Essays

My Grandfather and I, and the City’s Panj Golo

In this short essay, Sobh Saeed approaches Sindhi nationalism through the political journey of her grandfather. She imagines a future in which solidarity might move beyond the limits of geographical autonomy.

Florya walk-through

In this personal, guide-like account, Mike Bode connects a visit to the modernist Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion in Istanbul with reflections on architecture, Turkish nationalism and the formation of the modern nation-state.

On Top of the Mountain

Felestine Square in Tehran and its monument have long served as a stage for state-organised demonstrations against Israel. Through the histories surrounding the monument and the shifting relationship between Iran and Palestine, Behzad Khosravi Noori asks how meaningful solidarity with Palestine can be articulated without reproducing the propaganda of another regime.

Shibli: Photography on the Threshold

Ahlam Shibli’s photographs differ from many visual representations of Palestine through their refusal of dramatic and sensational forms. Attending closely to the effects of Israeli occupation on Palestinian land and everyday life, Shibli approaches the representation of victims cautiously, allowing the work to develop a sustained critique of oppression.
A Toddler stands in front of an aquarium, fascinated.

Autoethnography, Narration and Emancipation

Shiva Alinaqian has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology. When writing her thesis on the construction of maternal identity, she realized that she is not to set aside her personal experience of mothering and, thus, she opted for an autoethnographical approach.

About Autoethnography: Hunting for Hope

Shahram Khosravi is a professor of anthropology at Stockholm University. He mainly focuses on issues of migration, forced displacement and border studies. In this piece, Khosravi writes about autoethnography as a research method and a writing style. He explores the possibilities this method offers to confront the division between North/theory and South/field.
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Transportations

In Transportations, Peter Lagerqvist tells the story of Palestinians who challenge the everyday realities of occupation and the restrictions on movement in the occupied lands in a peculiar manner. Through his narrative, he provides an anthropological analysis of the auto theft and joy-riding in Palestine.