On “Patient Zero” and other metaphors of the Ebola epidemic
On 28th of December 2013, Emile, a two-year-old child who lived with his family in a small Guinean village near […]
Tunisia: c’è mai stata una primavera araba?
Sono passati più di tre anni da quando, dalla Tunisia, sono partite le prime rivolte [1] che hanno sovvertito molti
“I love polyandry, yo”: Tibetan refugee citizenship and the politics of culture
Toronto, summer 2012, three of us having lunch at an Indian restaurant downtown—me and two young Tibetan friends. We were
The Land-Grab Trap. Is there a Will to Govern Global Land-Grabbing? #AIGNetwork
How to govern the “global land rush” was at issue in the final negotiations on Principles for Responsible Investment in
Mental Welfare in The Field: A neglected subject?
By Marcus Jordan The time is 7 in the morning, and it is yet another long day of my fieldwork.
Recycling Faces and Identities?
When writing this piece I was asked to think in terms of recycling rather than producing something new, the usual
Universities in a State of Exception
Today we continue our thread ‘Allie’s Jewels on University Crises’ by a post by Dimitris Dalakoglou, originally published in October
Neo-Liberal University in Permanent State of Exception!
A short while ago we celebrated Allegra’s 1st birthday by re-visiting the ‘TOP 10’ posts of our first year. After
Moral Geography of US/Mexico borderlands: space- and place-making at the edge of America #BORDERS
The creation and maintenance of a national border is an act of political geography. The building of a wall or
Gaza, Einstein, and the UN
Today we continue our discussion on Gaza with a guest post by Lori Allen, previously published at Jadaliyya, and reposted