The folly of little kings
On Monday, May 25th, 2020, Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canél, involuntarily found himself in the spotlight. Diaz-Canél had become the […]
Revisiting ‘States at Work. Dynamics of African Bureaucracies’
‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners,
The state of the state in Africa
How political authority and legitimacy are sustained in societies marked by socio-economic inequality and political exclusion has been a long-standing
Celebrating Allies – part 4: “Looking text straight in the face”
To conclude this week we wish to highlight the hard work of one more Allie – namely Marie-Louise Karttunen. She
Celebrating Allies – ALL WEEK! Glimpses from behind the scenes!
Over the past few weeks, Allegra has been deeply engaged with a theme that is both topical and urgent: human
Universit(ar)y journeys: an ethnographic play
Prologue When the fireworks in the Senate Square in Helsinki announced the beginning of 2015, they also marked the start
One-Shots Thematic thread
Contextualizing Exclusion: Lessons from Kambis
In my first blog installment I described one of my bus rides in Tehran in order to show that education,
From the Centre of Europe to the End of the World: Intimate reflections on activism, healing and belonging in the field
I was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile
That buried secret of ours! non-fiction and fiction on memories of violence, death politics and the economy of silence in post-revolution Iran
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor.
Leipzig 100: Super Model Epilogue with Savage
In his epilogue to the series of papers of the centenary symposium, Immo Eulenberger, a native of Leipzig who had