Entrepreneurship and Emergent Technologies: From Predicting to Creating the Future
“What is the motivator, what inspires us?” Stephen discusses with his teammate. “The reason is contribution, contribution to the world and to …
For Future. Zum Problem des vorauseilenden Denkens
Zu den Symptomen einer Krise gehört die Ungewissheit darüber, was die Zukunft bringen wird. Das gilt heute nicht mehr. Mit unseren Gegenwartskrisen …
The ‘Dark Ages’ – a misused metaphor for a post-antibiotic future by Rachel Irwin
In 2014, then Prime Minister David Cameron told the British public that ‘we are in danger of going back to the Dark …
Space, Futures, Tech at “Changing Climates” — AAA/CASCA 2019
Space, Futures, Tech at “Changing Climates” — AAA/CASCA 2019 A list of space, futures, and tech related papers, panels, and roundtables, at the joint …
Ep #46 Reconfigurable: Elanor Huntington talks engineering, anthropology, & how we’re making our world
“Not only do we need engineers working alongside anthropologists to do good quality engineering, I also think that we need to do …
Death of the superhero?
Reading the future is hard. It takes sharp eyes. It takes lively imaginations. It takes smart models. (There is a “good head …
Hope or Resignation: the Future of Anthropology
By Matthias Teeuwen Standing at the end of my Master’s, the topic of this year’s anthropology day particularly spoke to me: Futures. …
Producing the Anthropocene, Producing the Future/Water Futures
Editor’s note: Today we have the final installment of our “Anthropocene Melbourne Campus” series, featuring two related posts by Lauren Rickards and …
Ep. #32 ‘Hula Hoops not Bicycles’: Genevieve Bell talks Anthropology, Technology & Building the Future
“We were bringing the voices of people that didn’t get inside the building, inside the building and making them count. And I …
Participatory approaches to design digital cultural futures. An interview with R. C. Smith
Rachel Charlotte Smith is assistant professor of design anthropology at Aarhus University. Her research focuses on relations between design, culture and technology, specifically on …
“I do want euthanasia, but not now.” Timing a request for euthanasia with dementia in the Netherlands by Natashe Lemos Dekker
Sitting on orange seats in the corridor, Ms Verbeek, her niece Hannie and I are waiting for the general practitioner. Ms Verbeek …
Allegralaboratory: Next step
Dear Allies, after a ‘magical intellectual carpet ride’ that has already lasted for five years, it is time for a new chapter …
#Review: Monrovia Modern
Monrovia Modern is a beautiful and perceptive book that describes the limitations and contradictions of architectural forms of political and urban imaginations …
The decadence and depravity of Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is an Earth systems research facility on occupied Tohono O’odham land (in so-called Oracle, Arizona, just north of Cuk Ṣ…
Ethnographic Designs for Buen Vivir: Fieldnotes from Nicaragua
Co-Authored by Alex Nading, Josh Fisher, and Chantelle Falconer What does it mean to find value in urban ecologies? This question sparked …
Video: Kinship and Belonging – Part IV of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, David Montgomery (Washington), Julie Billaud (Geneva), and Judith Beyer (Konstanz) are discussing the following three books: …
Video: Islam – Part III of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Till Mostowlansky (Hong Kong), Aksana Ismailbekova (Halle) and Eva-Marie Dubuisson (New York) are discussing the following …
Video: Nation – Part II of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Jeanne Feaux de la Croix, Mateusz Laszczkowski, and Julie McBrien are discussing the following three books: …
Video: Ordering – Part I of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Madeleine Reeves (Manchester / Konstanz), Tim Epkenhans (Freiburg) and Timothy Nunan (Berlin) are discussing the following …
After the Eulogy? The Future of Central Asian Studies in the Accelerated Academy
In an address to students at Indiana University in 2015, anthropologist and journalist Sarah Kendzior described Central Asian Studies as a ‘dying …
Anticipating Law: The Prognostics of Fear and Hope #LawNet2017
This week Allies will once again be in action – this time at the 2017 EASA LawNet Workshop in Bern on September 19-21! The …
Advice and Tips for Anthropologists #Anthroadvice
According to the AAA, anthropology is defined as the study of what makes us human. In accordance with its broad definition, the …
Subjectivity After the Subject by Sadeq Rahimi
One: Whither The Subject? It has been exactly 8 years since I wrote the introductory installment of a mini-series on political subjectivity …