The Murkiness of the Peruvian Lockdown
Around the world, countries have imposed lockdowns, to varying degrees of severity, in attempts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduate students (and other researchers)…
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Towards anthropological self-de-confinement
While we now seem to be approaching post-confinement, and after the closure of campuses and improvised conversion to online teaching, there has been much…
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Cultures of Hygiene: Interview with Claudia Liebelt
This interview with Claudia Liebelt was conducted by Mihir Sharma and was completed and edited between 25 and 29 May, 2020 over e-mail in…
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You have to strike, assholes!!!
You ask, “What concrete actions can we take?” You have to strike, assholes! We need to take the example of Aboubakar Soumaoro in Italy,…
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Dispossessed
Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork, Dispossessed considers the 2008 subprime crisis through the eyes of Sacramento homeowners and the daily work of…
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Keeping social distance and keeping them out
‘The last time I saw my friends, I was invited to their place inside the refugee camp for lunch. It was long before the…
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Shaheen Bagh and the Force of Foundation
February 2020. The pedestrian overpass is covered in banners. Crossing its elevated walkway, only flashes of the sky can be glimpsed through the hanging…
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Presumed Dead but Lived On
Treasures and Discreet Afterlives of Greek Heritage in Contemporary Turkey Treasure hunts have long been a common practice, constituting one of the primary problems…
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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 moved away from longstanding…
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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 at the national level…
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Slow. the. fuck. down.
Do you remember what an ordinary day in your life looked like last autumn? Back when Corona was just a below average beer and…
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Virus and the City: Urban Experiences in Self-Isolation
The way we make sense of space has radically changed as a novel Coronavirus spread, with no clear end in sight. While our physical…
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