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• Achille Mbembe

  University of the Witwatersrand

  Achille Mbembe is research professor in history and politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, a senior researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), and a professor in the Department of Comparative…

• Claudio Lomnitz

  Public Culture

  Claudio Lomnitz is Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology and editor of Public Culture. Prior to joining Columbia University, Lomnitz was distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at the New School of Social Research and, before…

• Elizabeth A. Povinelli

  Columbia University

  Elizabeth A. Povinelli is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia University. She is the author of three books, Labor’s Lost (1994), The Cunning of Recognition (2002), and The Empire…

• Arjun Appadurai

  New York University

  Arjun Appadurai is the John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences at The New School in New York City. He is also president and founder of PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research), based in Mumbai. He is the author of numerous books and…

• Paul Frosh

  Hebrew University

  Paul Frosh is a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research and publications focus on consumer culture, cultural production, photography theory, nationhood, and the mass media. He is the…