In the name of ‘rule of law’…
After South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, one could read in the international […]
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
“It’s already the era of demokrasi, you know,” Pak Ketut says, nodding his head in firm approval, stretching out each
Rescuing (cosmopolitan) locals at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
On the 31st December 2014, after twenty years of existence, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) finally ceased operations.
Labors of Memory and the Post-Conflict Economy
During my research on Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 2003, a group of men in Lunsar invited me
‘Transitional Justice’ under the anthropological microscope
Until the end of this month, Allegra will explore an important emerging theme in legal anthropology, namely ‘transitional justice’. The
Anthropology: dialogue with the other
In July 2009, the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Education Outreach Programme launched an International Anthropology Cartoon Contest. The aims of the
One-Shots Thematic thread
Gemeinsam Forschen. Die Ethnologie als ‘Travelling Model’ der Forschungspraxis und Theoriebildung
The following paper [in German] was presented during the symposium ‘The Future of German Anthropology’  at the University of Leipzig, November 2014.
To be or not to be #CHARLIE – IS that the question?
Over the past week ‘the world’ has been in shock over the murders of the Charlie Hebdo journalists – or has
The Ethical Soundscape by Charles Hirschkind, Part 2/2!
Charles Hirschkind. The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics. 288 pages, ISBN: 978-0-231-13819-2. First published in 2006, the ending
Leisurely Islam
Leisurely Islam seeks to offer a different perspective on youth culture in the Middle East. In their book on the