A Trajectory and the Curatorial Turn
Where did afterlives fever come from? These reflections suggest a trajectory. Today, amid a lively eruption of usages, afterlife has moved away from longstanding…
Read MoreWhere did afterlives fever come from? These reflections suggest a trajectory. Today, amid a lively eruption of usages, afterlife has moved away from longstanding…
Read More“Lena, you can turn on the camera now.” The view of the space station changes from monitor to film image. The opening scene of…
Read MoreNew year, new events! The start of a new year makes us strangely aware of the passing of time – so don’t forget to…
Read MoreDear Allies, after a ‘magical intellectual carpet ride’ that has already lasted for five years, it is time for a new chapter in the…
Read MoreThis post explores the notion of displacement through the experience of Franziska, who has spent her whole life in a peaceful touristic village of…
Read MoreThrough the notion of simultaneity I explore the emotional and affective dimension of the displacement-emplacement continuum within transnational migration and hint to the need…
Read MoreMonrovia Modern is a beautiful and perceptive book that describes the limitations and contradictions of architectural forms of political and urban imaginations in Monrovia….
Read MoreWorking the System is a great book. It holds the promise of its subtitle and offers a deep ‘political ethnography of the new Angola’….
Read More“It was so special” appears in simple white letters on a black screen while the performer Yadgar Bakir is speaking in a calm voice…
Read MoreIn this panel, the three discussants, David Montgomery (Washington), Julie Billaud (Geneva), and Judith Beyer (Konstanz) are discussing the following three books: Eva-Marie Dubuisson….
Read MoreIn this panel, the three discussants, Till Mostowlansky (Hong Kong), Aksana Ismailbekova (Halle) and Eva-Marie Dubuisson (New York) are discussing the following three books:…
Read MoreIn this panel, the three discussants, Jeanne Feaux de la Croix, Mateusz Laszczkowski, and Julie McBrien are discussing the following three books: Tim Epkenhans….
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