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The Moral Economy of Infrastructures in Everest Tourism

As social media posts from the slopes of Mount Everest become almost commonplace Dr Jolynna Sinanan (University of Manchester) focuses on digital media use amongst guides and porters and the impact of digital infrastructures in the area. 

Pentecostalism, Deliverance and Queer Sexuality in Nigeria: Literary Representations

Professor Adriaan van Klinken takes us to the epicentre of Pentecostalism. Through the emerging body of queer Nigerian literature, Professor Adriaan van Klinken (University of Leeds) looks at the motif of the deliverance ritual in a lecture that spans anthropological, gender and ...  عرض المزيد

Stepping in, helping out, competing with…? State and civic actors in Ukraine’s wartime heritage work

Dr. Vonnak reflects on how socio historical events impact the definition, preservation, and sometimes neglect of cultural heritage. She draws from her extensive field work in Ukraine over the past eight years. Edited and hosted by Dora Duo. 

Stepping in, helping out, competing with…? State and civic actors in Ukraine’s wartime heritage work

Dr. Vonnak reflects on how socio historical events impact the definition, preservation, and sometimes neglect of cultural heritage. She draws from her extensive field work in Ukraine over the past eight years. Edited and hosted by Dora Duo. 

Parasites, Invention, and Grace: Taking Turns in a Streetcorner Bureaucracy

Michael Degani analyzes the styles of work and conflict amongst electrical contractors who congregate across the street from a power utility office in urban Tanzania. Michael Degani (University of Cambridge) explores the balance of entrepreneurial hustle and bureaucratic order th ...  عرض المزيد