‘Is this still life all I’m good for too?’
A review of the film Open Unit. The appearance of a new Smith film from Paul Antick is a source […]
Pasts Cast in Concrete and Steel? Infrastructure and the War in Ukraine
In May 2024, following a barrage of Russian missile attacks on power stations across Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced
Against making sense: Appreciating absurd roundabouts in Malaysian Borneo
In Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, I found a musical roundabout. Large loudspeakers turn this otherwise
Climate Preconstruction in Coastal Africa
The climate crisis is upon us. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves and fires are increasingly wreaking
Heresies and provocations. For a politics of urban justice
In search of urban heresies Wherever I glanced around Solomon’s office, I saw, plastered on the walls and spread over
AnthroKino – The Program
In November and December, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a wonderful
A knot in the throat, or that time a gangster died of appendicitis
Based on “Fools Banished from the Kingdom: Remapping Geographies of Gang Violence between the Americas (Los Angeles and San Salvador)”
The right to dignity: Housing struggles, city-making, and citizenship in urban Chile
How do poor people in the burgeoning cities of the Global South assert their right to housing and to the
Crooked Cats
This book is a rich cultural analysis of how people live with big cats in India in times of the