Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life
The following article initially appeared on FocaalBlog and was reposted with the kind permission of the author. On 14 April 2010, I was approached …
The digital prophets of Israel
At a time when the words “Israel” and “Anthropology” are constantly attached to “boycott,” “occupation,” or “war,” it is very easy to fall …
Finding tales to tell
“Looking for a story? I might just have one!” With those words, Hikmet, a Turkish friend, invited me for a walk: …
Academics’ call for peace in Turkey: from “going public” to “getting persecuted”
Just a few days after the brutal terror attack on tourists took place in Istanbul, Turkish president Erdoğan and prime minister Davutoğlu used this tragic event to …
Are you sure?
During my fieldwork in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, I was constantly faced with large photographs of children’s faces, in many emotional states, …
Submit a picture story and win a spot in a two-day multimedia storytelling workshop with Transformations
The workshop will be held by the price-winning journalist Matthias Eberl, who is one of the pioneers of multimedia storytelling. Participants will …
#SIEF2015 #EngagedAnthropology #Discuss
Our panel “Engaged Anthropology: Reality? Necessity? Utopia?” seeks to reflect ‘engagement’ in anthropology against the backdrop of utopia. What is the purpose of our scientifi…
What is an anthropological global generalization?
Perhaps the biggest problem of our entire project is that every time anyone asks us a question we have nine different answers, …
Keep on going: how Palestinians make their way through the maze of the occupation
In the occupied West Bank, mobility and migration aren’t just everyday routine. They are highly charged political issues. In my field research …
Living the reaspora: Afropolitans back home
Only recently, debates on global mobility of people consider the movement from economically richer to poorer countries, even though this trend increases …
An unavoidable force: the Palestinian citizens of Israel after the elections
For decades, the Palestinian citizens of Israel had to cope with a life at the margins of both Palestine and Israel, were …
Don’t let them drown!
I always enjoyed swimming, and I was even training to become a professional swimmer when I was in a primary school. It …
What does poverty look like on social media?
First, we should keep in mind that low income is not necessarily related to poverty in Grano. I will briefly explain why. Indeed, …
Call for papers: Im/mobilities as products and generators of conflict
How are peace and conflict connected to im/mobilities? We invite papers for the 5th Bi-annual meeting of the network ‘Peace and Conflict Studies …
From thieves to customers
Between 2002 and 2011, the northern half of the Côte d’Ivoire was controlled by the rebel group Les Forces Nouvelle. In contrast to other violent groups, …
From “being a scientist” to “being a curiosity”: a tale amongst egg hunters.
“Listening and watching, that’s what it is about” said Martin with a Frisian accent, who together with Sven, was teaching me about …