Technologies of Trust: Introduction
This post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Ramah McKay (University of…
Read MoreThis post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Ramah McKay (University of…
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Read More“The struggle continues” is a famous and frequently repeated phrase attributed to Eduardo Mondlane, the first President of FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front that…
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Read MoreIn the wake of October 7th, I was asked by a fellow anthropologist if my Syrian friends and interlocutors – who participated in the…
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Read MoreWhat you are about to read is not fiction, but neither is it fact. It is a catalogue of illnesses that do not exist,…
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Read MoreIn Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, I found a musical roundabout. Large loudspeakers turn this otherwise innocuous infrastructure into an…
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