Raphael Schwere

(updated 16 July 2022)

Fields of research

Human-animal studies (ethnocamelology), material culture, practical knowledge, anthropology of food, disability studies, museology, East Africa (Somaliland and Uganda in particular)

Research projects

Burden Camels in Somaliland: Disappearing Skilled Practices and Material Heritage (Endangered Material Knowledge Programme, British Museum, postponed)

Points of View: Museum Cooperation between Uganda and Switzerland

Disability & Technology

Drinking Skills: Milk in Africa

Exhibitions

Mobile Milk Museum (2019, Exhibition on Wheels in Uganda)

Points of View: Visions of a Museum Partnership (2018)

The Power of Milk (2017, Igongo Cultural Centre, Mbarara/Uganda)

Drink Deeply! Milk Exhibition (2017, Uganda National Museum, Kampala/Uganda)

Drinking Skills: Milk in Africa, Gourd and Tetra Pak. (2014)

Teaching

Olfactory Anthropology, Anthropology of Meat, Animal Labour, Doing Ethnography, Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen, Regionalmodul Afrika: Ethnologische Somali Studies, Qualitative Research Methods Short Courses, Ethnologiekolloquium, Fachgeschichte Ethnologie, Disability & Technology field school, Einführung in die Ethnologie: Monographieübung, Einführung in die Ethnologie: Methodenübung, Einführung in die ethnologischen Disability Studies, Praxismodul Praktische Ethnologische Arbeit

Publications

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Schwere, Raphael; Musa, Ahmed M (2020). Pack camels in photos. A transforming practice in Somaliland retraced in postcards and Instagram posts. Carnets de Terrain: Hypothèses.
Field School as a Method – Three Essays on Disability and Technology in Uganda. Edited by: Schwere, Raphael; Rickli, Francesca; Schuler, Maria-Theres (2020). Zürich: ISEK - Ethnologie der Universität Zürich.
Schwere, Raphael (2020). Distributed skills in camel herding. Cooperation in a human-animal relationship in Somaliland. Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism, 8(1-2):57-75.
Schwere, Raphael. Afrikas Museen haben sich emanzipiert. Die Restitutionsdebatte zeigt es: Afrikanischen Institutionen wird wenig zugetraut. Aber da sollte man erst einmal genauer hinschauen. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 90, 17 April 2019, p.38.
Laely, Thomas; Meyer, Marc; Mugume, Amon; Schwere, Raphael (2019). Towards mutuality in international museum cooperation. Reflections on a Swiss-Ugandan cooperative museum project. Stedelijk Studies, (8):1-16.
Musa, Ahmed M; Schwere, Raphael (2019). The hidden tactile negotiation sign language in Somaliland's livestock markets. Bildhaan. An International Journal of Somali Studies, 18:50-69.
Flitsch, Mareile (2018). Preface. In: Laely, Thomas; Meyer, Marc; Schwere, Raphael. Museum cooperation between Africa and Europe. A new field for museum studies. Bielefeld / Kampala: transcript / Fountain Publishers, XIII-XIII.
Laely, Thomas; Meyer, Marc; Schwere, Raphael (2018). Rethinking museum cooperation between Africa and Europe: do we need a new paradigm?. In: Laely, Thomas; Meyer, Marc; Schwere, Raphael. Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe. A New Field for Museum Studies. Bielefeld / Kampala: transcript / Fountain Publishers, 3-21.
Museum cooperation between Africa and Europe: a new field for museum studies. Edited by: Laely, Thomas; Meyer, Marc; Schwere, Raphael (2018). Bielefeld / Kampala: transcript / Fountain Publishers.
Schwere, Raphael; Laely, Thomas; Gagliardi, Luciano (2017). "Everything is milk". Milk culture in Uganda from a Swiss point of view. Uganda Journal, 54:32-57.
Laely, Thomas; Gagliardi, Luciano; Schwere, Raphael (2014). Milk in Africa – Gourd and Tetra Pak. In: Flitsch, Mareile. Drinking skills : milk, cassava beer, kava, palm wine, tea, rice beer. Sulgen: Benteli Verlag, 58-95.
Laely, Thomas; Gagliardi, Luciano; Schwere, Raphael (2014). Milch in Afrika – Kalebasse und Tetra Pak. In: Flitsch, Mareile. Trinkkultur Kultgetränk : Milch, Maniokbier, Kawa, Palmwein, Tee, Reisbier. Sulgen: Benteli Verlag, 58-95.
Flitsch, Mareile; Duin, Renzo S; Duin, Sonia; Gagliardi, Luciano; Haslwanter, Katharina Wilhelmina; Isler, Andreas; Kaiser, Thomas; Kaufmann, Lena; Laely, Thomas; von Niederhäusern, Karin; Powroznik, Maike; Schwere, Raphael; Sutter, Rebekka; Wernsdörfer, Martina; Zierhofer, Martina (2014). Drinking skills : milk, cassava beer, kava, palm wine, tea, rice beer. Sulgen: Benteli Verlag.
Flitsch, Mareile; Duin, Renzo S; Duin, Sonia; Gagliardi, Luciano; Haslwanter, Katharina Wilhelmina; Isler, Andreas; Kaiser, Thomas; Kaufmann, Lena; Laely, Thomas; von Niederhäusern, Karin; Powroznik, Maike; Schwere, Raphael; Sutter, Rebekka; Wernsdörfer, Martina; Zierhofer, Martina (2014). Trinkkultur Kultgetränk : Milch, Maniokbier, Kawa, Palmwein, Tee, Reisbier. Sulgen: Benteli Verlag.

Theses

Schwere, Raphael. 2015. “Appropriation of Assistive Technology for People with Mobility Disabilities in Kampala along an Itinerary of Socio-Technical Transformations.” Master’s thesis, Zurich: University of Zurich.

Schwere, Raphael. 2012. “Third Legs and Embodied Tricycles: People with Mobility Disabilities’ Experiences with Assistive Technologies in Kampala, Uganda.” Bachelor’s Thesis, Zurich: University of Zurich.

Media and newsletters

Schwere, Raphael. 2022. ‘Horse Power=W⁄t= ?’. Theater Gessnerallee (website). 6 January 2022. https://www.gessnerallee.ch/de/schedule/cycle/951/Zyklus_8.

Schwere, Raphael. 2019. ‘Afrikas Museen haben sich emanzipiert. Die Restitutionsdebatte zeigt es: Afrikanischen Institutionen wird wenig zugetraut. Aber da sollte man erst einmal genauer hinschauen’. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17 April 2019.

Grigo, Jacqueline, Marc Meyer, and Raphael Schwere. 2019. ‘Exhibition on Wheels: Mobile Dairy Museum Tours Uganda’. UZH News (blog). 1 April 2019. https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/Milch-Museum-Uganda.html.

Grigo, Jacqueline, Marc Meyer, and Raphael Schwere. 2019. ‘Ein rollendes Milch-Museum in Uganda’. UZH News (blog). 1 April 2019. https://www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/2019/Milch-Museum-Uganda.html.

Laely, Thomas, Marc Meyer, and Raphael Schwere. 2017. ‘Conference Report: Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe, Opportunities, Challenges and Modalities (Zurich, 1.-3.12.2016)’. SGAS Newsletter. Basel.

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Fields of research

Research projects

Exhibitions

Teaching

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Theses

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