The Art of Being IN: Road tripping, photographing and hanging out in post-soviet Russia
Yesterday we opened the AVMoFA’s first summer exhibition – Die SommerWende – and today we are very pleased to meet […]
SommerWende: Art/Science of postsocialism
Summer of course is a nice time to take vacation and go on a trip, visit new places, admire historical
Tim Ingold on the “correspondence of lives”
Professor Tim Ingold from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, gave a lecture at the University of Konstanz, Germany on June
Poignant Pasts and Uncertain Futures in the Greek Crisis: Ethnographic Snippets from ATM Queues
July 2nd 2015, it is 4.30pm and the temperature is touching 40’c. I am standing in a queue of some
Life Goes On. Banalities and Sociabilities of Crisis Greece
“Grecia, prove di un’economia di guerra”. (Corriere della Sera, June 30, 2015) “The Real Story Behind Greece’s Debt Crisis,” MSNBC
Book Review Reviews
The Perils of Joy. Contesting Mulid Festivals in Contemporary Egypt
This book comes to life as a product of fifteen years of research in and about the festive culture of
Get a taste of summer… and upcoming EVENTS!
Yes, the summer has finally arrived: time to plan for the upcoming academic year! As has become our monthly tradition,
That buried secret of ours! non-fiction and fiction on memories of violence, death politics and the economy of silence in post-revolution Iran
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor.
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
Lila Abu-Lughod’s book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, expands on her thoughts from an earlier article similarly titled. As she explains,