Squatter Sitcom – Nazima Kadir, The October Anthropologist

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Presentation at Embros, Squatted Theatre and Cultural Centre, Athens June 2014

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For my summer holiday, I went to Greece this year, spending one week in Athens with a few heavenly days swimming and relaxing on an island. Athens is a fascinating city and I decided to re-connect with people who I met at the Athens Biennale. I was particularly interested in meeting with people from Embros, a […]

Athens Biennale November 2013

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In November, I was in Athens for a few days to give two lectures at the Athens Biennale . Biennales or Biennials as they are called in English, are contemporary international art exhibitions/events that take place in cities around the world. They last for a few months and are chock full of lectures, performances, discussions, […]

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 […]

Presentation on Anthropological Research Methods, University of Sussex, February 2013

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I recently presented my doctoral research in a class on activism for post graduate students in an MA course in Activism for Development and Social Justice at the University of Sussex. The class is taught by my friend, Paul Boyce, an anthropologist specializing in gender and sexuality studies, who is a lecturer in the Anthropology […]

Our Autonomous Life collective participates in forum with Silvia Federici, Amsterdam, NL, February 2013

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On Friday, February 1st, Casco is organizing a day long forum with Silvia Federici to explore the underlying concept of ‘the commons.’ The collective who produced and participated in Our Autonomous Life will engage with Silvia during both forums. I won’t be able to participate due to the drastic cutting of funding to the arts […]

Our Autonomous Life at the Center for Contemporary Art in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Winter 2013

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The Grand Domestic Revolution exhibition, of which Our Autonomous Life is part, is on the road! Its currently at the Center for Contemporary Art in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It premiered this past Friday, January 26th and the exhibition will close on March 23rd. I’m so curious if any of the sitcom’s themes resonate outside […]

“Lights, camera, research: A seminar on film as a political research tool”: reflections on presentation at University of Essex

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As per my last post, I presented at a seminar at the Center for Work, Organisation, and Society at the University of Essex on Halloween. The seminar was scheduled to last for 4 hours, in which presenters were to talk for 40 minutes each, followed by questions/answer/discussion. It was surreal being in Colchester. The seminar itself […]

Presentation at “Lights, Camera, Research: A seminar on film as a political research tool,” Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 at the University of Essex

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I’m feeling amazingly proud of myself because I’ve managed to post an event BEFORE it occurs rather than several weeks afterwards, which is my typical blogging practice. Maybe I’m a new me: reborn, more organized, purposeful, a blogging extrovert. Maybe not. I’ll be presenting at a seminar at the Center for Work, Organisation, and Society […]