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Reflections on Migration Dynamics in Northern Ghana from the ‘Crossroads Perspective’
(2016-02)
The paper analyses mobility patterns in Northern Ghana while reflecting also on my ‘positionality’ as researcher from the area thus critically analysing mobility patterns and processes of negotiating social boundaries and ...
China Kazakhs' emigration to Kazakhstan from a modernity perspective
(2016-04)
This paper discusses the current situation of China Kazakhs' emigration to Kazakhstan from a modernity perspective. My aim is to rethink modernity in the Chinese context and its impact on Kazakhs in Xinjiang, to discuss ...
Not Quite Home or Alone: A Conversation on Belonging in a Digital Age
(2016-02)
This paper is the product of conversations we have had over a significant period of time about the meaning of belonging in a digital age. It began as a series of personal answers to the question: “Where would you consider ...
Boundaries and Identities: The Case of Gilgit-Baltistan
(2016-06)
The main argument of the paper is that the absence of Gilgit-Baltistan in the power dispensation and state structure of Pakistan has created a power vacuum in the society, which is gradually filled by sectarian forces, ...
Beyond kinship and tribe: New forms of solidarity and interest representation in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan
(2016-12)
In this paper, I show that the establishment of unauthorized settlements on government land in the newly urbanizing peripheries of Jalalabad – the second-fastest growing city of Afghanistan – corresponded with the emergence ...