BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news386@ethnologie.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250321T121225 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250409T161500 SUMMARY:The Reconfiguration of Kin Networks through Separation and Estrange ment DESCRIPTION:Intimate relations\, defined by mutual care\, trust and love\, are fundamental to all human societies and have been widely studied by soc ial anthropologists. These relationships form part of the continuum of soc ial commitment that has gained attention in New Kinship Studies (NKS)\, fo cusing on the interactions that create and sustain them\, thereby emphasis ing relatedness through interaction rather than procreative connections. T his shift is largely inspired by David Schneider's work\, which prioritise s the "kinning" of others through interactions that bespeak and demonstrat e intimacy. While NKS has focused on the creation and maintenance of intim ate relations\, our research explores interactions that result in the tran sformation or termination of such relations\, on what we take to be the re asonable assumption that the anthropology of kinship needs to take account of both the procreative relations between people and the sociological tra jectories that can sustain or erode intimate relations. We are conducting three empirical studies: estrangement between parents and adult children i n Switzerland\, marriage dissolution in the Philippines\, and bureaucratic separation of parents and their children in Russia. Our research addresse s foundational issues for NKS\, arguing that procreation as well as caregi ving efforts and their effects\, are foundational to understanding estrang ement processes precisely because sociological profiles cannot "end" kin r elations and the networks they set up. Our research aims to show what make s it impossible to "undo" kin relations and trace the ripple effects of at tempts to do so on the kin networks. Thus\, and to put it plainly\, one ca n\, for example\, terminate all direct interaction with one's birth-mother \, but one cannot\, by an act of will\, negate the effects of that termina tion on one's relations with siblings\, children and other kin\; nor can o ne negate the effects of state interventions.\\r\\n\\r\\nBettina Beer rece ived her PhD in anthropology from the University of Hamburg\, in 1995\, wi th a dissertation on German-Philippine Marriages. Interethnic marriages an d the migration of Women. She habilitated in 2001 with a project on Body concepts\, interethnic relations and theories of racism. She has conducted long-term fieldwork in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea\, and researc h on cultural diversity in German-speaking Europe. She is committed to the importance of the connection between research and teaching in all aspects of anthropology. X-ALT-DESC:

Intimate relations\, defined by mutual care\, trust and love\ , are fundamental to all human societies and have been widely studied by s ocial anthropologists. These relationships form part of the continuum of s ocial commitment that has gained attention in New Kinship Studies (NKS)\, focusing on the interactions that create and sustain them\, thereby emphas ising relatedness through interaction rather than procreative connections. This shift is largely inspired by David Schneider's work\, which prioriti ses the "kinning" of others through interactions that bespeak and demonstr ate intimacy. While NKS has focused on the creation and maintenance of int imate relations\, our research explores interactions that result in the tr ansformation or termination of such relations\, on what we take to be the reasonable assumption that the anthropology of kinship needs to take accou nt of both the procreative relations between people and the sociological t rajectories that can sustain or erode intimate relations. We are conductin g three empirical studies: estrangement between parents and adult children in Switzerland\, marriage dissolution in the Philippines\, and bureaucrat ic separation of parents and their children in Russia. Our research addres ses foundational issues for NKS\, arguing that procreation as well as care giving efforts and their effects\, are foundational to understanding estra ngement processes precisely because sociological profiles cannot "end" kin relations and the networks they set up. Our research aims to show what ma kes it impossible to "undo" kin relations and trace the ripple effects of attempts to do so on the kin networks. Thus\, and to put it plainly\, one can\, for example\, terminate all direct interaction with one's birth-moth er\, but one cannot\, by an act of will\, negate the effects of that termi nation on one's relations with siblings\, children and other kin\; nor can one negate the effects of state interventions.

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Bettina Beer received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Hamb urg\, in 1995\, with a dissertation on German-Philippine Marriages. In terethnic marriages and the migration of Women. She habilitated in 20 01 with a project on \;Body concepts\, interethnic relations and t heories of racism. She has conducted long-term fieldwork in the Phili ppines and Papua New Guinea\, and research on cultural diversity in German -speaking Europe. She is committed to the importance of the connection bet ween research and teaching in all aspects of anthropology.

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