Privilege and Certainty: Middle Classes and Confinement
The house and the body are the protagonists of isolation. In Argentina, staying at home is experienced as an unequal […]
If Meat Could Tell Stories: A Tale of Assam during Coronavirus
I can smell it, someone is cooking chicken, I screamed and ran to my sister. I think it is the
Afterlives: An Introduction
Afterlives are proliferating. Whether it is empire or destruction, Ebola or punk, revolution or waste – there seems to exist
Shaheen Bagh and the Force of Foundation
February 2020. The pedestrian overpass is covered in banners. Crossing its elevated walkway, only flashes of the sky can be
Haunted: Spirits and the Agency of the No Longer in Niger
In Niger one frequently hears that schools, specifically secondary schools, are haunted. Briefly put, this means that some schools are
Ghosts of Infrastructures Past
Some miles outside a small Welsh town, off the main road, a long, flat structure rises from the undergrowth. Ivy
Presumed Dead but Lived On
Treasures and Discreet Afterlives of Greek Heritage in Contemporary Turkey Treasure hunts have long been a common practice, constituting one
Lieux chargés: afterlives of Stolpersteine
Europe’s largest decentralised memorial is artist Gunter Demnig’s Stolpersteine—‘stumbling stones’— small brass plaques installed in the pavement in front of the
Turkish Cemeteries for the “Unknown”
I first heard about the Cemetery for the Unknown from a friend, Ceyda, while returning from the funeral of her
The Afterlife of Impossible Friendships
“My best friend from the army was a unit officer responsible for food and supplies. His name was Đura and