[anthro]metronom. witnessing psy realms; Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Univ. Berlin and supervised by Thomas Stodulka (Web)
Proposals by: –
We all think we know what love is — until we try to define it. The moment we reach for words, love shape-shifts: it’s personal and political, tender, tumultuous, and at times, painful — both fleeting and forever. Desire, just as elusive, threads through our bodies, our relationships, our societies, leaving traces that call to be explored. And intimacy? It lingers in relations with ourselves and the world, in radical acts of care and moments of violence, in the spaces between self and other. We invite you to creatively explore love, desire, and intimacy in all their entangled, messy, and diverse forms. Whether in the shape of stories, poems, text fragments, pictures, experimental pieces, or theoretical reflections — we want to hear your voices. How do these forces move through and shape your life, your research, your movements/activism, your relationships? How do they interweave with the political, the social, the everyday?
Inspired by the affective turn in anthropology — where affects and emotions have taken center stage — as well as by current research on embodiment, gender, and sexuality, we seek contributions that stretch across personal and academic realms, revealing how the personal is entangled with broader structures of power and possibility. In times marked by the global rearticulation of fascism, patriarchy, and imperialism, we see this special section as a beacon of hope — a space to resist, connect, and imagine otherwise. This is an open invitation to let your words wander. To approach love, desire, and intimacy not just as subjects of study, but as lived experiences that resist easy categorization. Your contributions will become part of a multi-faceted section on the [anthro]metronom Blog, bringing together different voices, perspectives, and creative modes of expression.
The new blog [anthro]metronom (Web) | (PDF)
The new blog [anthro]metronom aims at publishing essays on psychological anthropology accessible to everyone. It is designed as a platform where students, scholars and everyone interested in psychological anthropology is invited to submit essays related to current or historical discussions at the intersections of anthropology, psychology, and psychiatry in the broader sense. Continue reading →