Die zweite Folge unserer Videoreihe „Vlogging Religion(s)“ ist ab sofort auf YouTube verfügbar. Diesmal geht es um alternative religiöse Praktiken in den USA – genauer gesagt: um moderne…
An anthropologist investigates how archaeology helped the U.S. colonize the Panama Canal Zone—just as the current U.S. government threatens to retake it. THE GREATER UNITED STATES The United…
Der Aufstieg des Faschismus erfasst ganz Europa wie in einem Sturm: Eins nach dem anderen geraten die Länder des alten Kontinents in die Falle, rechtsextreme, populistische, demokratiefeindliche Mensc…
The fall of Asad’s state of eternity on December 8th, the liberation of his regime’s prisons and security centres, the […] The post Forever no more? Between new…
On December 8th, 2024, Syria – my country of birth and the place where I lived for twenty-four years – […] The post Inheriting a Dislocatory Moment appeared…
Over the past decade, decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged as a blockchain-based alternative to traditional financial systems—promising open access, automation, and the removal of institutional mi…
In the shifting political landscape of post-Asad Syria, global narratives surrounding political Islam are undergoing a recalibration, blurring engagement with […] The post Recalibrating Politica…
An anthropologist discovers diasporic flights—including her own—that begin at and return to the waters of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. ✽ WITHIN A FEW HOURS…
In Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons (Duke University Press, 2025), anthropologist and dancer Maya J. Berry examines rumba as a way of knowing the embodied…
How can communications studies contribute to anthropological inquiry of Syria? This essay reflects on the architecture that governs silence and […] The post Do walls still have ears?…
Speaking was very risky during the fifty-four years long Asad family domination of the republic.[1] By speaking, I am not […] The post On Volte-Face (Takwi’) appeared first…
Sednaya Prison, long cloaked in secrecy and fear, has stood as a stark symbol of the Asad regime’s repression. For […] The post Seeing Sednaya: Echoes of a…
Maya Wind. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. London: Verso. In Towers of Ivory and […] The post Towers of Ivory and Steel:…
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Khaldoun al-Mallah, a Palestinian-Syrian medical doctor and writer, journeyed south from exile in Idlib Province two days after the fall […] The post Avowing Revolution appeared first on…
How does the environment figure in electoral politics in different parts of the world? Environmental politics is typically understood broadly as the policies and state negotiations focused on…
By Ryan Christopher Jones, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University Birds fly over Korth’s Pirates Lair Marina in Isleton with a view of Mt. Diablo in the distance. On President…
By J. Brent Crosson, Associate Professor, UT Austin “Dragon Gas”—that was the phrase on the lips of Trinidadian commentators following the 2024 US presidential elections. As Trinidad and…
By Alexandra Vieux Frankel, Doctoral Candidate, York University Photo 1: McKinley Park Government Pier is a half mile stretch of concrete extending south, toward downtown Milwaukee, from McKinley…
New Program at the School for Advanced Research, funded by the Getty, invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement SANTA FE, NM (June…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
The collapse of Bashar Al-Asad’s authoritarian regime (2000-2024) and the less-violent-than-expected capture of Damascus by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought […] The post Beyond Preaching Unit…
On December 8, 2024, I received a flurry of WhatsApp messages from my friend Rawia. At the time, she was […] The post On inheritances and contradictions: Agrarian…