Friction - An Ethnography of Global Connection Westbank Aktuell ist er Feodor Lynen-Stipendiat

Aktuell ist er Feodor Lynen-Stipendiat der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung am Peter Szondi-Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin

Da wohnte Leonora Carrington

and photographic representations of motherhood to question old and current representations of motherhood and the related space of unconditional love

David Toop's extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno

in Art History on Darwin’s Pictures

Friction - An Ethnography of Global Connection Westbank Aktuell ist er Feodor Lynen-StipendiatA wheel turns because of its encounter with the surface of the road; spinning in the air it goes nowhere. Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light; one stick alone is just a stick. In both cases, it is friction that produces movement, action, effect. Challenging the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a "clash" of cultures, anthropologist Anna Tsing here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the diverse and