Projects and Anti-ProjectsÂ
Introduction This essay is an inquiry into projects, the model of agency that projects presuppose, and the limits of that […]
In the grey zone of humanitarian honors: ‘Heroines of solidarity’ in the European ‘refugee crisis’
Introduction: Morality and power in humanitarian honors The arrival of hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Europe nearly a
Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories
Vera Egbers, Christa Kamleithner, Özge Sezer and Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir. 2024. Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories. Berlin: De Gruyter
Inheriting a Dislocatory Moment
On December 8th, 2024, Syria – my country of birth and the place where I lived for twenty-four years –
On Volte-Face (Takwi’)
Speaking was very risky during the fifty-four years long Asad family domination of the republic.[1] By speaking, I am not
Their Life Has Been Taken; Their Death is Denied
Didier Fassin. 2024. Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza. London: Verso. Israel’s nearly two-year
On Silence
On the 7th of December 2024, Damascus was up all night having a special kind of party. At 3 a.m., my siblings
Wild Computing: a view from anthropologyÂ
Star computation scientist Stephen Wolfram has said that in order to accelerate the capacity of artificial intelligence towards a much more
ANTHROKINO
Film Screening & Discussion with Director Nafis Fathollahzadeh Khabur 30′28 November, 13:30 CET Nafis Fathollahzadeh AnthroKino presents the screening of
Introduction: Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Global South
Conducting field research in the Global South comes with its own challenges in various stages: pre-field, during fieldwork, and post-fieldwork.