Persistent Point of First Contact – Povinelli & EASA2014
Earlier this week, Allegra published a critique of Elizabeth Povinelli’s keynote at the EASA 2014 in Tallinn written by Sylvain Piron. It did not…
Read MoreEarlier this week, Allegra published a critique of Elizabeth Povinelli’s keynote at the EASA 2014 in Tallinn written by Sylvain Piron. It did not…
Read MoreGerhard Anders is a lecturer in African Studies and International Development in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh….
Read MoreA week after the EASA conference in Tallinn, the impact of Elisabeth Povinelli’s keynote lecture may seem less urgent to debate, after so many…
Read MoreDoes anyone still remember that a few weeks ago there was a rather large anthropology conference in the Northern part of Europe called EASA…
Read MoreEvery once in a while we remind everyone – including ourselves – that oh right, there continually exists the thing called our NEWSLETTER! Yes,…
Read MoreWritten in the aftermath of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, this collection of essays by anthropologist Laura Nader is an…
Read MoreAs global news feeds are increasingly dominated by gruesome imagery of Gaza bombings and more recently, ISIS violence in Iraq, it seems difficult to grasp…
Read MoreToday we continue our discussion on Gaza with a guest post by Lori Allen, previously published at Jadaliyya, and reposted here with her kind…
Read MoreIn our last post discussing the ongoing Gaza massacres we insinuated that this issue was something existing outside the ivory tower of the academia,…
Read MoreWhile operating in the Ivory tower of the Academia – in this instance referring to the extensive attention we have been bestowing on the…
Read MoreThe fun & madness continues in Tallinn as Day 3 of #EASA2014 is in full swing. What has happened so far, what is the…
Read MoreSo the first day of the #EASA2014 is behind us. What did it leave us with; what was HOT and what was NOT?! …
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