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Biopolitical Economies in Higher Education Debt Formation

* * * * ½ 8 votes

Elijah Adiv Edelman
Jessica L Murgel


Financial Exploitation of Knowledge Production As institutions of higher learning experience increasing financial responsibilities and shrinking endowments they are simultaneously…More










































































































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Material Histories of Debt and Payment

* * * * ½ 33 votes

Robert J Kett
Taylor C Nelms


Assembling the Transactions Archive Debt seems to be all around us—in monthly credit card statements, newspaper headlines and debates about…More










































































































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State Debt and the Rural

* * * * * 2 votes

Nayanika Mathur


Two Historical Moments in India Discussions on debt, especially in the context of the state, are commonly drenched in economism.…More










































































































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Towards an Anthropology of Taxation

* * * * * 4 votes

Kevin Carrico


There is an old saying that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”…More










































































































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Weapons have long been part of human evolutionary history—hafted spear points have been dated as far back as 500,000 years…More










































































































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In Security and Safety

* * * * ½ 9 votes

Wendy Vogt


Perspectives from a Mexican Migrant Shelter In Mexico, the war on drugs has become a war on migrants. Each year,…More










































































































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Security and Finance

* * * * ½ 9 votes

Hadas Weiss


The relation of security to finance is deceptive. We expect security to be the goal, and finance to be a…More










































































































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Marta Magalhaes_avenida Luis EM_FEATURE

A Security Framework The next four years will be a busy time for Brazil. Fifa’s Soccer World cup in 2014,…More










































































































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Keep Calm and Carry On?

* * * * ½ 32 votes

Cathrine Furberg Moe


Challenges of Doing Fieldwork under Fear and Fire in an Israeli Border Town This essay offers some reflections on how…More










































































































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Odd Fellows Cemetery Restoration

* * * *   3 votes

Kimberly Wren
Stephen Scruggs


Advocacy in Practice History and Context A cemetery is a strange place to start dreaming, and an even stranger place…More










































































































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