National responsibility for ecological breakdown
Abstract. High-income countries are responsible for up to 93% of global excess material use over the period 1970-2017. Specific results depend on the methods used, ranging from…
Var person på sin plats
”Det här är min plats, här ska jag sitta!” Det finns många situationer i livet när man kan råka ut för detta. Antingen som förövare (den som tagit…
Calling Worlds into Being
BLM Banner Black Lives Matter!…Black Lives Matter!…..Say it loud…. I’m Black and I’m proud! ……I’m Black and I’m so fucking proud!” (BLMB demo 2021) It’s been years now…
As Above, So Below: Vertical Territory in Northern Sweden
Space exploration in northern Sweden often gains meaning in relation to mining. In this blog post, I ask: how does mining serve as a “speculative device” (McCormack 2018)…
Picturing the Deep Universe Is Deeply Human
The James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning photos require extensive image processing—revealing as much about humanity as about the universe. In July 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled “Webb’s…
Att läsa böcker och följa förfädernas spår
Sverker Finnström: Skärmar i alla ära, men det är svårt att slå läsupplevelsen med en bok i ena handen och en blyertspenna i den andra. I bokhögens tillfälligheter…
Post-doctoral position in justice-oriented plastic pollution research and management
2-year position from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025$50,00/year, including benefitsLocation: CLEAR Lab, Geography Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Canada …
Loitering
Bei einem Workshop letzte Woche sprach Shilpa Phadke über Loitering, also über das Recht von Frauen*, sich einfach so im öffentlichen Raum aufzuhalten. Ohne dass ihnen der Vorwurf…
Loitering
Bei einem Workshop letzte Woche sprach Shilpa Phadke über Loitering, also über das Recht von Frauen*, sich einfach so im öffentlichen Raum aufzuhalten. Ohne dass ihnen der Vorwurf…
‘I’ve seen things …’ and other pleasures of war
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. “The world is not in your books and maps. It’s…
Born of “All That Good”
An Indigenous poet-anthropologist and new mother interrogates the idea that, overall, historic Indigenous boarding schools brought a lot of “good.” “Born of ‘All That Good’” is part …
Hat der Landgraben im Hessischen Ried eine römische Vergangenheit?
Der Landgraben, das Gewässer zwischen Groß-Gerau und Trebur, mündet nordwestlich von Astheim in den Rhein. Sein Name geht auf den Landgrafen Georg I. (1547-1596) von Hessen-Darmstadt zurück, dem…
Valérie Robin Azevedo on her book, Los Silencios de la guerra
https://lasiniestraensayos.com/libro/los-silencios-de-la-guerra-memorias-y-conflicto-armado-en-ayacucho-peru/ Interview (and translation) by Emily Fjaellon Thompson English version below …
Affective Masculinities
Amrita De talks about affective masculinities, aspirational linkages with dominant scripts of masculinities, socially organized. As she expands her work beyond her study of South Asian masculinities, she…
Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt: A Conversation with Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon, a historian of media, popular culture, and the Middle East at Dartmouth College, discusses his new book Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt (Stanford University…
Dan DiPiero, “Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life” (U Michigan Press, 2022)
Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life (U Michigan Press, 2022) offers a sustained comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on…
Stellenbörse für geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW9
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. einige Aushilfsjobs auf der Leipziger Buchmesse, eine Stelle für Quereinsteiger*innen, die sich für die Bereiche digitaler Wissenstransfer & E-Learning interessier…
Teaching from the Textbooks: An Archaeology of the Current Historical Moment
On the last day of class, my advanced theory students would break up into small groups and each have the option of choosing one such old anthropology textbook…
Gary Alan Fine, “Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance” (U Chicago Press, 2023)
If you’ve ever been to a protest or been involved in a movement for social change, you have likely experienced a local culture, one with slogans, jargon, and…
Stephen Bullivant, “Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America” (Oxford UP, 2022)
The United States is in the midst of a religious revolution. Or, perhaps it is better to say a non-religious revolution. Around a quarter of US adults now…
„Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde“. Glanz und Elend des Geschichtsfernsehens
Der Sechsteiler „Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde“ hat die Frühgeschichte der BRD als Agententhriller erzählt, bei dem allerdings das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz viel zu gut wegkommt. Dabei…
Amar de pie
La foto es de Bill Eppridge Prólogo a José Antonio Langarita, En tu árbol o en el mio. Una aproximación a la práctica del sexo anónimo entre hombres (Bellaterra, 2015)…