Ghosts of the field: rendering and retaining meaning
There are two sets of ghosts that we experience when visiting and engaging with field sites.
The murder of Malcolm X: forty-nine years ago today
Forty-nine years ago today, at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, gunmen opened fire on the African-American activist Malcolm X, killing him almost instantly.
Human rights postdoc announcement
The Berkeley Human Rights Program has announced a postdoctoral fellowship for the 2014-15 academic year.
Projected memory: reflections on one year’s work at a memorial museum in Germany, and an initiative that aims to remind us how we remembered
A project that enables us to put words back into the void that trauma leaves behind.
