Urban development and the resistance of archaeology
By some estimates, one in ten thousand people in Turkey is an unemployed archaeologist. In an alternative café while on a last-minute contract in…
Read MoreBy some estimates, one in ten thousand people in Turkey is an unemployed archaeologist. In an alternative café while on a last-minute contract in…
Read MoreFor a long time, the direction seemed to be clear: the days of remote areas were numbered and it was only a question of…
Read MoreBrega, a village in Odessa province, Ukraine, has not always been a ‘remote’ place. During Soviet times, it was part of a thriving agricultural…
Read MoreThe most common pattern for bonded labour in Pakistan is for a landlord or an employer to extend a loan to labourers, in advance…
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 MoreAfter getting all worked up about new publications via last week’s #Reviews, we thought to indulge a bit more – by revisiting podcasts on…
Read MoreOne way of characterizing Amy Levine’s rich ethnographic inquiry into pragmatism is to posit South Korean Civil Movement Organisations as a satisfyingly thorough answer…
Read MorePrompted by the invitation to participate in this thematic week on #pragmatisms for Allegra, I would like to share some reflections from my ethnographic…
Read MoreThis week we are featuring a series of posts curated by Dimitra Kofti on a very timely theme: CRISES. Etymologically deriving from the Greek…
Read MoreA few years ago, even an expert on the risks of subprime lending would have been astounded by the very suggestion: a global crisis…
Read MoreSome object to the word ‘crisis’. However, it is useful for describing the sense that what seemed to be an understandable present and a…
Read MoreEconomic crises are especially hard on women (Bettio et al. 2013, Manganara 2014, Seguino 2009, UNICRI 2014, Walby 2009) and the Greek crisis is…
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