Towards an Anthropology of Coups
When is a coup a coup? Reflections on the anthropological study of ‘coups’ There have been more than 200 coups […]
“Imperialist Goats” & Tanzania’s Oct. 28 Elections
If you look at one of those world maps that show where Covid-19 cases are currently spiking, you will notice
World élite? Latvia, national identity and the pandemic
An introduction to somewhere less observed Research on Covid-19 is a hot topic worldwide, and, recently, the Latvian goveernment has
The Gray Zone
Irregular migration has been one of the most popular topics of the political debates in Europe for already a few
Towards a Covid-19 lexicon of conceptual off-shoots: locking sociality down in the Netherlands and Spain
This piece reconsiders the importance and impact of pandemic’s preventive discourses on existing language-scapes in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Allegro vivace… the Italian laboratory, for better or for worse
This little essay was conceived wandering in the Swiss countryside. I’m on sabbatical leave and my whole work and travel
Eerie desires for the authoritarian state. Covid-19 updates from Italy.
I have been – like anyone else in Italy – in quarantine for the past three weeks. Optimistically, Italy will
The return of the plague-spreader
Written in lockdown amid the pandemic, this post speculates about the political and epistemological implications of ‘middle-class’ reactions to the
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,
With My Life
‘[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!’ First light: a deep