Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement
Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . .
Their Life Has Been Taken; Their Death is Denied
Didier Fassin. 2024. Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza. London: Verso. Israel’s nearly two-year
On Silence
On the 7th of December 2024, Damascus was up all night having a special kind of party. At 3 a.m., my siblings
At the state’s gate: The uncomplicated coexistence of ideas about rights and hospitality among Syrian refugee youths in Jordan
Introduction In the short story Before the Law, Franz Kafka writes about a man from the country who attempts to
Prehistories of the War on Terror: A Critical Genealogy
A.J. Yumi Lee and Karen R. Miller. 2024. Prehistories of the War on Terror: A Critical Genealogy. Philadelphia: University of
Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with
ANTHROKINO: STATE OF ADDRESS
Come gather with us for another AnthroKino in which we’ll watch State of Address. The screening will be followed by
Beyond the Footnote: Citation as Disruption in Creative Anthropology
Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison
Anthrokino: Open Unit
Come gather with us for another AnthroKino in which we’ll watch Open Unit by Paul Antick. The screening will be
Collective Thinking, Collective Action
Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case