New book review! Bosman Batubara, CASAS’ member, has published a book review of “The Pulse of the Earth, Political Geology in Java” by Adam Bobbette in the Journal of Anthropological Research. Read his review here: https://doi.org/10.1086/729737
Month: July 2024
Wango! Women’s Struggles Amidst Privatised and Extractive Models of Salt Mining in Ghana
New article alert! Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong and Faustina Obeng Adomaa, CASAS’ members, have published a new article in Feminist Africa. Abstract: In this article, we examine the contestations and struggles of women salt miners in Ghana within the context of the increasing privatisation of commons and enclosures. Using a qualitative approach based…
“The Ink of the Scholars“ – “The Taming of Fate“: reflections on knowledge production in social sciences and parrhêsia
New blog piece! Antoinette Danebaï Lamana, CASAS’ member, has wrote a reflection piece for the Fondation Oumou Dilly Blog. In her article, she brings us back to Michel Foucault in The Hermeneutics of the Subject, when he refers to parrhêsia as a way of saying everything frankly, with openness of speech, openness of mind, openness…
Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review
New publication alert! Sinem Kavak, CASAS’ member has published with Mo Hamza, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and Russell A. Stone a new article in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. Abstract: Decisions made by millions of refugees about where to go, how to make a living and how to secure a future are fundamental drivers of secondary movements. While a substantial body of…
Summer of artificial intelligence
New publication alert! Carol Hernández, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Spanish in Revista de la Universidad de México. The article reflects on the upcoming challenges that societies face with new developments in artificial intelligence, and the ethical implications and concerns associated with them. There is also a “bonus track” conversation with Fernando Clavijo….