Lukas Ley

Beyond excited and nervous to be presenting new work (with Susan Schuppli) at the “Field Forum,” an Architectural Association series curated by curated by Jingru (Cyan) Cheng and Chen Zhan that looks at our relations with the built environment. aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramm…

KU Leuven is hiring an anthropologist with regional expertise in Asia. Please see the call below, circulate widely, and apply! The call welcomes candidates with undergraduate/ postgraduates degrees obtained in Asia. Deadline, 28 February 2025 kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

"An Audacious Vision" by Hanna Nieber @h_nieber Part of //Living in a Mode of Despite//, a new AES collection edited by @MaschaSchulz, Rishabh Raghavan, & Julia Vorhölter #anthrotwitter #ethnography Read it here! ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/online-content…

Big fan of this Leipzig-based jazz project “no further noise,” which has been collaborating with Ino Café for years. They made a vinyl compilation of recorded concerts which I always found deeply moving. Support them here: startnext.com/no-further-noi….

Great online collection of essays outlining a “politics of despite”! Very happy to be featured among pieces curated by my colleagues @MaschaSchulz, Rishabh Raghavan and Julia Vorhölter - congrats! americanethnologist.org/online-content…

Tomorrow, the geography department (strukturwandel.uni-halle.de) at Halle University will be showing a film by visual anthropologist Dr. Gregory Gan. He will be present for questions and chat. @Sandworldsgroup EMPATHY FOR #CONCRETE THINGS vimeo.com/883554976

Muhlenberg’s Firing Puts All Tenured Professors at Risk. AAA is horrified, but not surprised, that the first scholar with tenure to be fired for an issue concerning academic freedom is an anthropologist. ow.ly/CtZk50TEaKH

How should we think of #sand in an age of sinking cities and climate change? @Granularlukas, Javad Kaisar, @TeCremer & Tarini Monga from the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology @maxplanckpress in #ARIscope buff.ly/4gMKjro

Take a look at the below discussion with Mascha Schulz about their special section from the latest issue of Religion and Society!✍️ Full volume here: bit.ly/4ftTFrx

Leaving Barcelona. Thankful for a well-organized and courageous #EASA2024 conference (motion passed!) as well as an amazing workshop with @liquidperson, @KateEDaws, Caterina Scaramelli and the @Sandworldsgroup. Very smooth… over and out.

Tiny glimpse of a brilliantly-organised @EASAinfo #EASA2024. Full of passion, vigour, creativity, performances, and—most importantly—a powerful motion on “collaborations with Israelî academic institutions in light of the plausible g3n0cīde committed in GAzA.” #AnthroTwitter

Sand as atmosphere, blueprint for life, archive, tool of occupation, and much more - thinking geosocial transformations with sand at #EASA2024 was so inspiring! Thanks to all panelists, @KateEDaws and @Sandworldsgroup

At the AGM of #EASA2024 members present a motion for the suspension of collaboration with Israeli academic institutions until Israel complies with international law and international humanitarian law.

Academics in the Wild..a useful curation of resources for PhDs in various fields looking into the wide range of careers. academicsinthewild.com/resources/

@AdamBertocci That was a fun read - I remember overthinking Ghostbusters and other apocalyptical stories with it :) Thank you!

@Granularlukas Amused and honored (if a little confused, ha) to be cited in your thesis, which I tripped across in a vanity search. My Uncle Peter was an anthropology professor so I'm glad to have contributed a little something to the field!

Ce soir, la justice sociale a gagné. Ce soir, la justice environnementale a gagné. Ce soir, le peuple a gagné. Et ça ne fait que commencer ! #VictoireNFP #ElectionsLegislatives2024

Happy to see how this website is accumulating sand stories from Mombasa, Goa, and other places. This piece by Teresa Cremer came out recently; it considers care for oceans and one of its “organs” - sediment – in Kenya.

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New issue of @SocialAnthropo1 out now! I remember our editorial team working on some of these pieces. They’ve nicely evolved, through the hard work of authors, editors, reviewers, and copyeditors @BerghahnAnthro. Sadly, the work of the editors rarely gets acknowledged.

Politologe Daniel Marwecki zur bedingungslosen Unterstützung Israels: In der Betrachtung des Konflikts liegt ein “tiefgreifender Rassismus.” “Palästinensische Leben werden von Teilen der deutschen Öffentlichkeit offensichtlich als weniger wert betrachtet.”taz.de/Deutschland-Is…