Expat Etiquette (book review)
One of the overarching aims of my blog is to engage critically and academically with new, different and alternative approaches to writing and communicating ‘development’. I believe that…
The social framing of diagnoses and empathetic listening by Aaron J. Jackson
The account that follows depicts a visit with my neurologist. The visit was one of many within a five-month period of navigating various medical spaces to get to…
Virtual Roundtable: Antonio De Lauri’s response #PoliticalAgency
1. To which extent does the notion of political agency is helpful to understand political change? To some extent, the notion of political agency has been used in…
Review: Two Books on Hunger and Food Security
De Schutter, Olivier. and Cordes, Kaitlin Y. 2011. Accounting for Hunger: The Right to Food in an Era of Globalisation. London/New York: Hart Publishing (288 pp). Timmer, C.…
I Don’t Care What Your Beliefs about Racism Are
In the wake of several brutal and unwarranted police shootings of black men and women, and the subsequent retaliation against innocent police officers, politicians across the country have…
Writing About Violence (Part II)
After nearly three years of eating almost nothing but the watery beans and undercooked rice I was served while conducting research in Brazilian prisons, I couldn’t wait to…
Your Olympic Team May Be an Illusion
While many people get caught up in the nationalistic pageantry of the opening ceremony, the reality of the international sports world today is one of increasingly fluid citizenship…
Interview: Archäologen der Goethe-Uni über Grabdenkmäler
Die „Igeler Säule“, ein bedeutendes römisches Grabdenkmal bei Trier, soll in einem Großprojekt Geschwister bekommen: Rund 1500 weitere Fragmente werden hierfür gesichtet. Die Archäologen P…
Running, Spending and Saving in Japan
Migrant Kenyan athletes must meet the demands of family and prepare for their own futures. All Kenyan medalists in Olympic men’s marathons from 1988 to 2008 have lived…
Colonialism & white saviourism in tourism and trade
Travel writer/ editor/ photographer Bani Amor‘s work in Bitch magazine tackles the question of what it means to decolonize travel culture (tourism) as well as our trade relationships with…
The Intrinsic Economy (why the Republicans must lose in the long term)
The shouting! The hyperbole! The balloons! Thank God the political conventions are finally over. Cleveland, Philadelphia, and television can finally get back to normal. But the ideological turbines…
Immigration and Capital
Immigration, rightly or wrongly, has been marched to the frontline of current political struggles in Europe and North America. Whether exaggerated or accurate, the role of immigration is…
Islam, devotional genres and electronic mediation in Mauritius
Here comes the ninth (9th) set of notes under the theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
Lots of new articles on the election apocalypse
I’ve been a little lazy about updating this website, which I use mostly to let readers know what I’ve written recently. Lately I’ve written a lot! Here’s everything…
Frau ist nicht gleich Frau
Von Eva Kössner Die Wahl von Hillary Clinton zur ersten Präsidentin der USA wäre wirklich ein historisches Ereignis, wie Gudrun Doringer auf der Titelseite der Salzburer Nachrichten vom…
UnBreaking Birth
I recently watched this video “UnBreaking Birth” – a lecture by Ryan McAllister. It is basically a version of the lecture I have given a couple of times…
UnBreaking Birth
I recently watched this video “UnBreaking Birth” – a lecture by Ryan McAllister. It is basically a version of the lecture I have given a couple of times…
UnBreaking Birth
I recently watched this video “UnBreaking Birth” – a lecture by Ryan McAllister. It is basically a version of the lecture I have given a couple of times…
UnBreaking Birth
I recently watched this video “UnBreaking Birth” – a lecture by Ryan McAllister. It is basically a version of the lecture I have given a couple of times…
“Turn Down for What?”
A Brazilian Remix One of the first things I noticed about Kendrick Lamar’s recent performance at the 2016 Grammys was the noise. Fans and critics have written about…
Wake up, Freak Out – Then Get Over It
A short animated clip that, if doesn’t embed properly below, is available here.
Virtual Roundtable: Luigi Achilli’s Response #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? “Political agency?! What is political agency?” When I first spoke about “political agency”…
#PoliticalAgency – A Virtual Roundtable
Last May, an international workshop entitled Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: Engaging political anthropology took place in Fiesole at the European University Institute. We published b…