Ethnographies of Academia
There is a mythology of nourishment deposited in the language of the intellect.[1] Thoughts are digested. Ideas are chewed upon. There is hunger for…
Read MoreThere is a mythology of nourishment deposited in the language of the intellect.[1] Thoughts are digested. Ideas are chewed upon. There is hunger for…
Read MoreMarshall Sahlins once dismissed the possibility that teacher-student relationships might be a kind of kinship. ‘Persons may have various relational attributes and thus be…
Read MoreIt should not be too controversial to say that the Russian university system is somewhat dilapidated. Certainly, this was the opinion of many of…
Read More“Where do you put your anger?” a precarious academic asked me poignantly the other day as we talked about the bad job market. The…
Read MoreIn conversation, scholars cannot help but constantly raise the subject of their increasingly precarious working conditions and the anxieties that derive from them. From…
Read MoreAt the last European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA) meeting, a few of us called an open meeting for early career and precarious anthropologists…
Read MoreUniversities are in turmoil. There was a time when they stood out as pinnacles of Enlightenment, where scholarly elites could profess to a superior…
Read MoreOver the last years academics from different disciplines have become increasingly visible on popular and social media, narrating personal stories and reflecting on the…
Read MoreThis week we discuss – once again – the global university crisis. What can we say: don’t blame us for obsessing on this theme,…
Read MoreDear ‘Older’ Generation, Yes – You with the permanent posts the faculty members the tenure trackers We simply wanted to pause you…
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