- P26 Futures Anthropology as Interventional Theory and Practice
Anthropology complicates futures imagined, predicted or envisaged elsewhere. This FAN panel proposed to discuss how to deal with uneasy entanglements, stakeholders, ethics, accountability and friction in an interventionist future-oriented anthropology. The panel was created by: Debora Lanzeni (Monash University), Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University), Karen Waltorp (University of Copenhagen), Sarah Pink (Monash University) - P121 Filming Futures: ethnographic film and future-making in critical contexts. (joint panel with the VANEASA)
This joint FAN and VANEASA panel brought together scholars interested in ethnographic film methods engaging with research on futures and future-making. It invited participants to show ethnographic film clips of their own and others’ as part of their papers, to spark critical discussion. The panel was created by: Anna Lisa Ramella (University of Cologne). Martin Gruber (University of Bremen). Johannes Sjöberg (University of Manchester). Chair: Alexandra D’Onofrio (Keele University). - P146 When becoming the future lies at the intersection of Anthropology; Speculative Fiction and Storytelling
This panel explored collaborations between anthropologists and subaltern actors to summon forth new futures through speculative storytelling. It focused on films and performances as scenarios that frame and produce shifting affective experiences towards the future to create empowered discourses. The panel was created by: Igor Karim (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), Sophia Thubauville (Frobenius Institute), Steffen Köhn (Freie Universität Berlin). Discussants: Karen Waltorp (University of Copenhagen), Debora Lanzeni (Monash University).
20 Jul 2020
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