SCA2018: An experiment in carbon conscious conferencing and radical access
The Society for Cultural Anthropology is experimenting with a new exciting initiative this year. Next week (19-21 April 2018) the […]
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Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity
The book “Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity: The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation” by Franz von Benda-Beckmann
REDUX: Abjected Spaces, Debris of War
To close our thematic week on the anthropology of the state, we re-publish (with the permission of the author) this
REDUX: “Cleaning Up the Streets”
Hillbrow, Johannesburg: It’s April 2008. I am in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel, one of Johannesburg’s most happening nightclubs
The state of the state in Africa
How political authority and legitimacy are sustained in societies marked by socio-economic inequality and political exclusion has been a long-standing
Precarity everywhere?
“On politics and precarities in academia”- this was the title of the EASA seminar held at the Institute of Social
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
Reflections on “The Future of Central Asian Studies”
The workshop “The Future of Central Asian Studies” was organized by Judith Beyer and Madeleine Reeves at the University of
Is it time for Finnish celebrities to save the black girls of a “developing country”?
Is it time for Finnish celebrities to save black girls of a “developing country”? This is the question that might
“The Road Goes Ever On and On”: The PhD Candidate, Uncertainty and Creative #Blogging
To say that a PhD in anthropology represents a journey is equal parts cliché and “social fact,” at least for