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Eileen Jahn
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Epistemologies of the Global South
Scientific career
- Since 12/2020: Doctoral Fellow at the Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South
- 2018–2020: M.Sc. Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Thesis: Guardians of Trust:
An Ethnographic Account on Mistrust and Trust in Democratization (thesis research in South Africa)
- 2016–2018: B.A. Cultural Studies / Art-Media-Aesthetic Education, University of Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Epistemologies of the Global South
Research areas and interests
- Central and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Southern Africa
- infrastructures, coloniality of power/knowledge, decolonization, social movements, anthropology of ethics, activism, critical urbanism
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Epistemologies of the Global South
Publications
2021
Jahn, Eileen
Access to energy for all in South Africa and the anthropologist's responsibility of care
2021
Responsibility: Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK's 2021 conference (Panel: Who speaks for Energy? Responsibility and authority in the ethnographies of energy in an era of anthropogenic climate change II), University of St Andrews (online)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Epistemologies of the Global South
Eileen Jahn
Doctoral Fellow
University of Bayreuth
Building: Zapf Haus 2
Nürnberger Straße 38
D-95448 Bayreuth
E-mail: eileen.jahn@uni-bayreuth.de
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