02.10.2025
Pragmatismus und Vorsicht prägen die wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zwischen der Schweiz und China seit den 1970er-Jahren. Mit Unterstützung des SNF untersuchen eine Anthropologin und ein Historiker diese…
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New Book
Mountainscapes. Pathways and Mobilities in the Alps and Beyond.
26.09.2025
We are happy to announce the open-access publication of "Mountainscapes. Pathways and Mobilities in the Alps and Beyond", edited by Viviane Cretton and Andrea Boscoboinik (Berghahn, 2025).
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Explora
Vom Feld auf den Teller…und dann? Eine sozial-anthropologische Annäherung an Lebensmittelabfälle
04.09.2025
Entdecken Sie bei einem Spaziergang in der Nähe des Campus Miséricorde die Bedeutung der ethnografischen Arbeit und diskutieren Sie mit Mitgliedern und Studierenden der Einheit für Sozialanthropologie…
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Conference
"Université de Fribourg et Entreprises Fribourgeoises: Pas de Barrière". May 20, 2025
27.05.2025
To understand each other, we need to get to know each other! Under this motto, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Canton of Fribourg and the University of Fribourg have invited entrepreneurs to…
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Talk
'Lived Geopolitics. Rescaling Market Infrastructures in Odesa and Bishkek from Soviet Collapse to Backlash Imperialism'
22.05.2025
This talk by Dr. Claudia Eggart will take place on Thursday, June 12 at 10.30am in room A303 (PER 21).
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Conference
Annual Meeting 2026 of the Swiss Anthropological Association (SEG/SSE)
12.05.2025
On February 5-7, 2026, the Social Anthropology Unit at the University of Fribourg will host the Swiss Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2026. The conference theme is "Care, Maintenance, Decay:…
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29.04.2025
On 27 May, 6pm, in room B130 (PER 21) our guest lecturer Dr. Jovana Dikovic will give a talk introducing her newly published book "The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-socialist rural development in Serbia"…
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Back to the roots
Emilia Sulek is going back to the roots.
15.04.2025
In her project called "Back to the Roots: Medicinal Plant Supply Chains in Post-Covid Asia" Dr. Emilia Sulek will study medicinal plant supply chains that have multiplied across Asia. A grant from Delta…
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Summer school
International Summer School in Social Anthropology 2025 (11th Edition)
13.02.2025
If you would like to experience a short fieldwork in Romania with an international team, consider this new proposition for a summer school organized by the UNIFR Social Anthropology Unit, together with…
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