The Chaos of Asynchronous Grief
Spoiler: I hate to say it, but Americans have only begun the five stages of grief, and we aren’t […]
“L’étranger”: Ariane Benoit on the Fluid Mosaic
Introduction Ariane is an anthropologist and a performer who chose to combine these two disciplines in her professional and personal
Anthropology at, and of, the Limit
Where do we draw the line of separation? Who draws it, and for which purposes? When the former interior minister
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The No-Map and the Fear of Being in the No Go World
The NGO personnel in Gaziantep’s office (Turkey) was in shock. Little groups were talking loudly in Arabic, or keeping their
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
Introduction: Displacement and New Sociabilities
In this thematic week we aim to think through the notion of displacement. At a time that is marked by
Reading the Signs: Dust, Smoke, and Displacement in Athens
‘At home,’ we are in full command of the dialectics of knowledge and recognition. Jean Améry, “How Much Home Does
On (not) being there: Affective simultaneity across place and time
Through the notion of simultaneity I explore the emotional and affective dimension of the displacement-emplacement continuum within transnational migration and
In praise of the scaffolding
In my experience, when the ethnographic mission collapsed, this scaffolding remained standing, rich and complex, in plain view. There, the
#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