DGSKA Round Table 30.09.2025

The roundtable considered how Harney and Moten’s notion of the undercommons speaks to anthropological reflections on un/commoning. We posed this as a roundtable in order to enable dialogue–closely engaged with Harney and Moten’s text as well as with participants’ own courses of fieldwork and study.

Convened by: Tyler Zoanni, University Bremen & Melody Howse, MPI Social Anthropology

Contributors: Nnenna Onuoha, Harvard University & University of Potsdam

Faduma Abukar Mursal, University of Lucerne

Madeline Jaye Bass, MPI Human Development

In true undercommons style this wasn’t just a conversation it was a chance to engage differently with different forms of learning. Madeline made Zines, I made posters and together a killer playlist.

Playlist: Undercommons/Uncommoning

Zines: Printable Zine by Madeline Bass

Posters: Fugitive Planning by Melody Howse