Carna Brkovic
@charnab.bsky.social
Professor @ Uni Mainz | Europeanization | humanitarianism in the Global Easts | historical anthropology of socialism | surfing ambivalences for a living | new book: Realigning humanitarianism in the Balkans, Indiana UP
https://carnabrkovic.net/
https://carnabrkovic.net/
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Carna Brkovic
@charnab.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
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In terms of privacy, this is more than a bit disturbing. Google wants to use your documents for AI training. The good news is it’s fairly simple to opt out. See: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out | Malwarebytes
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
In terms of privacy, this is more than a bit disturbing. Google wants to use your documents for AI training. The good news is it’s fairly simple to opt out. See: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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The original slavic stare: youtube.com/shorts/Y29tb...
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The original slavic stare: youtube.com/shorts/Y29tb...
The original slavic stare: youtube.com/shorts/Y29tb...
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The original slavic stare: youtube.com/shorts/Y29tb...
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What did Jeff Bezos do for feminism when he sent an all-women celebrity crew into space?
Jennifer Takhar has a poetic response to Blue Origin’s “retrograde display of elite privilege and postfeminist aesthetics”. In the most recent issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
buff.ly/qyNTb3r
Jennifer Takhar has a poetic response to Blue Origin’s “retrograde display of elite privilege and postfeminist aesthetics”. In the most recent issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
buff.ly/qyNTb3r
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What did Jeff Bezos do for feminism when he sent an all-women celebrity crew into space?
Jennifer Takhar has a poetic response to Blue Origin’s “retrograde display of elite privilege and postfeminist aesthetics”. In the most recent issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
buff.ly/qyNTb3r
Jennifer Takhar has a poetic response to Blue Origin’s “retrograde display of elite privilege and postfeminist aesthetics”. In the most recent issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
buff.ly/qyNTb3r
A group of MA students from the @unimainz.bsky.social travelled to the Red Cross archives in Geneva to study the everyday life of international organizations during the Cold War. The result has been published by @alameda.institute
alameda.institute/dossier/non-...
alameda.institute/dossier/non-...
Non-Aligned approaches to humanitarianism? Yugoslav interventions in the international Red Cross movement in the 1970s – ALAMEDA
alameda.institute
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A group of MA students from the @unimainz.bsky.social travelled to the Red Cross archives in Geneva to study the everyday life of international organizations during the Cold War. The result has been published by @alameda.institute
alameda.institute/dossier/non-...
alameda.institute/dossier/non-...
I enjoyed reading and reviewing Chelsi West Ohueri's book "Encountering Race in Albania. An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" @leibniz-ios.de
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Chelsi West Ohueri: Encountering Race in Albania. An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife
Article Chelsi West Ohueri: Encountering Race in Albania. An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife was published on September 1, 2025 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 73,...
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I enjoyed reading and reviewing Chelsi West Ohueri's book "Encountering Race in Albania. An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" @leibniz-ios.de
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Exklusiv | In der Fördergeldaffäre um Ahmad Mansour springt ihm nun die Ethnologin Susanne Schröter publizistisch zur Seite. Sie gibt die neutrale Beobachterin.
Interne Dokumente zeigen jedoch: Auch sie sollte von den rund 9 Millionen Euro für Mansours Projekt profitieren. 1/x
Interne Dokumente zeigen jedoch: Auch sie sollte von den rund 9 Millionen Euro für Mansours Projekt profitieren. 1/x
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Exklusiv | In der Fördergeldaffäre um Ahmad Mansour springt ihm nun die Ethnologin Susanne Schröter publizistisch zur Seite. Sie gibt die neutrale Beobachterin.
Interne Dokumente zeigen jedoch: Auch sie sollte von den rund 9 Millionen Euro für Mansours Projekt profitieren. 1/x
Interne Dokumente zeigen jedoch: Auch sie sollte von den rund 9 Millionen Euro für Mansours Projekt profitieren. 1/x
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Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
2nd (3rd, 4th...) generation migrants are a policy fantasy. You either migrate across space - or you don't, in which case you are not a migrant.
