The immigrants ‘crisis’ and the limits of Facebook
Photomontage realised by Vento Ribelle and posted on their Facebook page on the 20 April 2015 and shared by left-wing individuals in Grano. This post is prompted by the…
Tag: Europe
20. Hacking politics: civic struggles to politicize technologies
This is the 20th of 42 posts in the ongoing Freedom technologists series. By Sebastian Kubitschko via Civic Media Project Despite the longstanding equating of hacking as infused…
Burying Minority Istanbul: Last Glimpses of the Cosmopolitan City
The Surp Hovhannes Armenian church, in Istanbul’s Samatya neighborhood. Like many of the city’s churches and synagogues, it is heavily fortified. Photo by Mary D’Ambrosio. April …
14. Field theory, media change and the new citizen movements
This draft article is the fourteenth post in the freedom technologists series. Field theory, media change and the new citizen movements: the case of Spain’s ‘real democracy turn’,…
Riots, Rage and Populism: Voices from the Austere City
Greetings from Naples. Photo by Maurizio Albahari. Pope Francis for President. It’s the latest provocation of Italian comedy sketches, but it generates bitter laughter. It speaks to the…
Chinese political scientist endorses positive sides of European colonialism
I am reading Wang Yizhou’s book Creative Involvement: The Evolution of China’s Global Rise (as is often the case, the book is in Chinese but also has an…
The Globalization of Apartheid: South Africa, Europe, World
South Africa recently celebrated twenty years of “democracy” since a Black majority government was formed by the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies in 1994. South Africa…
The Unequal Distribution of Inequality: Lessons from South Africa
By Tijo Salverda As I have already pointed out in an earlier piece in this blog, growing inequality has become a major issue of concern around the world.…
Fantasies that matter: Images of sex work in media and art
I am looking forward to being in Hamburg, Germany, in August, for this unusually interesting event. My own talk is called Disqualified: Why sex workers suffer social death…
A DNA Experiment: Sarah’s Story
My PhD research looks at genetic ancestry testing and genealogical practices in different post-slavery societies, and how these phenomena are influencing our notions of personal identity and human…
A ‘White’ Anthropologist’s Manifesto, and a Call for Discussion
I am an English PhD researcher based in Paris, doing fieldwork in the US and Brazil. My research looks closely at current perceptions of identity, paradigms of human…