Did Social Media Cause The Egyptian Revolution?
I was recently asked (by otherwise sensible people), “Dr. Peterson, how would you assess the predominant media narrative that the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions—nicknamed ‘Facebook …
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Central Asia’s stand against corruption
My latest for Foreign Policy is on how Central Asians are using the internet to document and battle a familiar scourge — corruption, particularly that of the police:…
Covering Ferguson
I have covered Ferguson since August 9, 2014, tweeting about a then unidentified teenager being killed by police within hours of the tragedy occurring. Below are the articles…
Bagrati revisited
Kathedrale Bagrati in Kutaisi (2004) Es war eine Rückkehr. 2004 war ich das erste Mal in Georgien. Damals brachte mich mein Kollege Lavrenti Janiashvili nach Kutaisi und dort…
Special Issue on Geographies in the Anthropocene from Geographical Research
Some interesting looking papers in the latest issue of Geographical Research on the Anthropocene, the full table of contents is here.
Zomerstop
Zoals ieder jaar neemt de redactie van standplaatswereld een paar weken vakantie. Ook het afgelopen academisch jaar werd het wereldnieuws op standplaatswereld belicht vanuit een antropologisch perspec…
Ferguson fight
Last night I attended a community meeting in Ferguson featuring controversial Mayor Knowles, unaware that it would devolve into a full-fledged fight: A packed community meeting in Ferguson,…
Mobiles and protest: four areas in need of further theorisation
Extract from Monterde, A. and J. Postill 2014. Mobile ensembles: The uses of mobile phones for social protest by Spain’s indignados. In G. Goggin and L. Hjorth (eds.)…
Wahrheitsliebe im Bewerbungsverfahren: Wie genau nehmen Sie’s mit der Ehrlichkeit?
Von Dr. Katrin Roppel Ehrlichkeit. Ein Wert, der vielen Menschen wichtig ist. Die Wertekommission ermittelte im Jahr 2013, dass Glaubwürdigkeit, Zuverlässigkeit und Ehrlichkeit für Führungskräfte uner…
Von der Atlantikküste Nicaraguas – drei Geschichten fernab der Revolution
Nicaragua – das kleine Land in Zentralamerika, war in Deutschland in den 1980er Jahren jedem ein Begriff, in Ost und West. 1979 erlebte das Land eine Revolution, angeführt…
Second session of digital ethnography reading group
by Will Balmford Research assistant Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) School of Media and Communication RMIT University Melbourne, Australia After a successful first session of the Digital Et…
“No faggot, just nuts”
by Pál Nyíri Around ten years ago I took some Chinese friends to the former royal castle in Gödöllö, near Budapest. We came upon a photo studio where…
Introducing AnthroSource 2.0
In honor of the launch of AnthroSource 2.0, AAA and Wiley Online Library are offering you a sneak peek at the 100 most downloaded articles of 2014. Take…
Martyrs Without A Cause? Egypt’s Revolutionary Martyrs as Empty Signifiers
What is the meaning of martyrdom? The difference between a martyr and a victim is the investment of a slain body with meaning by a public. The martyrs…
Interview With Reem Abou El-Fadl About “Revolutionary Egypt”
I have a chapter in this new book on the Egyptian revolution. “there is the responsibility that comes with any social science study, particularly in an area fraught…
Intern Updates from the National Museum of African Art
The inner workings of the Smithsonian are hectic and complex. However, it has been very clear to me that through all of the hustle and bustle of the…
“42 steps.” SMS poetry from the school corridor
In October 2014 I joined a school project that was about emphasizing the importance of poetry. Different student groups undertook the opportunity to reinterpret traditional poems via videos…
The Cult’s Eye View: On ‘The Professor Is In’
My latest for the Chronicle is on “The Professor Is In”, a career counseling service that paradoxically highlights the worst elements of academia while encouraging people to join…
Uzbeks: “We are not afraid”
My latest for Foreign Policy is on a group of Uzbeks who are using social media to fight back against a ruthless regime: “Today the main disease of…
Clive Hamilton on “The Banality of Ethics in the Anthropocene”
Over the last two days, Clive Hamilton published a pair of essays that argue ethics in the Anthropocene are moot. The first essay largely lays out the problems…
Notes on the first digital ethnography reading session
by Allister Hill PhD candidate Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) RMIT University, Melbourne Last week, on 9 July 2015, the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) ran its first…
Teenage views on Culture (Nordplus closing interviews, 2013)
“Learning Skills for Sustainable Development” Date: 26th – 29th November, 2013 Venue: Riga State Gymnasium Nr. 2 Time for opening: on 26th November at 16.00 Closing: on 29th…