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Hi all, Before I’m heading to Pretoria for a week to participate in the kick-off workshop of the new Swedish-South African University Network, I’m sharing my regular Friday…
#Humanitarianism(s) in socialist Red Cross societies
The international Red Cross family built up a network of humanitarian aiders that one cannot pass over when thinking about 20th century humanitarianism. This article will cover a…
Islam sells
Der Kommentar erschien am 27. 9. 2017 in der Wiener Zeitung. Islam bringt Stimmen, Islam macht Quote, Islam lenkt ab. Wie man eine Religion und deren Angehörige auf…
Draußen bleiben! – Libyens Sperrung der “Such- und Rettungszone” für NGO-Rettungsschiffe als Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht
Libyen nutzt die Errichtung einer Such- und Rettungszone (SRZ) vor der Küste als Vorwand, um unter dem Deckmantel der Erfüllung internationaler Verpflichtungen private Seenotrettung zu verbannen. Dies…
Keep out! – Libya’s “Search and Rescue Region” to ban NGO rescue vessels violates international law
Libya misuses the establishment of a Search and Rescue Region (SARR) under the guise of fulfilling international obligations in front of its coast as a pretext to ban…
Soe Lin Aung: Three theses on the crisis in Rakhine
By now, the main contours of the recent events in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar, are well-known. On August 25, an insurgent group calling itself the Arakan Rohingya…
Teach Archaeology at Hartwick College
Hartwick Archaeology As mentioned in the Hartwick Anthropology Survey, 2017-2018 marks the first retirement from Hartwick Anthropology. Professor David Anthony, acclaimed author of The Horse, the Whee…
Teach Archaeology at Hartwick College
Hartwick Archaeology As mentioned in the Hartwick Anthropology Survey, 2017-2018 marks the first retirement from Hartwick Anthropology. Professor David Anthony, acclaimed author of The Horse, the Whee…
Uber and Mr. Uddin
Caption and credit: An anti-Uber demonstration in London, 2014. Credit: David Holt/Flickr. Written by: Sean Carey “Do you think Uber will close?” asked Mr. Uddin, a worried 52-year-old…
Orte meiner argentinischen Lebens(er)haltung – 1
Das Leben in einem anderen Land ist stets anders als alles Andere zuvor. Man kommt zwar mit seiner eigenen Persönlichkeit an, mit seinen gefestigten Gewohnheiten, Vorlieben und Macken,…
Iceland’s Forgotten Fisherwomen
Fisherwomen have played a significant role in Iceland’s history, and yet their contribution has been, for the most part, overlooked. Michelle Jones/SAPIENS In the mid-1700s, a seawoman in…
Living Text: Written messages outside and inside a West Bank peace project
This photo essay gathers statements from both outside (West Bank/Jericho area) and inside the peace project EcoME (“Ecological Middle East”) in the contested Palestinian Territories. The texts and…
Incitement to paedophilia: It’s the zeitgeist
The headline reads Spanish brothel’s “back to school” party sparks outrage in Andalusia. El Bosque is a legal club de alterne where sex workers drink, dance and chat with customers…
The Event! Designing Human Futures
Dr. Paul Hartley came to McMaster last night to give us a talk about Reassessing our (i.e. Humans’) Relationship with Technology. The talk was extremely useful in that…
CFP: Organizing and Managing Waste (Dec 1)
Special issue call for papers from Society and Business Review Organizing and Managing Waste Deadline December 1st, 2017 Waste is not only a global environmental issue. It is also…
#Humanitarianism tomorrow? Humanitarian actions in former Yugoslavia
“We did it! Montenegro passed the great exam of humanness. In less than 48 hours it collected over 200,000EUR to help three-year-old Selena Mandic, who has neuroblastoma, a…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part XVII
I’m back in the US and back on the road to give talks over the next few weeks. If you’re in Springfield MO, Austin TX or New Haven…
Working for the Race: Black Scholars, Invisible Labor, and the Baggage of Creating Space by Ayah Nuriddin
Photograph taken by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, February 25, 2017 “Critical Histories, Activist Futures: Science, Medicine and Racial Violence,” a conference hosted by Yale University in February 20…
Food Is About Far More Than Bodily Sustenance
In many societies around the world, food is a deeply meaningful part of social and cultural life. Shari Lewis/Associated Press Fatima,* a refugee from Somalia who is a…