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amsterdam-hands-on-anthropology-and-collaborative-storytelling

Stories from Amsterdam: Hands-on Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling

Everyone has a story to tell. For anthropologists, such accounts can reveal
as much about the people and societies we study as more conventional
research. But the process of collecting stories in the field and retelling
them in the academic arena is littered with pitfalls. How do we ensure that
our subjects are fairly represented? How do we construct a culturally
sensitive narrative whilst maintaining scientific validity? This course
introduces you to the hands-on approach we call DAY: do anthropology
yourself. It is about engaging actively with interlocutors to include them
in the process of generating knowledge that represents them and their
societies. In this way we turn scientific endeavour into a collaborative
process that empowers both researchers and researched.

There can be few better places to practise this method than Amsterdam. As
one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities, home to people of 180
nationalities, fascinating personal stories abound here. At the heart of
DAY are interactive conversational workshops at which you hear some of
these, from refugees and others.
Working with experienced ethnographers and creative writers, you learn to
construct narratives in collaboration with your interlocutors. In other
words, how to turn lived experiences into creative stories with an academic
appeal.

Along the way, we guide you through the process of gathering stories as the
basis for a scientific inquiry, using simple but effective fieldwork tools
(such as mobile phones), and presenting them through “low-tech” media like
creative writing and oral storytelling. Obviously, this is a highly
practical course requiring your active participation throughout. It is
organized by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at VU
Amsterdam in collaboration with social research studio Pollinize and youth
theatre project Studio 52nd.
Course leader

Dr. Younes Saramifar, Prof. Dimitris Dalakoglou, Prof. Halleh Ghorashi , Dr
Ellen Bal, Dr L. Nencel, Dr Ton Salman, Dr Marina de Regt, Dr Sanderien
Verstappen, Lipika Bansal, Sipko Melissen, Dr. Roy Gigengack, Dr. Barbara
Arisi
Target group

Advanced Bachelor's/Master's
Course aim

This course introduces you to the hands-on approach we call DAY: do
anthropology yourself. It is about engaging actively with interlocutors to
include them in the process of generating knowledge that represents them
and their societies. In this way we turn scientific endeavour into a
collaborative process that empowers both researchers and researched.
Credits info

3 ECTS
50 contact hours
Fee info

EUR 1150: Included in the tuition fee are:

• Airport pick-up service
• Orientation programme
• Course excursions
• On-site support
• 24/7 emergency assistance
• Transcript of records after completion of the course
Scholarships

• Early bird discount of €150 for anyone who applies and pays before 15
March 2017.
• €250 discount for students from partner universities.
• 10 scholarships available that cover the full tuition fee of one course.
• Combine 2 courses: €100 discount

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*Barbara M. ARISI* | PhD
Visiting Scholar
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
+ 31 06 15648123 <+31%206%2015648123>
CV http://lattes.cnpq.br/3548634367086337

Recent publications:
ARISI, B. M. 2016
<http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412016000200078&lng=pt&nrm=iso>.
Matis
Animal Feasts: minimal mimesis for social relations weaving. Vibrant, v.13,
n.2, pp. 78-94.
ARISI,B & CANTERO, M. 2016
<https://www.academia.edu/28151642/ARISI_Barbara_and_CANTERO_Marina._2016._Lixo_industrializado_consumo_e_descarte_viv%C3%AAncias_dos_povos_ind%C3%ADgenas_Matis_Amaz%C3%B4nia_Brasil_e_Guarani_Ciudad_del_Este_Paraguay_._In_Carmen_Rial_org_O_poder_do_lixo_abordagens_antropol%C3%B3gicas_dos_res%C3%ADduos_s%C3%B3lidos._Brasilia_editora_ABA._Pp_381-398>.
Lixo industrializado, consumo e descarte: vivências dos povos indígenas
Matis (Amazônia, Brasil) e Guarani (Ciudad del Este, Paraguay). In: Carmen
Rial (org), *O poder do lixo: abordagens antropológicas dos resíduos
sólidos. *Brasilia, editora Associação Brasileira de Antropologia/ABA. Pp
381-398.
ARISI, B. & MILANEZ, F. 2016. De Índios isolados a ignorados: conflitos no
Vale do Javari, AM. In: Gilse Elisa Rodrigues; Michel Justamand; Tharcísio
Santiago Cruz. (Org.). Fazendo Antropologia no Alto Solimões: diversidade
étnica e fronteira. 1ed. Embu: Alexa Cultural, pp. 37-65.

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