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he/they | queer & medical anthropology | researching HIV-PrEP & intimacy | PhD candidate & research associate at FU Berlin https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/ethnologie/forschung/arbeitsstellen/medical_anthropology/personen/mitglieder/schnepf/index.html

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Very excited about this conversation with @mxschnepf.bsky.social at nGbK Berlin on Oct 24th, part of athe museum's exhibition on Viral Intimacies.

We will talk about what HIV/AIDS have to do with the COVID-19 and MPox? Who gets to remember or forget?

Info: ngbk.de/en/programm/...

14.10.2025 13:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Join us on Wed., June 18th, for a talk  by Prof. Esra ร–zyรผrek on her amazing book "Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany" at FU Berlin or online. Much looking forward to a timely debate! 

We meet at 4.15 in the FU lecture hall A, Ihnestr. 21, 14195 Berlin, and online on Webex.

Join us on Wed., June 18th, for a talk by Prof. Esra ร–zyรผrek on her amazing book "Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany" at FU Berlin or online. Much looking forward to a timely debate! We meet at 4.15 in the FU lecture hall A, Ihnestr. 21, 14195 Berlin, and online on Webex.

Join us on Wed., June 18th, for Esra ร–zyรผrek's talk on her book "Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany" at FU Berlin or online. Much looking forward to a timely debate!

15.06.2025 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Queer Pharma: Berlin Workshop on Drugs, Desire, and Altered Ways of Knowing Experimentations with pharmaceutical substances cradle queer potential โ€“ bodies and organisms transform, relations shift, emotions swell or fade into quietude. With capacities to intervene in lifeโ€™s p...

Last weekโ€™s Queer Pharma workshop in Berlin brought together scholars, artists, and activists to explore experimentation as a queer practice.
Grateful for all who made this gathering so intellectually and affectively rich.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/queer-...

12.06.2025 08:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ministerin Bรคr plant ยปRundum-sorglos-Paketยซ fรผr auslรคndische Forschende US-Prรคsident Trump macht ihnen das Forschen schwer, Wissenschaftsministerin Bรคr will nun Spitzenkrรคfte von US-Hochschulen nach Deutschland holen. Parteifreund Sรถder schwรคrmt bereits von einem ยปExilcam...

"Deutschland biete 'garantierte Wissenschaftsfreiheit'", damit will Dorothea Bรคr US-Wissenschaftler*innen nach Dtl. locken.
Gut!
๐Ÿ‘‰Aber nicht ohne Ironie, dass dieser Satz gerade aus dem Ministerium kommt, das u Stark-Watzinger diesen Grundsatz beschรคdigte /2
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

05.06.2025 10:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 59 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Amazing turnout at the opening of our workshop on "Queer Pharma", which is about to begin with a keynote speech by @kanerace.bsky.social on "Queer Psychoactivity: Switching Frameworks", at the Schwules Museum in Berlin tonight!
@mxschnepf.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

04.06.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last week, we learnt that our university management is planning to cut our 3rd professorship in Social & Cult. Anthropology. This would have fatal consequences for our Institute at the FU Berlin and our discipline in the German speaking countries. We will struggle against this and hope for support!

29.05.2025 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Our institute is at risk due to the severe funding cuts affecting Berlinโ€™s universities.
Itโ€™s no coincidence that, in a time of the alarming rise of the far right, itโ€™s the already underfunded critical social sciences that are being hit hardest. Now is the time to stand up โœŠ

30.05.2025 10:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our institute, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social is at risk due to budget cuts. In current times where we need more and not less critical social scientific perspectives, this is horrible, but also not entirely surprising news. Please spread the word!

30.05.2025 10:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My home institution is under threat:

The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs your solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space #SaveBerlinAnthropology

30.05.2025 09:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social needs our solidarity. Planned budget cuts by the city and university leadership threaten the vital, critical work coming out of this space. Letโ€™s not let it go quiet. #SaveBerlinAnthropology

30.05.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin receives overwhelming support from students and colleagues in the face of massive budget cuts At the beginning of last week, I received some devastating news: the Presidentโ€™s Office at Freie Universitรคt Berlin has proposed eliminating the third professorship at the Institute of Social and Cult...

At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...

29.05.2025 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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quote of the day: life style drug

28.05.2025 16:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: trust in biomedicine

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quote of the day: nostalgia (?)

26.05.2025 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: Berlin imaginaries

22.05.2025 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Der Staat, das bin ich nicht! Kanzler Merz mรถchte, dass alle mehr Verantwortung fรผr den Staat รผbernehmen. Unser Kolumnist Yossi Bartal erklรคrt, warum er dieser Aufforderung nicht nachkommen mรถchte.

Als erfahrener Drรผckeberger erklรคre ich in meiner neuen Kolumne auf @ndaktuell.bsky.social , warum ich fรผr ein Land wie Deutschland โ€“ das Kriegsverbrechen unterstรผtzt, die Umwelt zerstรถrt und Austeritรคt propagiert โ€“ nicht einmal รœberstunden machen wรผrde.

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quote of the day: cost and benefit

15.05.2025 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: moralization

14.05.2025 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: carelessness

From my latest publication "Care, and the less of it: Haunted gestures and the affective economy of pharmaceutical HIV prevention"

doi.org/10.1002/fea2...

13.05.2025 15:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: revival

12.05.2025 15:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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quote of the day: 'sterile sexuality'

09.05.2025 11:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quote of the day: Performing gay masculinity through PrEP

07.05.2025 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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06.05.2025 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As part of the workshop "Queer Pharma," @kanerace.bsky.social will give a public keynote at the Schwules Museum:

"QUEER PSYCHOACTIVITY: switching frameworks"

June 4, 6 PM, Schwules Museum Berlin, free entry

Organized by @hdilger.bsky.social and yours truly, funded by @dfg.de

05.05.2025 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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30.04.2025 18:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Deadline TOMORROW! ๐Ÿ’ซ

Submit a paper to @zraunig.bsky.social's and my panel at the Medical Anthropology Europe-conference (Vienna, Sept 16-19): mae.univie.ac.at/scientific-p...

#41 Care Unsettled: Queer in Medical Anthropology
Discussant: Harris Solomon (Duke University) @harrissolomon.bsky.social

14.04.2025 10:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I would love to hear what your students make of the article! ๐Ÿคฉ

10.04.2025 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How does PrEP stir both hope and worry in Germany? In this #OpenAccess article, @mxschnepf.bsky.social explores the mixed emotions around PrEP, care, and โ€œcarelessnessโ€ in Berlinโ€™s sexual cultures and prevention landscape.
doi.org/10.1002/fea2...

#anthropology

10.04.2025 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0