Dehumanisation and Contested Spaces: Rethinking Displacement from Refugees to Homelessness
Dehumanisation is at the core of displacement: it requires that a group of people—because of race, class, migration status, or […]
#Report: Envy and Greed: A Political Economy of Accusation and Critique
On the fourth and fifth of June, the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted
The Space of Boredom – A conversation with Bruce O’Neill
The Space of Boredom takes us to spaces on the edge of new global orders, focusing on the lives and
Review: White Gold. Stories of Breast Milk Sharing
Those of the general public who have heard of milk kinship usually regard milk kinship as a feature of “primitive”,
Precarity everywhere?
“On politics and precarities in academia”- this was the title of the EASA seminar held at the Institute of Social
How to write about precarity from a precarious position
Let me start with a confession: Throughout the past year or so I have become somewhat hesitant to attend conferences
#review: space of boredom
Bruce O’Neill’s (2017) The Space of Boredom is a historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social
Mixed Kernels, or What We Don’t See in Ads
You know how a common criticism of politicians is that they’re out of touch with the real world? “Does your
Cultural appropriation: Against inspiration?
This blog post comes from a debate organised by the University of Manchester Anthropology undergraduate society. The title of the
When You Can’t Go Home Again #MeadCompetition
A cold, wet, arctic wind graces the concrete skin of the Tenderloin. Pill Hill, the three-block stretch of inner city