Afterlives of revolution: Alice Wilson’s response
I first visited the Dhufar region of southern Oman in 2013. I was soon to learn that some residents were discussing the future of…
Read MoreI first visited the Dhufar region of southern Oman in 2013. I was soon to learn that some residents were discussing the future of…
Read MoreIn the mid-2000s, while conducting ethnographic fieldwork on the impact of environmental conservation and development projects on the Yemeni island of Socotra, I took…
Read More“The struggle continues” is a famous and frequently repeated phrase attributed to Eduardo Mondlane, the first President of FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front that…
Read MoreThe Dhufar Revolution in Oman (1965-1976) was an attempt to depose the British-backed Sultan and implement social ideals based on egalitarianism. But the revolution…
Read MoreFalkof’s book discusses the everyday experiences of fear and moral anxiety in the city of Johannesburg in post-apartheid state South Africa. Drawing on narrative…
Read MoreFalkof, Nicky (2022): Worrier State. Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa. Manchester: Manchester University Press. South Africa 2022 is a troubled nation:…
Read MoreWhen encountering the generosity of brilliant colleagues, one can only start with gratitude. Add to that a historical moment when a virus has reconfigured…
Read MoreAndrea Ballestero (2019). A Future History of Water. Duke University Press. As I write these lines, my home city, Madrid, is covered in a…
Read MoreAndrea Ballestero,(2019). A Future History of Water. Duke University Press. I have an exercise I like to assign to my students, one that I…
Read MoreAs I finished reading Ballestero’s A Future History of Water, the world observed World Water Day 2021. Organized by the United Nations, it has…
Read MoreIn the search to close the digital divide, which has been even more exposed since the COVID-19 pandemic, the insights about technological use within…
Read MoreIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic the optimism of the early days of the world wide web appears to have completely abated. The…
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