Ulla Berg, Member in the School of Social Science (2024–25), explores how anthropologists engage in "deep hanging out" to better understand different cultures and communities. She also discusses her involvement in conversations at the Institute for Advanced Study that address some of society’s most pressing questions.
Institute Instances is a collection of 1–2 minute video snapshots of scholars, administrators, and visitors to the Institute for Advanced Study answering a question (or two) about their work at IAS. Viewed individually, these clips allow audiences to get to know the people who are, in the words of founding IAS Director Abraham Flexner, "pushing beyond the present limits of human knowledge" through advancements in science and the humanities. Taken together, these "instances" of Institute life are designed to show how everyone can play a role in actualizing discovery, and to celebrate a community devoted to excellence in scholarship.