The Precariat Fights Back. A conversation with Dan Hirslund and Carrie Benjamin
This conversation took place after a workshop entitled “Between precarious norms and empowering alternatives – a workshop on the strategies […]
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
Experiencing other minds in the courtroom
In the landmark hearing of the Oscar Pistorius’s trial who was sentenced for murdering his girlfriend, Pistorius on the request
becoming legal
The cover-image of Ruth Gomberg-Munoz’s book Becoming Legal: Immigration Law and Mixed Status Families depicts a group of protestors holding
#review: space of boredom
Bruce O’Neill’s (2017) The Space of Boredom is a historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social
#review: anthropology and law
The task of reviewing Mark Goodale’s Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction was weird, in a fractal way. The book
Academia in Dark Times of Austerity Politics and Authoritarianism #precarity
In these days, two at first sight independent developments are threatening academic freedom. Neoliberal austerity politics and authoritarian political tendencies
New journal: Public Anthropologist
Dear Allies, we are happy to share with you the news about the launch of the new journal Public Anthropologist. Founded by
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
“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