Alternatives to Extractivism. A manifesto of propositions and unresolved questions
In memory of Sabine Luning(30 August 1959 – 6 March 2025) whose support and input has shaped our thinking in […]
Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture, and Rebuilding Academia Otherwise
I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment. It is early June 2016, and I am in
Breaking Form: Practices of Black visuality and Sonority
Realizing that things are because things are connected. In the spaces between, we create. Some days I wonder if this is
Practicing slow scholarship in a hard world
I feel surrounded by a special sense of gratitude, one that I’m unsure I have ever felt before, exactly like
On Silence
On the 7th of December 2024, Damascus was up all night having a special kind of party. At 3 a.m., my siblings
At the state’s gate: The uncomplicated coexistence of ideas about rights and hospitality among Syrian refugee youths in Jordan
Introduction In the short story Before the Law, Franz Kafka writes about a man from the country who attempts to
Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with
Beyond the Footnote: Citation as Disruption in Creative Anthropology
Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison
An ode to being wrong about creativity
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative