The Truth About Crime
What is ‘crime’? A social pathology? A violation of social order? The object or raison d’être of law enforcement? How can we best conceive…
Read MoreWhat is ‘crime’? A social pathology? A violation of social order? The object or raison d’être of law enforcement? How can we best conceive…
Read MoreDid you forget to give a Valentine’s Day present to your ears? Don’t worry, because you can still make amends through the gift of…
Read MoreThis text, written by our guest editor Salvatore Poier, is a plea for solidarity and a request to engage in a vigorous and honest…
Read MoreThose of the general public who have heard of milk kinship usually regard milk kinship as a feature of “primitive”, “tribal” lineage-based societies, often…
Read MoreToday we have, once again, witnessed the arrival of the World Happiness Reports – reports that claim nothing less than to offer a neatly quantified,…
Read MoreThis post belongs into a series of posts on the workshop “The Future of Central Asian Studies” organized by Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer and…
Read MoreNumerous studies indicate if human waste management and consumer patterns continue as they are now, then in 2050 the plastic in the world’s oceans…
Read MoreOn the 22nd of February 2018 University and College Union (UCU), the largest academic union in the world with over 100,000 members went on…
Read MorePresse release of 6 February 2018: Scientific knowledge as an important tool in the social and political battle against racism: this proposal put forward by anthropologists…
Read MoreAmid the growing convergence between the politics of aid and policing, emergency and military governance, securitization and the production of collective fear, this series…
Read MoreCentral to the capturing cover-image, the downhill stone-paved street of the Pazari district of Gjirokastër, south Albania, reflects the orientation of Dimitris Dalakoglou’s book…
Read MoreThe book “Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity: The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation” by Franz von Benda-Beckmann and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann…
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