NO WALL TO LEAN ON
By Dalene Swanson. Who counts as human? Whose lives count as lives?… Loss and vulnerability seem to follow from our being socially constituted bodies,…
Read MoreBy Dalene Swanson. Who counts as human? Whose lives count as lives?… Loss and vulnerability seem to follow from our being socially constituted bodies,…
Read More“We are an intelligence and analysis company that forecasts. We are not a news organisation that tells stories. We are not political scientists who…
Read More“See, I don’t have a TV or an almirah [wardrobe],” said Ilina, pointing to her sparse one-room flat, while in one corner—the makeshift kitchen—her…
Read MoreIntroduction (by Sarah Green) Brexit means trouble, that is for certain; what is less certain is what kind of trouble. Some might sympathise with…
Read MoreToday is a black day in the ongoing the destruction of Finnish universities, particularly the University of Helsinki! Under the the pretence of austerity…
Read MoreTo set this week in motion we revisit a theme that we seem unable to escape: boredom. Whether at academic conferences or the elaborate…
Read MoreAfter a week long extravaganza of performance and politics around music and dance, it is time for performance & politics of an entirely different…
Read MoreYesterday I took my two children, aged 4 and 7, to the doctor. Both had been ill for the past week; the older one…
Read MoreToday we re-visit a post on the deportation conundrum by Barak Kalir. The post was first published in the spring of 2014 as a…
Read MoreThe theme of #pragmatisms comes from my fieldwork with a handful of civil movement organisations in Seoul during the mid-2000s. It was a buzzword…
Read MoreThis is a brightly colored South Korean pro-nuclear children’s book adorned with friendly animals dancing around a light bulb in front of a nuclear…
Read MoreScene One: London Soho and Bloomsbury I used to love London for its Indian and Thai vegan restaurants, vibrant queer cafes, independent bookstores, second…
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