Freedom, equality and sisterhood
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST: With topics such as forced marriage, child marriage, rape, and honour killings, Professor Unni Wikan has studied people all her life, but not least – the Muslim. She has had to avoid that.
inequality
The land of dark cities
CULTURE: A saturated hybrid of a distinct musical subculture and the complicated city dynamics that help create it.
More than any political agreement
CONFLICT: A sensitive and balanced glimpse into the consequences of Colombia’s much-heralded 2016 peace accord
Freedom of expression, extremism, and the role of the media
INEQUALITY: An anthology that addresses important topics such as freedom of expression, globalisation, extremism, minorities, and inequality in the world, but many of the authors try to tackle too much.
A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
Between humanitarian tourism and moral compromise
The middle class without resources
AFRICA: A solid academic work where all writers are critical – in part, very critical – to this understanding of the African middle class.