Workshop on Green Open Access

by | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized

How does Green Open Access work?

Workshop for GASCA members

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10-12 am, online, German

Dr Kathleen Heft and Anja Rosenbaum

Findings from social and cultural anthropological research are often published in closed access, i.e. in fee-based publications and under restrictive usage rights. Researchers with limited financial resources and without access to libraries as well as research partners and the interested public find it difficult to access these research findings.
In many cases, however, publications published in closed access can be subsequently converted to open access and made available to a wide audience. Green open access, also known as secondary publication or self-archiving, makes scientific publications available via repositories and guarantees free and permanent access as well as their findability via search engines and databases.

The workshop teaches the basics of Green Open Access and introduces tools, repositories, checklists and contact points that support social and cultural anthropologists in transferring their publications to Open Access. In the hands-on part of the workshop, we will prepare the secondary publication of one of our own publications. Participants will have the opportunity to use the tools and checklists presented and clarify the most important questions, e.g. on secondary publication rights, publishing policies and manuscript versions. At the end, they will be able to archive their publication independently in a repository.

Following the two-hour workshop, you will have the opportunity to take part in an optional consultation hour.
The workshop is organised by the project ‘EthnOA – Open Access in the ethnological disciplines’ of the Specialised Information Service for Social and Cultural Anthropology. Write to us if you have any questions about the programme: ethnoa-kontakt@hu-berlin.de.

Please register for the workshop by 2 April 2025 at the following link: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/2506c9d5d22be018bcfd7dc800d9528b-1095943

The number of participants is limited to 30. The workshop offer is primarily aimed at members of the GASCA and DGEKW. You will receive the dial-in link to the Zoom room by e-mail a few days in advance.

 

Call for applications for GASCA dissertation prize

by | Nov 15, 2024 | Uncategorized

The German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology launches its fourth dissertation prize. This prize is intended to recognise outstanding academic achievements in the context of a social and cultural anthropological doctorate based on ethnographic research. Theses that focus primarily on aspects and topics of the history of the discipline can also be nominated. The dissertation prize is awarded for doctoral theses submitted to a German-speaking university. It is currently endowed with 1 x 1000€ (1st prize) and 2 x 500€ (two 2nd prizes) and will be awarded at the next biennial conference of the GASCA in Cologne. The nomination is made by a reviewer of the dissertation who is a GASCA member. An electronic copy of the dissertation, including the dissertation reviews and a brief justification of the nomination, must be sent to the GASCA board by 31 January 2025 by email to the office (geschaeftsstelle@dgska.de) in a single pdf file. All theses that have been defended between 1 October 2022 and 31 January 2025 can be nominated. The GASCA board will put together the selection committee, which will make the decision on the award in the run-up to the conference in Cologne.

Further appeal to the Bundestag for a resolution on the protection of Jewish life

by | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized

According to latest news (including in Der Spiegel), a resolution on the protection of Jewish life in Germany is to be passed in the Bundestag on 9 November 2024. This resolution is an important signal in view of the rise in anti-Semitism in Germany and worldwide.

In a recent joint article for the FAZ, colleagues from various disciplines drew attention to the fact that this initiative needs to be carefully considered. We have already made it clear in the past that we as the board of the GASCA wholeheartedly support all efforts to combat anti-Semitism, which, however and wherever it manifests itself, poses a dangerous threat to democratic society as a whole.

However, the important and necessary fight against anti-Semitism must not be at the expense of fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution. It is therefore alarming that drafts of the resolution that have become known have been accompanied by very far-reaching encroachments on fundamental rights and, in particular, on the right to public funding. The draft resolution to be discussed in the Bundestag has not yet been publicised in detail, but could have very far-reaching consequences for research. The freedom of art and science is a central pillar of our democratic society; restrictions could represent a dangerous blueprint for future attacks on these areas of social life that are so rich in fundamental rights.

As the GASCA board, we have signed an appeal to the members of the Bundestag to consider the carefully presented arguments in the FAZ article.

The article in the FAZ with suggested wording for the resolution can be found at the following link:

https://www.faz.net/einspruch/exklusiv/antisemitismus-in-deutschland-debatte-um-bundestagsresolution-110063856.html?share=Email&gift&premium=0x05695151a6c949fa1e712de1b7e1e6772eb32beca378ef329ab411948110be9b

The appeal can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyErqrcDRrzrZ1EPuk6iX9x10g8JrwishN2rlnAhRyYZQwPg/viewform

„Commoning Dialogues“ seeks more GASCA dialogue partners!

by | Nov 15, 2024 | Uncategorized

In preparation for the next GASCA conference ‘Un/commoning Anthropology’, the GASCA, in collaboration with Global South Studies, is organising a series of ‘Commoning Dialogues’ (webinar/ hybrid), each Monday 16:00-17:30 in irregular order. Each ‘Commoning Dialogues’ involves two participants – ‘host’ and ‘guest’ – who engage in dialogue on a topic in the field of Un/Commoning. The respective webinar can be freely designed by the dialogue partners, both in terms of the topic and the exact form of the dialogue. The ‘guest’ is invited by the ‘host’ – who initiates the dialogue.

The initiative is supported by the Commoning Focus Group at the GSSC https://gssc.uni-koeln.de/en/forschung-1/thematische-schwerpunkte/commoning-visions-resources-practices.

The next event is on 2 December: https://gssc.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/commoning-dialogues/cd-24-12-2-common-ing-concerns

We would like to invite all those interested in the topic to organise their own Commoning Dialogue, if desired also hybrid at the GSSC in Cologne!

If you are interested, please contact

Susanne Brandtstädter sbrandts@uni-koeln.de
(Speaker Commoning Focus GSSC & Commoning Dialogues Series)

 

Appeal regarding the planned resolution on the protection of Jewish life in Germany

by | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized

The GASCA board has co-signed an appeal to the members of the German Bundestag regarding the planned resolution on the protection of Jewish life in Germany.

The appeal, which has been signed by numerous organisations and individuals from the academic and cultural sectors, calls for a dialogue involving those affected, civil society and cultural organisations, institutions, and researchers before a resolution on the protection of Jewish life can be finalised and adopted. Measures to protect Jewish life in Germany and against all forms of discrimination are welcomed in principle. With reference to the failed attempt of an anti-discrimination clause in Berlin and in light of the scandal surrounding the allocation of funds by the Ministry of Education and Research, which has deeply shaken trust in politics and constructive cooperation, the signatories are calling for an early onset process of understanding before a resolution is adopted.

The full appeal (German version only) you find here.