Are there alternatives to traditional academic publishing models ? #OA
As shown by the myriad of events highlighted during International Open Access Week, the amount of talk and initiatives regarding open […]
REDUX: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights in Occupied #Palestine – by Lori Allen
When Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was
Palestine Threads
REDUX: An educator’s perspective on the academic boycott of Israeli institutions #BDS
Over the past months, colleagues in anthropology and other fields have laid out strong arguments for why one should support
Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions Movement: to Be or Not-to-Be? #Palestine
A few months ago a fellow anthropologist colleague forwarded me a petition: Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions. The
Palestine Threads
Engaged Anthropology: The AAA’s Israel/Palestine Task Force Report
On 8 October 2015, Israeli security forces brutally beat and arrested two students of Birzeit University, a major Palestinian university
Essay One-Shots
REVISITING ISRAELI ANTHROPOLOGY AND AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY: OUR “SPECIAL RELATIONS” #Palestine
Earlier this week the American Anthropological Association’s task force on Engagement with Israel-Palestine issued a 130-page report to assess whether
#Review: Anthropology, Theatre and Development #Performance
In their introduction to Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance, Alex Flynn and Jonas Tinius do an
Kabul Carnival. Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan
I recently had the challenging pleasure of reading Julie Billaud’s Kabul Carnival on my first visit to Afghanistan. As a
After the Revolution. Youth, Democracy, and the Politics of Disappointment in Serbia
What is the relationship between democracy, development, disappointment, and failure? Is it possible to learn something about ‘democracy proper’ from
Children of Afghanistan. The Path to Peace
In 1978, psychologist Jack Flasher defined the term ‘adultism’ as a way of perceiving children “not only as unconditionally subordinate