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
2nd (3rd, 4th...) generation migrants are a policy fantasy. You either migrate across space - or you don't, in which case you are not a migrant.
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Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism can be broadly understood as a concern with human suffering and a moral desire to alleviate it. It manifests not only through discrete acts of helping, but also through a set of practi...
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Hot off the press! 🚨 A new #OpenAccess entry on #Humanitarianism by @pedrosrlima.bsky.social & @malayfiroz.bsky.social is out now - check it out!
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
🔗 doi.org/10.29164/25h...
#Anthropology #OA
Es geht weiter...
taz.de/AfD-hetzt-ge...
taz.de/AfD-hetzt-ge...
AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
taz.de
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Es geht weiter...
taz.de/AfD-hetzt-ge...
taz.de/AfD-hetzt-ge...
Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Proofs are ready and "Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans. From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics" (Indiana UP 2026) can be pre-ordered 🥂
iupress.org/978025307522...
iupress.org/978025307522...
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Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung
An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!
chng.it
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
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Join in the #SIEF European Ethnology Transnational Syllabus Collective and send in your thoughts by 01st December 2025
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Join in the #SIEF European Ethnology Transnational Syllabus Collective and send in your thoughts by 01st December 2025
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
Join in the #SIEF European Ethnology Transnational Syllabus Collective and send in your thoughts by 01st December 2025
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Join in the #SIEF European Ethnology Transnational Syllabus Collective and send in your thoughts by 01st December 2025
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
www.siefhome.org/higher_ed/sy...
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Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Marc Abeles' "Quiet Days in Burgundy" with its focus on family dynasties in French politics is as relevant as ever
I thought his father was awful - but apparently the son is even worse...
Louis Sarkozy annonce sa candidature pour les élections municipales à Menton
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Marc Abeles' "Quiet Days in Burgundy" with its focus on family dynasties in French politics is as relevant as ever
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No sign of the actual book yet but today is the official date of publication of my book on The New International Economic Order .. if you want to read it, you know what to do .. and that does not include complaining in the comments about its price!
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
No sign of the actual book yet but today is the official date of publication of my book on The New International Economic Order .. if you want to read it, you know what to do .. and that does not include complaining in the comments about its price!
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📚 Check out the book reviews in the latest issue of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale 📚
Including a review by DAFINA GASHI of "Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey" by @claulie.bsky.social
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
Including a review by DAFINA GASHI of "Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey" by @claulie.bsky.social
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
August 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📚 Check out the book reviews in the latest issue of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale 📚
Including a review by DAFINA GASHI of "Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey" by @claulie.bsky.social
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
Including a review by DAFINA GASHI of "Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey" by @claulie.bsky.social
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans.
Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials
Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials
August 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans.
Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials
Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials
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Bei der heutigen #Bundespressekonferenz zur humanitären Lage in Gaza sowie der Rolle der 🇪🇺 und 🇩🇪 zog @gerdu.bsky.social Parallelen zur Lage in Gaza und dem Genozid in Srebrenica vor 30 Jahren.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oX...
(Minute 10:34-15:00)
#Gaza #Srebrenica #Genozid #Verantwortung
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oX...
(Minute 10:34-15:00)
#Gaza #Srebrenica #Genozid #Verantwortung
July 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bei der heutigen #Bundespressekonferenz zur humanitären Lage in Gaza sowie der Rolle der 🇪🇺 und 🇩🇪 zog @gerdu.bsky.social Parallelen zur Lage in Gaza und dem Genozid in Srebrenica vor 30 Jahren.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oX...
(Minute 10:34-15:00)
#Gaza #Srebrenica #Genozid #Verantwortung
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oX...
(Minute 10:34-15:00)
#Gaza #Srebrenica #Genozid #Verantwortung
Looks promising - thorough engagement with Federici's Caliban and the Witch
awildnewwork.com/composting-c...
awildnewwork.com/composting-c...
Composting Capitalism — A Wild New Work
awildnewwork.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Looks promising - thorough engagement with Federici's Caliban and the Witch
awildnewwork.com/composting-c...
awildnewwork.com/composting-c...