Blog – Page 3 – Nazima Kadir, The October Anthropologist

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Presentation at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, Lower East Side, New York City (oh yeah!), October 2013

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One of the highlights of my recent New York reconnection tour was presenting at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS). Amy Starecheski, a fellow Sqekker who is finishing her PhD in Anthropology at CUNY Grad Center on squatters in New York, connected me to MoRUS. Thank you, Amy! I had no idea what to expect […]

Presentation, The Omega institute, Rhinebeck NY September 2013

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As part of my U.S trip, I visited the Omega Institute for a couple days and gave a workshop on the doctoral research and the sitcom. We were hosted by my sister, Helema Kadir, Omega’s resident fabric artist and my brother-in-law, Brett Bevell. It was a wonderful experience. During the day, my husband and I […]

New York report: Flushing, a middle class Chinese city

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I just spent 3 weeks in New York city and its surroundings for a combination of work and personal reasons. I’m from New York, but its been 4 years since I visited so it was a bit of a big deal. I was amazed by how direct people were, cutting right to the chase. I […]

Book proposal update!

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I’m fully into the process of the book proposal. I submitted it to a publisher on September 11th–an ominous date for a New Yorker who has lived in Chile. Amazingly, I received an enthusiastic response from the editors the day after submission. I was glowing with happiness because I expected to hear back in about […]

Random thoughts on Muslim feminist art

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I recently attended a fundraiser for the Muslim feminist zine Oomk, who are fellow tenants at South Kilburn Studios. The party was for women only and everyone wore handcrafted masks, which were beautiful and feminine. Except for myself, who wore a random Dr. Who cyberman mask, which was plastic, adolescent, masculinist and mass produced. Unexpectedly, […]

Book proposal drafted!

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I’ve finally written a draft of the book proposal to publish the phd as a living, breathing, entity. Its been about 3 years since I submitted the phd and I’m not sure if I’m early or late. Are there people who actually immediately start getting cracking on their proposals after they’ve submitted? I can’t even […]

Summer neglect and update

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I’ve neglected blogging during the summer and I’m not sure why. Maybe its the weather? Its been amazingly sunny and beautiful here in London, which has been simultaneously pleasurable and disconcerting. In my mind’s eye, London is always the dark, ominous background to my various activities. It confuses me when I’m sitting at a cafe with […]

Presentation at Open Studios, Studio Strike, Clapham, May 3-4, 2013

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I recently presented during the Open Studios of Studio Strike in Clapham. I had rented a space in the studio for nearly a year—from July 2012 to the end of April 2013 and loved it! I’m still a member of the collective, which incorporates people who are both physically present and those of us who […]

“I’m sorry. I’m so so sorry.”: Notes on the aggressive apology in neoliberal Britain

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I’ve been living in London for nearly two years now and its been easy to ignore the nation-state of England. If you’re interested in English culture, it will be difficult to develop an understanding of what it means to be English if you live in London—or at least the parts of London where I’ve resided. […]