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Shayna M. Silverstein, “Fraught Balance: The Embodied...

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2025/06/27

A vivid and intricate study of dance music traditions that reveals the many contradictions of being Syrian in the 21st century Dabke, one of Syria’s most beloved dance…

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Syria in the Moment

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2025/06/27

While thinking optimistically about politics is never wise, it is impossible not to share in the euphoria of Syrians for […] The post Syria in the Moment appeared…

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The Emotional Toll of Death in Syria: Revolution to...

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2025/06/27

After more than eight years of no contact, I conducted a video call with a former non-influential officer from an […] The post The Emotional Toll of Death…

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Ethnography and journalism in times of war

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2025/06/27

This text is a slightly adapted keynote/film introductory note I gave at a conference when the Department of Media and Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger celebrated…

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She braids, I listen

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2025/06/26

I. Hair as an Opening I first met her in the summer of 2020. An elderly woman, her silver hair […] The post She braids, I listen appeared…

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Neues Video auf dem REMID-YouTube-Kanal: Moderne...

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2025/06/26

Die zweite Folge unserer Videoreihe „Vlogging Religion(s)“ ist ab sofort auf YouTube verfügbar. Diesmal geht es um alternative religiöse Praktiken in den USA – genauer gesagt: um moderne…

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Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama

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2025/06/26

An anthropologist investigates how archaeology helped the U.S. colonize the Panama Canal Zone—just as the current U.S. government threatens to retake it. THE GREATER UNITED STATES The United…

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Rumänien hat gewählt: Wohin nun für queere Menschen?

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2025/06/26

Der Aufstieg des Faschismus erfasst ganz Europa wie in einem Sturm: Eins nach dem anderen geraten die Länder des alten Kontinents in die Falle, rechtsextreme, populistische, demokratiefeindliche Mensc…

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Forever no more? Between new and old words

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2025/06/26

The fall of Asad’s state of eternity on December 8th, the liberation of his regime’s prisons and security centres, the […] The post Forever no more? Between new…

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Inheriting a Dislocatory Moment

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2025/06/26

On December 8th, 2024, Syria – my country of birth and the place where I lived for twenty-four years – […] The post Inheriting a Dislocatory Moment appeared…

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Smart Wallets and the Shifting Boundaries of Trust in...

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2025/06/26

Over the past decade, decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged as a blockchain-based alternative to traditional financial systems—promising open access, automation, and the removal of institutional mi…

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Recalibrating Political Islam? The Syrian Revolution...

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2025/06/25

In the shifting political landscape of post-Asad Syria, global narratives surrounding political Islam are undergoing a recalibration, blurring engagement with […] The post Recalibrating Politica…

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Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?

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2025/06/25

An anthropologist discovers diasporic flights—including her own—that begin at and return to the waters of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. ✽ WITHIN A FEW HOURS…

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Maya J. Berry, “Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred...

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2025/06/25

In Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons (Duke University Press, 2025), anthropologist and dancer Maya J. Berry examines rumba as a way of knowing the embodied…

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Do walls still have ears?

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2025/06/25

How can communications studies contribute to anthropological inquiry of Syria? This essay reflects on the architecture that governs silence and […] The post Do walls still have ears?…

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On Volte-Face (Takwi’)

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2025/06/25

Speaking was very risky during the fifty-four years long Asad family domination of the republic.[1] By speaking, I am not […] The post On Volte-Face (Takwi’) appeared first…

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Seeing Sednaya: Echoes of a Fallen Regime

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2025/06/25

Sednaya Prison, long cloaked in secrecy and fear, has stood as a stark symbol of the Asad regime’s repression. For […] The post Seeing Sednaya: Echoes of a…

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Les fogueres de Sant Joan i la fi de la canalla

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2025/06/22

Foguera de Sant Joan del 2016 a la cruïlla Lepant/Casp/Ribes, a Fort Pienc Article publicat al Diari Ara el 20 de juny de 2017 Les fogueres de Sant…

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Lieba Faier, “The Banality of Good: The UN’s Global...

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2025/06/22

In The Banality of Good: The UN’s Global Fight against Human Trafficking (Duke University Press, 2024), Dr. Lieba Faier examines why contemporary efforts to curb human trafficking have fallen so…

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Reizwort: Woke

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2025/06/22

Wohl kaum ein Begriff wird so stark instrumentalisiert und vermag es, eine Fülle an so unterschiedlichen wie starken Emotionen zu evozieren, wie das Reizwort „woke“. Die einen verwenden…

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