Turkish Cemeteries for the “Unknown”
I first heard about the Cemetery for the Unknown from a friend, Ceyda, while returning from the funeral of her […]
The Afterlife of Impossible Friendships
“My best friend from the army was a unit officer responsible for food and supplies. His name was Đura and
Magical afterlives in post-genocidal Turkey
One enters the city of Dersim, surrounded by the steep holy Munzur Mountains in central Anatolia, after showing one’s ID
Tears and Dreams of a Martyr
“When my father went, he knew he let me in safe hands. It means that instead of one hand, I
A Trajectory and the Curatorial Turn
Where did afterlives fever come from? These reflections suggest a trajectory. Today, amid a lively eruption of usages, afterlife has
The Vital Afterlife of Chernobyl Cemeteries
Every year, after Easter, hundreds of families from all over Ukraine gather in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. People converge
Muslim NGOs Facing COVID-19 in France
Since the beginning of the Covid-19, Muslim NGOs have been at the forefront of the crisis in France. Their implication
Ethnography at an Impasse? Fieldwork Reflections During a Pandemic
As COVID-19 disrupts life for billions of people around the world, it also calls into question the very notion of
Towards a Covid-19 lexicon of conceptual off-shoots: locking sociality down in the Netherlands and Spain
This piece reconsiders the importance and impact of pandemic’s preventive discourses on existing language-scapes in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Slow. the. fuck. down.
Do you remember what an ordinary day in your life looked like last autumn? Back when Corona was just a