Category: Blog
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Performing Knowledge – The Transformative Potential of Interdisciplinary Methodology for Anthropology and Psychology
As part of ENPA’s Tracing the Interdisciplinary blog series, Merle Bartoldus revisits the latest ENPA conference in Münster to reflect on the different positions of psychologists and anthropologists and explore their transformative potential. As an anthropology student, seminars and lectures…
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Bhāva as Method: Rethinking Psychological Anthropology through Ritual Processions in the Indian Himalaya
As part of ENPA’s Tracing the Interdisciplinary Blog Series, Vineet Gairola is exploring the relational aspects of psychological life through ethnographic fieldwork in the Garhwal Himalaya.
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Announcing ‘Against relationalism and the tyranny of context’ and ‘Humans, temporary absolutes’
In this post, Prof. Albert Piette shares two of his latest books. He argues for anthropology to reconnect with its apparent subject matter, human beings. If you would like to share your work, then write to us! Dear colleagues,I would…
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3rd ENPA Biennial Conference 2025
“Anthropologies and Psychologies in Inter/Action – Engaging Interdisciplinary Perspectives” 11-13 June 2025, University of Münster, Germany This year’s ENPA conference was jointly organized by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Department of Psychology at the University of…
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Making Psychological Anthropology Public in Kazakhstan: Baby Steps
Reporting from Kazakhstan, Julia Khan shares her continuing work promoting psychological anthropology with wider publics. When we imagine what public psychological anthropology might look like, we often picture anthropologists doing fieldwork collaborating with communities, shaping interventions, or co-producing knowledge in…
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Why go public with psychological anthropology?
The ENPA Task Force on Public Psychological Anthropology make the case for public engagement and introduce their upcoming podcast series, ‘Mind the Culture’. “What do you think public psychological anthropology is?”, a friendly stranger was once asked at a city bus…