Convenors: Esther Peeren and Jaap Kooijman. Coordinator: Eloe Kingma | Methods and Forms: Videographic Criticism, Close Reading, Artistic Research, Field Work, Auto-Theory, Activist Scholarship | Location: PC Hoofthuis, room 560.
We will meet, in person with a Zoom option for those unable to be in Amsterdam, from 15:00-17:00 on 9 February 2023, 9 March 2023 and 6 April 2023.
In this year's Theory Seminar, we will explore the different methods and forms we use in our research, with sessions focusing on videographic criticism, close reading, artistic research, fieldwork, autotheory and activist scholarship. Participants should commit to attending all sessions and should be willing to co-chair a session.
To register, please email Eloe Kingma at asca-fgw@uva.nl.
Field Work – 9 February 2023
Artwell Nhemachena, Nelson Mlambo, and Maria Kaundjua, “The notion of the “field” and the practices of researching and writing Africa: towards decolonial praxis.” Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies 9.7 (2016): 15-36.
Gökçe Günel, Saiba Varma, and Chika Watanabe, “A manifesto for patchwork ethnography.” Society for Cultural Anthropology, 9 June 2020.
Nicolas Langlitz, “If only there was a Department of Fieldwork in Philosophy.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 11.2 (2021): 748-753.