The INTERFACE commission

The Interface commission promotes engagement and aims to increase the visibility of anthropology in the public sphere. It seeks to foster communication and collaboration among anthropologists and broader public. It aims to transform the ways anthropologists process and mediate new knowledges on ground. We seek to give engaged anthropology in Switzerland a voice and a face through a multitude of diverse projects by showcasing them on this multi-media platform in multi-modal ways, so to encourage broader public engagement. Goals: -> To serve as a platform for discussing and exchanging ideas on how to make anthropology more visible and relevant for public debates, as well as to discuss the challenges and risks of engaged anthropology. -> To showcase projects from all over Switzerland but also internationally in which anthropologists cooperate with public actors. -> To serve as a platform for discussing and implementing ideas on the ways the institutions of anthropology can be transformed ; that they speak more to the needs of the student body and broader public. -> Delivering resources that would help anthropologists to deal with challenges of engaged anthropology. For example, how to interact with the media, etc.? How to write a media text? -> To serve as a collection of resources, a pool of up to date information and visionary ideas. -> To engage within the political, applied and multi-modal ways of anthropology.