Cooperating - Collaborating - Curating
On modes of working together in ethnographic research
Keywords:
Cooperation, collaboration, curating, ethnography, reflexivity, engaged Anthropology, epistemic partnershipAbstract
With notions such as “cooperating“, “collaborating“ and “curating“ we address modes of working together in ethnographic-anthropological research, as are realised across diverse fields, in interaction with different actors and with multiple goals. We do not claim to present clear definitions or sharp distinctions between different notions. Rather we briefly bring together ongoing discussions in order to unfold the controversially discussed roles of ethnographic research in contemporary societal debates. This overview is followed by six research papers that provide insights into the range of forms of working together as it was and is practiced at the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This collection addresses, on the one hand, researchers, students, teachers and colleagues at the Institute who wish to know more about how their colleagues work and with whom and, on the other hand, to the outside and all readers with an interest in the range of formats of ethnographic research and knowledge production.
