Elections as domestication of violence and threats of war
The 2014 Afghan presidential election reveals the dual quality Achille Mbembe described in Politics as a Form of Expenditure[i] as, […]
After Elections: Hope?
Worldwide debates on 2014 Afghan elections condense some of the most influencing myths – one of which certainly being related
Violence, Voting and the Monopolization of Power
The following is based on edited excerpts from the introduction of Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan: Elections in an Unstable Political
Democracy building in Afghanistan?
The following thoughts combine views expressed in Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan, blog posts written for Afghanelections14.com and observations made over
Afghan Elections: the pen, the gun and the slippage between
Afghanistan’s Presidential elections were scheduled to coincide with the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops and Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer
Moral Geography of US/Mexico borderlands: space- and place-making at the edge of America #BORDERS
The creation and maintenance of a national border is an act of political geography. The building of a wall or
Introduction – Thread on SUSTAINABILITY
Even though the green shoots of economic recovery have started to sprout across the globe, the impact of austerity, long
Electric Love – sustainability
Years ago, when we were still working as ethnographers for Harley-Davidson Inc., it was common for us to hear riders
And then my heart went zoom…
In June of this year, we hosted the Myth and the Market meeting in Carlingford, County Louth, a place which
Sustainability, social justice and how to make the world a better place
When talking about issues of sustainability it seems it is impossible to avoid initial confusion, given how much of a