Reading the Signs: Dust, Smoke, and Displacement in Athens
‘At home,’ we are in full command of the dialectics of knowledge and recognition. Jean Améry, “How Much Home Does […]
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On being made feel out of place
Based on the experiences of two young Eritreans who arrived in Switzerland as unaccompanied minors, this article thinks through the
Religion in the Age of Development: Encounters in Asia
Religious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in
State of Rebellion
In State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic, Louisa Lombard moves away from an anthropological tendency
Bringing anthropologies of the state to Mainz: A workshop report
With #anthrostate, allegralab seems to suggest that there is a distinct subdiscipline of anthropology that studies the contemporary state. However,
#PrecAnthro. Let’s talk about unionisation.
The HAU controversy is both a disappointment and an opportunity. It is a disappointment because it reflects the troubled condition
Pyramid Scheme. #hautalk
For people immersed in bureaucratic institutions, like universities, the current ruckus over HAU raises at least one longstanding anthropological question:
Mobile Secrets
Julie Archambault’s Mobile Secrets is an ethnographically vivid and distinctive contribution to the ever growing anthropological literature on the topic
The Nerds’ Turn: Battling for a Democratic Academia in Poland
As students and academics in Poland are fighting to defend democracy and autonomy of the universities, this post is a
#Review: Working the System
Working the System is a great book. It holds the promise of its subtitle and offers a deep ‘political ethnography