Syria in transition: Impressions from Damascus after the toppling of the Assad regime
This post was written in February 2025. In late January 2025, just under two months after the toppling of the […]
“You have to do your business, right?”: Politics of regulating maternal health markets in Bangladesh
Introduction Private health service delivery is becoming increasingly dominant in biomedical landscapes worldwide. In global health circles, private health services
Street Books in Tehran: Collective Mentality and Decolonizing Research Engagement
Wandering through the central streets of Tehran, you will invariably come across the ubiquitous street booksellers and their stalls. As
Against racist blackmail on US campuses
Cornell University has been in the news for suspending the British-Gambian student Momodou Taal for his lawful involvement in protests
Between Borders and Ballots
“I do wonder how safe this is for me. I mean, sharing these things.” The room felt small as he
What Do We Owe Students
This week when I went back to Stockholm University the encampment was not there anymore. All songs, music, debates, seminars,
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt: On the importance of ambiguity in an authoritarian state
In 1931, an American newspaper competition asked its readers to submit the best use of the word denial in a
A world upside down
In the wake of October 7th, I was asked by a fellow anthropologist if my Syrian friends and interlocutors –
The folly of little kings
On Monday, May 25th, 2020, Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canél, involuntarily found himself in the spotlight. Diaz-Canél had become the
Anthropology and absurdity: Introduction
Anthropology is often seen as the discipline that makes “the strange familiar and the familiar strange”. Here, however, we are