Reflections on a Theory of Zakat
This inquiry into the role of “obligatory almsgiving” (zakat) within Muslim humanitarianism presents a theorization of two modes of Islamic charity: the purity ethos…
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Saudi Arabia, Humanitarian Aid and Knowledge Production: What do we really know?
Saudi Arabia has one of the largest humanitarian aid budgets in the world. It counts as an ‘emerging’ donor of substantial influence in one…
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At Odds with the Impulse: Muslim Humanitarianism and its Exclusions in Northern Pakistan
Drawing on fieldwork undertaken between 2004 and 2013 in Gilgit Town, the multi-sectarian capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, this brief explores…
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Where are the Nuba queens?
The Sudanese revolution had slowly been gaining recognition since December 2018, when, in April 2019, a photo of women’s activism pushed the protests into…
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Accountability in statelessness
In this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based on observations from ethnographic…
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The Borders of “Europe”
In the frenzied media coverage of Europe’s migration “crisis” in recent years, the borders of Europe have been depicted as under attack, desperately in…
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(Im-)mobile Travels: Navigating Categories of Movement and Identities
In October 2018, I went to a ‘Black travel symposium’ in Brussels. Its aim was to bring together travel writers, bloggers and photographers to…
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Anthropology? What ‘Anthropology’?
In September 2018, Jarosław Gowin, Poland’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, abolished anthropology as an academic discipline by an executive decree. The much-protested…
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Green Economy and Promises for the Future in Greece
The green economy is supposed to reduce environmental degradation while supporting sustainable development within the framework of neoliberal markets by incorporating accountability into the…
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#EVENTS: Temporalities, global movement and more
New year, new events! The start of a new year makes us strangely aware of the passing of time – so don’t forget to…
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Essential Readings #ErkkoLecture
I am rereading some of my own articles and chapters as I prepare for today’s lecture, and I thought these four might be useful…
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CALL FOR REVIEWS: NEW BOOKS ON THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION REGIME
Three years after Europe declared a ‘crisis’ of migration control, its border and migration regimes have become increasingly repressive. A growing body of critical…
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