Distinguished colleagues,
We are reaching out to you to inquire about your interest in joining a new network in the field of indigenous studies which we shall provisionally call ‘German Indigenous Studies Network'. We would like to make the effort to join forces and disciplines with indigenous issues being studied from a wide range of disciplines, including – while not limited to – the law, anthropology, history, heritage studies, archaeology, sociology, political science and more disciplines and neighbouring fields. We believe in the academic and methodological benefits of studying indigenous peoples and their rights from a multidisciplinary view.
With this, we are only seeking to take a first ‘institutionalising’ step – the network is going to be shaped by all of us including its very activities and objectives. What we may think of here concerns, inter-alia, fairly regular emails/newsletter, a hybrid meeting (in situ/digital), panels at conferences, exhibitions, funding applications and collaborative projects, participation in international networks such as EMPI, publication projects and related classical scholarly activities. We thereby hope to create a forum for fruitful academic exchange, enable you to establish relevant academic collaborations and provide you with a range of academic opportunities in the field of indigenous studies in the German Federal Republic.
Here is how to join: please send us the following personal information by replying to this email, 1) your full name, 2) your email addresses (professional and private), 3) your institutional affiliation(s), 4) your discipline(s), and 5) a couple of key words on the issues you work on as they relate to indigenous studies.
We hope to receive a response from you soon, enabling us to compile this information for all of you and to convene a first meeting. Feel free to pass on the word to colleagues who might be interested in this.
Warm regards,
Valence Valerian Meriki Silayo & Jessika Eichler
(valencemeriki2002yahoocom; jessika.eichlergmailcom)
