Shush! How silence is destroying European universities from within
The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues […]
Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture, and Rebuilding Academia Otherwise
I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment. It is early June 2016, and I am in
Summer break, reading break
Allegra are, as is the custom, taking a Summer break from 1 July to 1 September. During this time, we
Practicing slow scholarship in a hard world
I feel surrounded by a special sense of gratitude, one that I’m unsure I have ever felt before, exactly like
Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
Maya Wind. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. London: Verso. In Towers of Ivory and
Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with
Beyond the Footnote: Citation as Disruption in Creative Anthropology
Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison
Collective Thinking, Collective Action
Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case
An ode to being wrong about creativity
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative
Empathy and dialogue: embracing the art of creative review
Imagine the moment you first encounter a piece of creative ethnography—a poem, a performance, an image—that speaks to the heart