“ARE YOU HEADING TO THE FUN ZONE?”: NOTES FROM THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER
Research takes you to unexpected places. After finishing my PhD, I got a postdoc position at the ERC-funded project WARFUN […]
Sliding through life
On a chilly afternoon in April of 2016, Lana and I were about to embark on a ride through Saint
When Nothing Fits
Disclaimer: All people mentioned were able to choose how they want to appear in this text. They chose to appear
“We don’t have to whisper”: Fieldnotes from Odesa
I met Engineer Yakiv[1] on board a merchant ship I had joined just south of Sri Lanka in early 2013.
Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part II
The partial biographies presented in this piece are situated as stoppages that mark generational experiences of structural change in South
Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part I
In this piece, I document partial biographies of two residents of Seoul that were narrated across the course of fieldwork
Strange Bedfellows: On Trauma and Ethnographic Vulnerability
I never expected that laughter would be part of the solution. I had set out on fieldwork with rather vague
Inviting disasters
One particularly warm morning in September 2020, I am looking at photographs and videos in the media depicting the aftermath
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (IV)
Part Four: “When will this Covid be over?” During the first month of T.’s search for work in Dubai, Covid-19
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (III)
Part Three: A Travel Agent selling Freedom For the second half of my stay, I lived in a shared accommodation