How to write about precarity from a precarious position
Let me start with a confession: Throughout the past year or so I have become somewhat hesitant to attend conferences […]
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The uncanny predictability of precarious existence
EASA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) Symposium “On politics and precarities in academia: anthropological perspectives” took place in mid-November at the
Tinder as a methodological tool #EmergingDigitalPractices
Imagine being able to remotely and anonymously search through locals in your area, browse through pictures of them, and chat
The Art of conflict chic (part 2)
In this essay, Afghan American artist Aman Mojadid reflects on a series of installations entitled “Conflict Chic” he exhibited in
Why Deportation to Afghanistan is Wrong
Since the first week of August, hundreds of young Afghan asylum seekers have been holding a sit-down protest against deportation
Follow up: #Tinder as a research method
Following the unexpected popularity of my May article Tinder as a Methodological Tool I was asked by Allegra to write
The Bureaucratization of Utopia – A Report
Our students do not dream of global change anymore! It is on these pessimistic words that Alessandro Monsutti opened our
The Bureaucratization of Utopia – An international Workshop
The twenty-five years since the end of the Cold War have been a historical watershed for the project of international
Interview: Is Berlin done with walls?
The Moving Matters Traveling Workshop (MMTW) evolves by “settling” into one site after another. In each location, the workshop works
EVENTS for the summer!
Summer is coming… And with it, a brand new list of fabulous events! A workshop in Switzerland? A summer school