Counterinsurgency in Istanbul
“Police, Provocation, Politics” by Deniz Yonucu is an ambitious text that documents the long and complicated history of dissident populations […]
Multispecies Anarchism in the Postnuclear World
Connect the dots between “state”, “imperialism”, and “war”. Add “leaders”, “testosterone” and “nukes”. Look at the picture and tell me
Street Affects in Kashmir
This piece offers an ‘inside-out’ perspective on everyday life in a militarized space. As a researcher and a Kashmiri, the
Political Engagements: Introduction
Ethnography and Political Engagement This Thematic Thread emerged from a workshop organised (online) at the LSE in February 2021, entitled
War between good citizens and bad citizens: tools for today’s totalitarianism in Brazil and the Philippines
On May 6, 2021, on the heels of Brazil’s deadliest month since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, special police
ResonanceCast #2: Incitement and Coups
Podcast with Jastinder Kaur and Daniel White, moderated by Ian M. Cook Allegra Lab · ResonanceCast 2: Incitement And
Incitement! Incremental Theory for an Imminent Fascism
The breaching of the US Capitol Building on 6 January 2021 and broadly publicised reactions to it make it clearer
Totalizing Infrastructures: Statecraft in the Uyghur Penal Colony
There were three lanes at the checkpoint in Turpan—an old Uyghur-majority oasis city on the northern reaches of the Taklamakan
Authoritarian vernaculars of the right to truth. Exhuming mass graves in Rwanda and Burundi
Astrid Jamar (SOAS) and Laura Major (University of Strathclyde) will present on ‘Authoritarian vernaculars of the right to truth. Exhuming
Sinicizing Islam in Contemporary China
Modern states, both liberal and non-liberal, tend to deploy totalitarian-style strategies which force an “internal other” to assimilate into the