Materialities, Relationalities, Porosities: Anthropological Perspectives on Skin Beyond the Social

Workshop at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin
18 February 2022
Organizing team: Research Area „Gender, Body, Sexualities“ (Anne Kukuczka, Claudia Liebelt, Severin Penger)
Public Keynote Address „Skin Memories of War“ by Prof. Thuy Linh Tu (NYU)
7-8.30 pm (CET) – Link to the Webex Meeting
This workshop builds on and extends existing anthropological scholarship by approaching skin in its porous materiality and multi-sensorial relationality. It aims at bringing together ethnographic and conceptual approaches to the study of skin from a multi-sensorial and relational perspective in social and cultural anthropology.
For further information, see our workshop blog.
For registration and further questions, please contact gks@polsoz.fu-berlin.de
Time & Location
Feb 18, 2022 | 01:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Virtual or in-person attendance

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