18.3.2024 16:54New Edited Volume on DOHaDEven more important than green chemistry: How comforting to know that Munich stands up against fascism when it is called upon: Impressions from the ‘Sea of Light’ at Theresienwiese last week with upwards of 100.000 people showing face against right wing politics and fascism.
21.2.2024 12:35Munich against FascismInterested in the ethnography of green chemistry? Apply now to join our group.
5.2.2024 14:34Postdoctoral Opportunity: Ethnographic STS (6y contract)