Erkan in the Army now...: For the moment, Erdoğan’s son is free. The gov’t...
The above image is the statement of Prosecutor, Muammer Akkaş, who says that his investigation is stopped… Minister who urged Turkish PM to step down highlights devotion to ‘the struggle’...
View Articleanthropologyworks: Cultural anthropologist of 2013: Dame Anne Salmond
Following our annual tradition, anthropologworks herby names the cultural anthropologist most “in the news” in the previous year. I launched this feature in January 2011 by naming Paul Farmer the...
View ArticleThe Blog: eReader/Tablet Review: Barnes & Noble Nook HD 7"
Nook HD 7" and a piece of toast, courtesy of barnesandnoble.com. I don't know why.For the paperless academic on a budgetVirtually every article about improving one's academic workflow (note-taking,...
View ArticleACCESS DENIED: Prison Break: African Asylum Seekers Claim Their Place on the...
Haggai Matar Saturday night was something no one in Israel had ever seen before. It was supposed to be a small demonstration – a quiet march of several hundred Israeli activists and African asylum...
View ArticleLanguage Log: "Words / Characters of the Year" for 2013 in Taiwan and in China
Back on December 17, 2011, I wrote a post entitled "Morpheme(s) of the Year" about kòng 控 ("control", but having lots and lots of other meanings, all covered in detail in my post). The unusual title...
View ArticleThe Subversive Archaeologist: The Neanderthals Buried Their Dead? Nu-Uh! Part...
[Note: this has been altered from the original. It's now nearly 5 hours since I first published this. As you read along, you'll encounter the changes, and the original text.] In two previous blurts at...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: dishing on sino-american relations
There is a current blurb flitting through virtual space about a fictional meeting between Xi Jinping and Obama, who has just finished watching an episode of CCTV’s popular 舌尖上的中国后 (A Bite of China). A...
View Articlehawgblawg: Cover Cheikhs
A holiday gift from the invaluable blog Jewish Morocco, this take on three covers from Algerian singers.1. Mahieddine Bentir (who I blogged about previously, in a post kindly cited by Jewish Morocco),...
View Articletabsir.net: Brotherhood, Brotherly Hate, Brotherly Love
Egyptian drink seller near al-Azhar in 1983; photography by Daniel Martin Varisco Egypt faces an ethical dilemma, one that affects anyone who has ever visited or carried out research in the country....
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Turkey’s Council of State annuls controversial...
3 AKP MEPs are to go… Turkey’s Council of State annuls controversial regulation on judicial police The regulation obliged those carrying out investigations to inform their superiors Turkey: court...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Police brutality expected in Taksim Solidarity’s...
Some argued that CCTV are off but they are back online at the moment… Some citizens/activists are against a demonstration this evening. However, many important elements of Taksim Solidarity are still...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Erdoğan’s corrupt regime protested all over Turkey...
I switch to my Twitter account for immediate coverage. God Help Us all… Related posts: “Labor Day 2013 imagery from Turkey. Thru Erkan’s Twitter Timeline… updated- 00:37- Tonight Resistance stronghold...
View ArticleAnthroYogini: Esperanto: My Summer Language Project
Most people have rather mundane goals for summer: Relax by the sea/river with friends/family and consume mountains of food and drink Relax by the sea/river avoiding everyone, but still consuming...
View Articlehawgblawg: Cafe Gibraltar mix from Maor Anava, with Jasmin & Acher Almagribi,...
Café Gibraltar, from the progressive Israeli online publication 972 Magazine, often presents some nice mixes. I particularly liked the first three tracks on this recent mix ("Sounds from the Other...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Roboski/ Uludere massacre remembered in its 2nd...
Not only in Roboski but in many cities, citizens commemorate the Roboski massacre today… 34 villagers died in Turkish planes bombardment: The Roboski strike, also known as the Uludere massacre,[2]...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: urban fetish / baishizhou
Fat Bird premieres another play! This Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the Value Factory, Fat Bird will perform Urban Fetish / Baishizhou. After the performance, I will lead a discussion about “Life,...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: Turkish-Armenian writer Nişanyan...
Turkish-Armenian writer Nişanyan to be jailed on charges of illegal construction The Turkish-Armenian writer and linguist Sevan Nişanyan was expected to be jailed on Jan. 2 and serve a two year...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: The Guardian: “a bitter battle between two wounded...
Beneath Turkey’s turmoil is a bitter battle between two wounded men | Fiachra Gibbons Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s abuse of power is being exposed by the equally intimidating exiled spiritual leader...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Dark Ironies of the Egyptian Revolution
The new year starts ominously in Egypt. In the days leading up to it we’ve had the arrest, trial and sentencing of Ahmed Maher and many other long-time protest leaders; the detention of Al-Jazeera...
View Articletabsir.net: الى اللاعبين السياسيين
الى اللاعبين السياسيين الذين يلعبون بالنار، النار ستحرق فلذات اكبادكم قبل ان تحرق الآخرين. الى كل المناضلين الطيبين، التهرب من مواجهة الحقائق المريرة، والبحث عن شماعات يلقى عليها اللوم في كل صغيرة...
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