In the period from October 10 to 16, 2022, the International Doctoral School "Transformations in European Societies" was held at the University of Graz.
Prof. participated in the work of the doctoral school from our Department. Ph.D. Nevena Škrbić Alempijević, associate professor Ph.D. Sanja Potkonjak, assistant and doctoral student of Iva Grubiš and alumna of the Ph.D. Romana Pozniak from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore.
The autumn session brought together doctoral students and teachers from the University of Tel Aviv, the University of Basel, the University of Graz, the University of Munich, the University of Edinburgh and the University of the Isles and Highlands from Scotland. Workshops, presentations and public lectures were held as part of the doctoral school.
During the week, the participants covered a whole range of topics and monitored the progress of doctoral students. Presentations covered topics such as: retribalization of municipal politics in Switzerland, research on creative approaches in the economy of scarcity, survival of Palestinian nomads and environmental issues in the Jordan Valley, subjective temporality of patients diagnosed with dementia.... and many other topics of doctoral research conducted by doctoral students of the international school.
In addition to doctoral presentations, the lecture "Meanings of Europe. Ethnological perspectives from Scotland and Montenegro", which was held by alumni of the school: Ph.D. Alastair Mackie and Elisabeth Luggauer.
Participants also had the opportunity to participate in a series of workshops on sensory ethnography (Nevena Škrbić Alempijević), creative ethnography (Ullrich Kockel), collaborative research (Caroline Gatt), ethnographic hermeneutics (Katharina Eisch-Angus) and literature as an anthropological source (Mairéad Nic Craith). .
Along with classes, presentations and public lectures, the doctoral school was an opportunity to get to know the workers and the immigrant population of Graz. Lecture/walk: "De-Centering Graz: Citywall" was organized by prof. Ph.D. Katharina Eisch-Angus from the University of Graz with whom we toured
the former industrial zone of Graz, today a disputed site of accelerated gentrification and the growth of anti-immigrant sentiment.
We bring you a piece of the atmosphere from the doctoral school in the gallery.
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