The Football World Cup cannot be reduced to a mere sporting competition. It is also a cultural resource and a site of social meaning-making.
Beyond “22 Players Chasing a Ball”: What the World Cup Really Means Read More »
Capitalist realism has created a pervasive atmosphere in which it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, and making art has become a matter of imitation and recycling old styles.
80s nostalgia, Stranger Things, and the Slow Cancellation of the Future Read More »
Pedro Almodóvar’s film Pepi, Luci, Bom functions as both a cinematic experiment and a manifesto for the Movida ethos, celebrating everything excess and the radical possibility of reshaping identity in the wake of repression.
Anarchy in Madrid: Pepi, Luci, Bom as Political Manifesto Read More »
Islamists in Bangladesh have increased their attacks against Bauls and Sufis while the interim government stands by passively. We need to re-examine our concepts of tolerance and monotheism.
Monotheism, Certainty, and Baul Persecution in Bangladesh Read More »
Intergenerational listening is developed as a practice of rerouting in exile. It’s how families and communities build a sense of continuity when geography has been broken.
Sonic Tapestries: Music, Memory, and the Making of Home in Exile Read More »
Being far from home has taught Afghans that they can keep their stories and culture alive on social media, creating a new space for connection and sharing.
At Home on the Internet Read More »
Even in exile, Afghan women resist invisibility through tea, through language, through songs, and through everyday work.
Delhi Kitchen, Kabul Heart Read More »
Claiming Citizenship focuses on Indian American civic and political activism in the U.S. public sphere around U.S.-based and India-based issues.
How Identity Shapes the Civic and Political Engagement of Indian Americans Read More »
Zwarte Piet, a caricature of an enslaved Black man, acts as an effective gatekeeper on who is allowed to be critical of Dutch culture.
The Kids Are All White? Blackface & Belonging in the Netherlands Read More »
Through entrepreneurship, Muslim immigrant women in Norway are challenging binaries like native/foreign and secular/religious and crafting new forms of citizenship based on contribution, not conformity.
The idea of an America without Black people has a long history in the white national imagination. While often dismissed as an “absurdist fantasy,” as the US approaches its semiquincentennial, a new, more complex, but equally irrational version has appeared.
The Inconvenience of Black America Read More »
