Functional multilingualism and the use of standard languages, by Bo Utas
With a description of the complex linguistic situation that characterized my father’s native village in the Ukraine as a starting point, I …
Explosive Landscapes
Walls are but the most visible parts of militarized borders. The Berlin Wall did not fall; it was demolished, first by hammer-wielding …
Trump’s Coup in Venezuela
Last year in our final report on 2018, we closed with this warning: “one of the things we must all look out …
The Helsinki Summit: Trying to Turn the Page on the New Cold War
Finally, on Monday, July 16, 2018, the Helsinki Summit bringing together Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place, …
Deborah A. Jones’ “Afterlives & Other Lives: Semiosis and History in 21st Century Ukraine”
Page 99 of my dissertation falls toward the beginning of a monster chapter exploring my rural interlocutors’ fight for land rights, encounters …
Agents of Humor?
Students in Russia and Ukraine address global politics through local comedy Kostya, brow wrinkling, ended his call and told the team of …
Economic #Remoteness and the ‘Development’ of Rural Ukraine
Nagorna, a village in Odessa province, Ukraine, has not always been a ‘remote’ place. During Soviet times, it was part of a …
Who is Going to Fix the Road to Europe?
Road M15 near Reni, Ukraine in October, 2013. Photo courtesy Simon Schlegel When protests erupted in Ukraine in late November 2013, I …
Encircling Empire: Report #26 — Reviewing Force Multipliers
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Eight Questions and Seven Theses about Force Multipliers
“Force multipliers: Machines which allow a small effort to move a larger load are called force multipliers. Some examples of force multipliers …
(New Book) Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism
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REDUX: Simulacrum Crimea (Anthropoliteia Virtual Roundtable PART 2) #UKRAINE
Today we re-post our conversation with Judith Beyer from a joint virtual roundtable with Anthropoliteia. In her commentary, Judith answers the question: …
Birth, Death, and Fictive Citizenship: Citizenship and Political Agency in War-Torn Ukraine
The Editors of Anthropoliteia would like to welcome Greta Uehling for the latest in our continuing Forum, What’s Going on in Ukraine? …
Our Report for 2014
This year has seen an almost frenzied escalation of US intervention around the globe, ranging from the determined provocations and threats against …