I’m an Assistant Professor in the Sociology & Anthropology Department at Simon Fraser University and I received my PhD in Sociology and Historical Studies at the New School for Social Resear…
Related Posts
Spain’s current political impasse
Yesterday, 12 October 2016, I took part in a seminar titled “Resolving Spain’s political deadlock” held at my home institution, RMIT University, in Melbourne. I presented alongside Marta…
“Civilize the Mind but Make Savage the Body”
Nike Døving and Katherine Kondor shed light on the presence of intellectualism in the midst of far-right health and strength culture.
How international investments change rural Sierra Leone
What happens when international companies develop large-scale projects in poor rural areas in Sierra Leone? How do people respond to the changes? Who gains and who loses? That…
Amish Camels
The image above, a drawing from the 1850s, epitomizes how the camel has been imagined for everyone in America, the West and just about everywhere outside the area…