I have been doing a lot of thinking about my research interests and my theoretical understandings of the world. I came to Penn State with this view of the world that I had developed over time through studying anthropology and conflict, working in educational contexts (mostly university settings, all formal, all admittedly in the western […]
Surprising things about Kabul*
So, I’ve been trying to think of how to blog about this new transition. It’s hard because I’m surrounded by so many Afghanistan experts, from natives to long-term expats to know-it-all short term expats. Sparks, who often instigates blog posts from me when I feel social pressure to avoid it, asked me to write about […]
Rights of Women: Or why I can’t seem to get out of feminist rants
I just read an article from World Affairs about women in Muslim countries. It starts off well, keeping a narrative going, but then it sort of descends into generalizations and fear mongering. The point of the article, and this post, is that women are treated badly in Muslim countries. Unfortunately, as some of my previous […]