No Country for Anthropologists?
The conference No Country for Anthropologists? Ethnographic Research in the Contemporary Middle East, which we co-organized and hosted at the University of Zurich in…
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Introduction: Muslim Humanitarianism
Muslims around the world partake in comparable practices of aid, welfare and care that have received a wide range of different labels depending on…
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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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#BitcoinDynamics: The Rhythms, Dynamics and Virtues of Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Blockchain In October 2008, a person or group of people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto distributed online a paper titled ‘Bitcoin: A…
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After Deportation
Unless they are disrupted, deportations tend to go unnoticed. It is usually only the shocking deaths of deportees, or direct action of activists that…
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Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
A close friend, currently preparing to become a military firefighter in Brazil, described his training as an exercise in “how to become a hero.”…
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EASA Elections: Interview with Sarah Green
Allegra: You decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your…
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The Privileged Discomfort of Border Crossings
As social scientists our work often directly grows out of our personal journeys—journeys that are physical, emotional, intellectual and political. However, this is rarely…
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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 workshop « The Bureaucratization…
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Jane Cowan on the Origins of ‘Minority’
Jane Cowan, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies for the academic…
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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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EASA 2018 – The Other Protocols [2] and a Response
Plenary B “Migrants, Refugees and Public Anthropology”, Andre Gingrich, Marie-Claire Foblets, Ruben Andersson, 16 August 2018 Notes on Migration Policies by Nila Jeep …
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