Filming Future Imaginaries in Kurdistan
It was during my fieldwork in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan, when I started seeing Kobane popping up everywhere in the city. […]
Photographic engagement
In 2014 I started exploring people’s lives in Parisian suburbs (banlieue)[1] through engaged and creative visual practices. Being an independent
City Play: Collaborative Filmmaking with Children
In Egypt, children are subject to a conservative and hierarchical public educational system. Underfunding, overcrowded classrooms and precarious infrastructure make
Audiovisual research practice in the global era
Time has shortened, space has shrunk, social relations have stretched and information keeps coming as intensive flows. This article explores
“EUER WEH”: Accra station woe
EUER WEH – German for ‘your woe‘, reads the car inscription on the bonnet. An unwitting meaning, residue of the
Fieldwork among comedians: A Danish anthropologist trying to be funny
“Why are stand-up comedians better anthropologists than I am?” A few years ago, I started asking myself that question. As
The Moving Matters Traveling Workshop: An Interview with Susan Ossman
Anthropologist and writer Helen Faller interviews Susan Ossman, Artistic Director of the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop and professor of Anthropology
HSR II: Consequences of anti-smuggling and anti-trafficking policies
In the first of two questions of the second roundtable, human smuggling experts share their views on the (un)intended consequences of anti-smuggling
The human smugglers roundtable is back!
While irregular migration is a global phenomenon, the mechanisms that allow for it to occur have received scant scholarly attention.
Roundtable II: Responses by Jared P. Van Ramshorst
What are the intended/unintended consequences of anti-smuggling and anti-trafficking policies? Anti-smuggling and anti-trafficking policies are intended to disrupt and deter