Dass bisher über 1500 Wissenschaftler*innen den Rücktritt von Bettina Stark-Watzinger fordern, ist schon bedeutsam. Wichtiger noch: Viele vertreten konträre Positionen im vorausgehenden Konflikt, verurteilen aber gemeinsam den autoritären Einschüchterungsversuch. docs.google.com/forms/d/1NbIQ2…

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Friends & comrades everywhere ❤️ Please consider donating to ⁦@Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪⁩ to pay the medical expenses for those who were/are injured by state security forces during the ongoing anti-austerity protests in Kenya🇰🇪 Click on the link below: mchanga.africa/fundraiser/100…

In light of events in Kenya, @naomi2908 and I wrote a piece for @theconversation about Violence as the primary language of the Kenyan state ⁦⁦Contesting Governance⁩ ⁦Sovereignty and Social Contestation Research Group⁩ theconversation.com/violence-is-th…

"'Soziologie' ist ein magisches Wort, das schon allzu viele Zauberer hervorgebracht hat. Es fliegt von Mund zu Mund und wird mit jedem Mal bedeutungsloser. Es ist eine Art 'Sesam, öffne dich', das zu tausend ebenso unterschiedlichen wie obskuren Zwecken dient." Henri Hubert

Kenya protests show citizens don’t trust government with their tax money: can Ruto make a meaningful new deal? theconversation.com/kenya-protests… via The Conversation Africa

Kenya protests show citizens don’t trust government with their tax money: can Ruto make a meaningful new deal? bit.ly/4bScQIy 💻 Eric Magale, University of Pretoria and Mario Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology #BusinessAndEconomy

The tabling of Kenya's Finance Bill 2024 in parliament sparked one of the broadest protests in the country's history. For Eric Magale & Mario Schmidt these protests result from the breakage of the fiscal social contract between government & citizens. ➡️ow.ly/34PL50SFt4T

“STOP THROWING TEAR GAS IN OUR HOUSES!!! WE HAVE LITTLE KIDS…” Pipeline residents tell Police

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Great accomplishment by my colleague Patrick S. Forscher | @psforscher.bsky.social

📢🚨Our new paper "The political spillover of workplace #democratization: How democratic efficacy at the workplace contributes to countering right-wing #extremist attitudes in #Germany" is out now! With Andre Schmidt Else-Frenkel-Brunswik-Institut journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Happy to see this and recommendation to everyone in Nairobi!

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Can‘t wait to discuss our books!

Busara, in partnership with the Ugandan Citizen Ethnography Collective and the UEA, has launched a two-week training program on citizen ethnography as part of the The British Academy funded project, “Enumerating Development.” This initiative aims to explore how

Building ethnographic capacity! Great and rewarding experience so far.

New Episode! "The History of Social Protection in Kenya" The aim of social protection policies is to protect the social wellbeing of people. Thistakes many forms including cash transfer programs to … Player links & show notes: thekenyanist.com/the-history-of…

Do join today if you are able/interested - a book forum with 4 books on masculinities and urban spaces in the Global South - super excited to be in conversation with Romit Chowdhury Mario Schmidt Jordanna Malton and Jeff Hearn - 4:30pm UK/ 9pm IST - Zoom meeting ID on flyer