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The release of the iPod nano in 2005 marked a shift in the way music is consumed. We now take for second nature the integration of music platforms in our cellphones: music being carried with us at all times. Speculating over a potential comeback of this gadget, this article explores the way (over)consumption has affected human relations with music and perhaps trivialized moments once deemed special.
Challenging the lack of solidarity between Ukraine and Palestine activists in the UK, this article demonstrates how Western anti-imperialism has become simplistic. The piece challenges those who prioritise peace over freedom, and calls for a return to an anti-imperialist politics which centres those most affected by conflict
Reflections on a summer spent at Kew Gardens 'Queer Nature' exhibition, revealing how we can use art, science, music, poetry, and nature to make anthropological knowledge accessible.
This short essay explores female rage in the media, looking at how anthropology of emotion and feminist anthropology can comment on the characterisation of angry womxn, and their fragile empowerment.
Thoughts on the Catalan anarchist tradition and the ethnic cleansing in Gaza as I roam the streets of Barcelona
Who is on the other end of the line when you receive company calls? How do they live their lives… and what do they think of you? We interview authors of a decade-long ethnography on the affective elements of racial and transnational capitalism.
The Rojava Revolution occurring in North and Eastern Syria (AANES) since 2012 has been marginalised by left-wing discourse in the Global North. However, its capacity to put women’s liberation at the forefront of the revolution and to establish a system of participatory democracy are experiences everybody could learn a lot from. By looking at the revolution’s uniqueness this piece aims at revitalising our dormant revolutionary imagination.
Madonna and Madonna explores the controversy around female eccelsatiacal claims and speculates on the gendered and hierachised attitudes to theological credibility. Through the work of Deidre La Cruz’s ‘Mother Figured’ and the public persona of female pop-icon Madonna, the essay traces the implications of Catholic glocalisation and popularisation of Catholic culture in the pop-culture sphere
Dating Reality TV shows hold an important place in popular culture and they are connected to our economy more than we realise. Are Dating Reality TV shows a reflection of society at present?
The exploitation of migrant construction labourers in the UAE is a process of holistic seizure of humanness. There is apathy from the government, who have developed no appropriate measures for ensuring the rights of labourers are respected, and predatory practices from employers, who can violate laws with impunity. Through application of theories concerning power over life, a better understanding of the socal death of these labourers can be understood; the first step in moving against it.
Texts are often constructed to detail the specific experiences of an author during a specific period of time, and what the author took from these experiences. Despite being functionally similar to ethnographies, the anthropological discipline has ignored them. To include them would not only expand the canon, but disrupt and decolonise institutional hierarchies.
Tycoons are everyday celebrated in our contemporary western society. But how do they pass from being superstars to ruling countries? And what is the consequence of this switch? Iacopo is trying to grapple with these questions in this article dealing with a new, and yet with deep roots, form of neoliberal leadership.
Teaching Creativity is a research project co-designed by Maria Efthymiadou, Yixuan (Zoey) Liu, Sasha Rozanov, Bella Kurankye, and Dr Anjana Bala. This project prioritizes emergent frameworks, self-expression, and developing a creative voice rather than a set research goal and predetermined agenda. Bella has created a short film about Black joy, Zoey a photography-video project that is now turning into a series of zines, Sasha an EP, and Maria a collage on femicide in Greece.