Surreal events, “TV zombies,” and social media in postsocialist Kazakhstan: Reflecting on violence in Russia’s sphere of influence

Surreal events, “TV zombies,” and social media in postsocialist Kazakhstan: Reflecting on violence in Russia’s sphere of influence Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which came on the heels of violent domestic…
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It’s Understandable If It Destroys You, Right?—Grades, Students’ Self-Images, and Quantification

It’s Understandable If It Destroys You, Right?—Grades, Students’ Self-Images, and Quantification Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Human life is increasingly quantified. From blood pressure to body mass index,…
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Memeing a conspiracy theory: On the biopolitical compression of the great replacement conspiracy theories

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