An Anniversary as a Laboratory
This Allegra week we focus on a theme that we have addressed numerous times earlier: human rights. This repeated attention […]
Pragmatisms as Historical, Holistic, Total Social Facts
The theme of #pragmatisms comes from my fieldwork with a handful of civil movement organisations in Seoul during the mid-2000s.Â
Pragmatism Threads
Lived Theories: Hayek’s Neoliberalism and Pragmatism
One way of characterizing Amy Levine’s rich ethnographic inquiry into pragmatism is to posit South Korean Civil Movement Organisations as
Pragmatism & the Magic Book for Nuclear Power
This is a brightly colored South Korean pro-nuclear children’s book adorned with friendly animals dancing around a light bulb in
Pragmatism Threads
Boilerplate Clauses as Pragmatic Knowledge Practices
Prompted by the invitation to participate in this thematic week on #pragmatisms for Allegra, I would like to share some
Knowing Economies, Doing Economies: How Sociologists of Markets Have Acknowledged the Legacy of Pragmatism
In her new book, South Korean Civil Movement Organisations: Hope, Crisis and Pragmatism in Democratic Transition, Amy Levine shows us
The Neoliberal Race to the Bottom Affects Us All!*
Over the last years academics from different disciplines have become increasingly visible on popular and social media, narrating personal stories
Picture of a House – toward the ethnography of the academia
There was a time when universities were modelled after churches. Today their designs echo temples of different kinds – namely
History of human rights Threads
Revisiting a Writing Process: Ode to Academic Freedom
This week we have dedicated an unusual amount to one single publication. This has in part been because of the
Book Launch
The University of Helsinki Think Corner turned out to be too small for the book launch of Revisiting the Origins