the sweating subject

The Sweating Subject recalls colonial photography in which we see a white man pose as the big boss together with his coloured ‘subjects’. But this white man is a lot less imposing as he sits in the midst of the chiefs and their courtiers who, despite their heavy and warm ceremonial clothes, look proud, dignified […]

Bureaucratics

VIEW BOOK India India-29/2003 [The., HDP (b. 1947)] Harsh Deo Prasad (b. 1947) is panchayat chief (village head) in the village of Tehta, Makhdumpur block, Jahanabad district, State of Bihar. He informs local farmers about the use of fertilizers, irrigation and other ways to achieve efficiency in agriculture. Monthly salary: 9,100 rupees ($ 199, 181 […]

book release the verdict

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Podcast “Jan & Christina”

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Ibu Paini (1930-2020)

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Christina’s Christmas Carrol

Totally by chance, but very fortunately, I turned out to be able to also convey to Christina some very news. During my last stay in Georgia, October-November 2019, I had managed to visit her in prison “through a back door”. Indicative for the rickety workings of the overcrowded but under-funded prison system – which turned […]