On being voices of prudence in times of a pandemic
Many academic disciplines have a lot to say these days about COVID-19. There are the medical experts, of course, epidemiologists, […]
#Review: Out of “love” and “solidarity”
Out of “love” and “solidarity”, an ethnography written in Greek, is Katerina Rozakou’s insightful study of two volunteer organizations that
Accountability in statelessness
In this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based
Introduction to stateless/displaced/disappeared
This thematic thread evolved out of a workshop on Claiming justice after conflict. The stateless, the displaced and the
Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
A close friend, currently preparing to become a military firefighter in Brazil, described his training as an exercise in “how
Overheard and misunderstood: calling in as social media practice
In the days leading up to the 2018 AAA annual conference, Allegra Laboratory published an open call on Twitter for
#HAUTALK: the tyranny of structurelessness and no end in sight
On June 11th 2018, David Graeber published an apology about the amount of time it took him to understand the
Environmental Panics: The emission scandal in Germany
In September and again in November 2015 the famous German car company, Volkswagen AG at its headquarter in Virginia, received
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
Shocked, not Surprised
The surest signal that we are having something akin to a #metoo moment in academia is when my social media