Boredom is an underrated affect as an impulse for critical work. Jeroen de Kloet is not afraid to say he's bored @jeroendekloet.bsky.social and this is a good thing! Take a read of his important and personal call to revisit creativity, resilience, and else:

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How can we save creativity from both its cultural studies critics and state cum capital-sanctioned appropriations?

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Alicja Kwade @ Taikun

Save the date: Friday 14 February, 15:00-16:30 hours, OMHP D118A. The ASCA Global Africa Seminar presents “Building Futures, Shaping Resistance: Nairobi in Focus”, organized by @tommytse.bsky.social, with speakers Elisa Tamburo (Harvard/Oxford) and Fairuzah Atchulo (UvA). @uvahumanities.bsky.social

Maandag om 17:30 de Mosse lezing van Lisa Weeda, details in link

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Oh no…..

NOW ONLINE: What is the use of limits – and of pushing past them? The NECSUS Autumn 2024 issue presents various perspectives on what #Enough might mean in the field of media studies.

You can read the full issue in #OpenAccess here: necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/au...

This will be a seminal book on the politics of Hong Kong pop music & its colonial, postcolonial & recolonial trajectories thru the analytical optics of Tatming Pair 達明一派, the legendary experimental Cantopop duo. Such a touching talk - congrats @jeroendekloet.bsky.social Yiu Fai & Leonie!
#ERCResCue

“Photos cannot capture a span of time, They lock you into the moment. A song is expansion into the past, a photo is finitude. A song is the happy sensation of time, a photo its tragic side. I’ve often thought that one's whole life story could be told only through songs and photos.”
Annie Ernaux

Ernie is in the tree…

Let my first post here be more self absorbed: please join our booklaunch on Tatming and the postcolonial politics of pop in Hong Kong

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Dank! Nu weer een nieuw platform leren, ik moet eens bij jou in de leer, jij doet dat heel goed

The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven (Belgium) has a vacancy for an anthropologist (open rank) with regional expertise in Asia. Join our vibrant international community! kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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