Studio Naturen|Kulturen29 January 2026|Studio Naturen|KulturenME/CFS & Post-Vac Syndrome: Policies and Experiences Between Neglect and Vaccination EthicsPhoto: UHH/von WiedingFlorian Helfer (EKW, UHH) and Lisa Wiedemann (Microsociology, Helmut Schmidt University) discuss empirical insights into their ongoing ethnographic...10 July 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenWhat is environmentally just when harm is ubiquitous?Photo: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Prof. Jörg Niewöhner, Anthropology of Science & Technology, Technical University of Munich See the full program for the institute...9 July 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenSargassum, the beauty and the beast of the oceans? On the contradictory nature of algae in climate changePhoto: Laura OttoThe lecture examines the contradictory images and meanings of Sargassum. Perceptions of this algae range from fascination to repulsion, sometimes...9 July 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenSargassum, the beauty and the beast of the oceans? On the contradictory nature of algae in climate changePhoto: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Prof. Dr. Laura Otto, European Ethnology/Anthropological Studies in Culture and History, University of Würzburg. See the full...3 July 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenThe environmental humanities against the grain: Reflections on the partial conversion of a social anthropologistPhoto: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Dr. Emmanuelle Roth, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC), Munich. See the full program for the institute...26 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenEcological care: Perspectives from literature and social sciences in dialoguePhoto: LiburkinaÖffentlicher Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Cornelia Zumbusch, Germanistik & Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina, Empirische Kulturwissenschaft, Universität Hamburg. ...25 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenFungal LandscapesPhoto: S. ZanderMushrooms can be both beneficial and harmful to humans, animals, and plants—they oscillate between beauty and horror. Mushrooms can be beautiful with...19 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenThe Small Matter of Suing ChevronPhoto: LiburkinaSuzana Sawyer’s talk takes on a legal trilogy. In 2011, an Ecuadorian court issued the world’s largest environmental contamination liability: a $9.5...18 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenNarratives of the North Sea Coast – Between Fear and FascinationPhoto: Norbert FischerCultural scientist Manuel Bolz, linguist and human geographer Martin Döring, and cultural historian Norbert Fischer will give short presentations on...12 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenHow to be hopeful about climate changePhoto: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Dr. Julian Sommerschuh and Prof. Dr. Michael Schnegg, Institute for Ethnology, UHH. See the full program for the institute...4 June 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenVisitation: Ecology as the revenant of naturePhoto: Braun/BoccaccioThe ecological crises of our time are not just worrying. Rather, there is something sinister about them. When dead fish suddenly float in rivers, when...15 May 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenPower, Performance and Protest at climate conferences. How collaborative event ethnography can enrich the study of global environmental governance.Photo: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Prof. Dr. Stefan Aykut, DFG Research Training Group Futures of Sustainability & Department of Social Sciences, UHH Environmental...14 May 2025|Studio Naturen|Kulturen"We have it pretty ugly here in the Wadden Sea...": Perceptions of the North Frisian tidal landscape between beauty and horrorPhoto: Martin DöringVortrag von Martin Döring in der Vortragsreihe Von Schöhnheit und Schrecken des Instituts für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft. Hauptgebäude,...8 May 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenNatural aesthetics inspired by nature? A foray into the latest literature on the Berlin suburbsPhoto: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Prof. Dr. Marcus Twellmann & Prof. Dr. Florian Sedlmeier, Department of German Studies & Department of American Studies, UHH ...7 May 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenThe German forest as a landscape of conflict. Cultural and intellectual history aspects of the relationship between trees and humansPhoto: Viktoria UrmersbachThe German forest as a landscape of conflict. Cultural and intellectual history aspects of the relationship between trees and humansViktoria...24 April 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenSociology of the Sea and Marine Social Sciences in the AnthropocenenthropozänPhoto: LiburkinaPublic lecture by Dr. habil. Tanja Bogusz at the Institute Colloquium of the Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies Marine Social Sciences (MSS)...23 April 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenFrom ecological disaster to the rights of nature: Ethnographic observations on the Spanish lagoon Mar MenorPhoto: Nils RichterichWhat does it mean when nature becomes a legal entity? Following a series of global cases, in 2022 the Spanish saltwater lagoon Mar Menor became the...17 April 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenWhat are environmental relations? On the relationship between ethnographic research and the environmental humanitiesPhoto: LiburkinaDr. Oliver Liebig is editor of the "UmweltEthnologie" series published by transcript Verlag. Environmental relations are a central concept in the...10 April 2025|Studio Naturen|KulturenLecture - Laura Kuen: Pig Games and Soundscapes: Multimodal Work with More-Than-Human PerspectivesPhoto: LiburkinaWhat possibilities does multimodal, i.e., more-than-textual work open up for multispecies ethnographic research? And how can topics from the...Show all news
