The Infrahuman March 26, 14:00–17:00
With:
Anna Schmid, museographer and
independent researcher, DE
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Venue: Collegium Helveticum, Meridian Hall
Free of charge, we kindly ask you to register for this workshop via this form.
The infrahuman, “human, yet not entirely human.” This perception, often based on factors such as cognitive abilities, social status, or progeny, describes individuals or groups perceived as not fully human and, as a result, denied civil liberties.
The legacies of criminal anthropology continue to inform contemporary conceptions of what it means to be human in both scientific and societal contexts. This workshop convenes scholars from anthropology, contemporary Latin American and Caribbean studies, evolution and ecology, history of science, political philosophy, and provenance research to discuss how the category of the infrahuman has been constructed and sustained across various domains.
We invite you to participate in this workshop and welcome your perspectives, insights, and questions.
With:
Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, writer and literary scholar, Collegium Helveticum, CH / University of Pennsylvania, US
Dennis Hansen, curator, Natural History Museum, University of Zurich, CH
Nadia Mazouz, philosopher, ETH Zurich, CH
George Paul Meiu, anthropologist, University of Basel, CH
Anna Schmid, museographer and independent researcher, DE
Mario Wimmer, historian, Collegium Helveticum, CH
Moderated by Zainabu Jallo, Collegium Helveticum
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