Towards an Anthropology of Coups
When is a coup a coup? Reflections on the anthropological study of ‘coups’ There have been more than 200 coups in 95 countries over…
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Indigenous Water Ontologies, Plurilegal Encounters and Interlegal Translation
Lieselotte Viaene (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) will talk about “Indigenous water ontologies, plurilegal encounters and interlegal translation: some reflections from the field”. Andrea Ballestero (Rice…
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Animal Displacement from Syria: A Story Yet to be Written
During the Syrian war, which has now raged for a decade, the attention of scholars, media commentators and activists has primarily focused on human…
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Whose Life Is Worth More?
During the Second World War, the British government, with the invaluable assistance of Alan Turing, deciphered Enigma (the Nazi code war machine) and thus…
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Cape Town through Time and Space: An Experimental Poem
Part 1: 1921 “Poison Tea, Colonial Imports”, by an Observer “Them nasty Malays can make it work months after you take it”, quotes…
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Animal Ethos
Ethics, or moral philosophy, work with general principles of right and wrong, of just and unjust, of appropriate and inappropriate, which usually lean towards…
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The Afterlife of Impossible Friendships
“My best friend from the army was a unit officer responsible for food and supplies. His name was Đura and he was from Serbia….
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No Go World: How No Go Zones Make the World a More Dangerous Place
As neo-nationalists gain strength across Europe and the promise of ‘strong’ borders continues to gain traction with electorates across the world, we need few…
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The Endangered Fishers of the Archipelago Sea
Regulation and the Archipelago Sea ”You are looking at the last generation of coastal fishers!” a fisherman told me, as I was getting my…
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Off the Beaten Track in Malta, Maritime Ethnographies and More
The year is nearing it’s end, so now is as good a time as ever to start thinking about what to do in 2019….
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State of Rebellion
In State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic, Louisa Lombard moves away from an anthropological tendency to study the margins…
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Living by the gun
Outside observers have often interpreted Chad’s long history with rebellion as reflective of internal chaos and questionable moralities. Marielle Debos nuances these superficial understandings…
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