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
No Go World: The Map of Danger, Reconnections and ‘Crimes of Solidarity’
Andersson’s new opus is a haunting and insightful examination of those remote zones of danger and insecurity that are distant
Double disappearance after Oman’s Dhufar war
The Omani government has silenced requests to reveal the location of the graves of executed insurgents from the Dhufar war
Accountability in statelessness
In this post, I outline first findings from my ongoing research project on “Accountability in statelessness.” The project is based
Paradoxes of child statelessness in Sabah
Since 2012, I have been researching and writing about the difficult situation faced by the children of Filipino and Indonesian
Introduction to stateless/displaced/disappeared
This thematic thread evolved out of a workshop on Claiming justice after conflict. The stateless, the displaced and the
Jair Bolsonaro and Affirmative Action: Political Rupture or Escalation?
On October 8, 2018, the day after the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections, I exchanged several worried whatsapp
#EASAElections: Introduction to the Virtual Roundtable
As members of the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA) should already know, the deadline to cast our vote for