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 also launched its own…
Read MoreAn introduction to somewhere less observed Research on Covid-19 is a hot topic worldwide, and, recently, the Latvian goveernment has also launched its own…
Read MoreIrregular migration has been one of the most popular topics of the political debates in Europe for already a few years. Issues of border…
Read MoreThis piece reconsiders the importance and impact of pandemic’s preventive discourses on existing language-scapes in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic, institutionalised anglophone paradigms of…
Read MoreThis little essay was conceived wandering in the Swiss countryside. I’m on sabbatical leave and my whole work and travel program has been disrupted…
Read MoreI have been – like anyone else in Italy – in quarantine for the past three weeks. Optimistically, Italy will be on lockdown for…
Read MoreWritten in lockdown amid the pandemic, this post speculates about the political and epistemological implications of ‘middle-class’ reactions to the present crisis. It is…
Read MoreMany academic disciplines have a lot to say these days about COVID-19. There are the medical experts, of course, epidemiologists, virologists, microbiologists, weighing in…
Read More‘[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!’ First light: a deep purple over the edge…
Read MoreAndersson’s new opus is a haunting and insightful examination of those remote zones of danger and insecurity that are distant yet at the centre…
Read MoreThe Omani government has silenced requests to reveal the location of the graves of executed insurgents from the Dhufar war 1965-1975. Thwarted claims-making under…
Read MoreIn this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based on observations from ethnographic…
Read MoreSince 2012, I have been researching and writing about the difficult situation faced by the children of Filipino and Indonesian refugees and migrants living…
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