Blame it on Ebola
Since the 7th of November Sierra Leone is officially Ebola-free. Even if the outbreak lasted far too long and it was far too painful, there is reason now…
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“It’s All in the Name: Undiagnosis in a Diagnostic Age”
Here is the link to the paper I will present at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Lewis_2015_AAA Paper Please do not use, cite, or…
Do Brands Have The Power To Change The World?
Here is the one true thing I know about humans having studied them in action and been one myself for many years: we are essentially “good”. Whether…
Verkiezingsuitslag Myanmar in perspectief
Door Maaike Matelski. Precies vijf jaar na het einde van haar huisarrest is bekendgemaakt dat de partij van oppositieleidster Aung San Suu Kyi een absolute meerderheid heeft behaald…
DisNGOization in practice
I have been here for three weeks that have run so fast that it seems I landed yesterday. It is time to focus on the main reason of…
Gemeente Zuidplas heet u welkom
Het zoeken naar ontspanning en het spelen van spelletjes is belangrijk voor iedereen. Door Nadine Goeree. Mijn ons-kent-ons dorpje, waar ik graag ben en niet uit weg zou…
After the Paris attacks; a letter to my daughter.
After the Paris attacks. A letter to my daughter, Lou Hart. Sophie and Constance are shaken, S more moved by all the calls from kin and friends, poring…
Thoughts on Death Row
I was watching the movie Capote last night and it got me thinking about death row and the psychological health of the inmates. Capote follows Truman Capote’s process…
geräuschkulisse*Situation Room
Mo, 30.11.15 tipi / westwerk, pferdehaus, 1.OG, Leipzig 21.00 Uhr SITUATION ROOM vom Rimini Protokoll Produktion: WDR 2014 54′ “Der “Situation Room” im Weißen Haus ist rund um…
Water is the theme for 2016 “Under Western Skies” Conference
These conferences in Calgary, Alberta have been very good and the next one, taking place September 2016, is focused on water. The full conference website is here. And…
5th digital ethnography reading session (Murray 2008)
By Will Balmford Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) RMIT University, Melbourne The November session of the Digital Ethnography Reading Group will take place on Wed, 11 November, from…
Who’s the Real Pirate?
One of the most controversial attractions to have entered and taken root in Atlanta is the BODIES Exhibition. A science based exhibit, the museum of sorts has numerous…
Water roundup: new books & reports on groundwater and security
Over the weekend I mentioned a new (open access) book on Water, Society, and Technology. There are a couple of other new resources to be had, both from…
Dignity Market
Dignity Market is a place that my friends rented so that disabled people living in different collective homes in and around the city can come there to work,…
Notes on the workshop “Theorising Media and Conflict”
Figure 1. Thinking aloud about the volume Theorising Media and Conflict. Photo courtesy of Philipp Budka. Media Anthropology Network European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Department o…
Halloween and the Dead
Last weekend, a friend and I went to the Netherword Haunted House event on Halloween. We went around 6pm, in hopes of avoiding large lines, but we…
New open access book on Water, society, and technology opens with discussion of ethics
You can download the book here.
Comfort in Contact, Solace in Sharing
In New York City, a photographer named Brandon has made a career of photographing people in the streets, recording their story, and posting them together on Facebook. Started…
Ferguson: A retrospective
For the Common Reader, I wrote a long piece on the legacy of Ferguson and how the St. Louis region and its people were left behind as the town became the symbol…
Streik und Streikkultur
Der sogenannte Kita-Streik um die Bezahlung von Erziehern und Erzieherinnen warf im Frühjahr 2015 u.a. die Frage auf, ob heute noch gestreikt werden kann oder sollte. Der Beitrag…
Zukunftsträume und gegenwärtige Momentaufnahmen von Drahteseln in unserer Gesellschaft
Das Fahrrad als Alternative. Bis jetzt wird das Bild vieler Städte von Autos geprägt. Doch es gibt Ansätze, auch gerade hier in Leipzig, die den Zukunftstraum von einer…
New book – Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice
Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice Sarah Pink – RMIT University Heather Horst – RMIT University John Postill – RMIT University Larissa Hjorth – RMIT University Tani…
Closed fists of Ebola
I did long term anthropological fieldwork amongst the polio-disabled communities of Freetown between 2008 and 2012. The research fed into my doctoral dissertation: „Where parallel worlds meet: civil…