Decolonial-washing? Musings on Decolonisation as a Postcolonial Student
Hayley Soh
BSc Anthropology with Year Abroad
Hayley Soh on the risks of “decolonial-washed” thinking, which essentialises non-Western perspectives, overlooking their complexity.
Thoughts from the Field: On Becoming an Ecologist (and Feeling Like an Imposter)
Dr Gabriella Santini
PhD Anthropology
Dr Gabriella Santini shares her experiences of finding confidence within the indeterminacies of interdisciplinary fieldwork.
Harmonia Mundi
Damian Sabatini, PhD Anthropology
From Pythagoras to David Byrne, the concept of Harmonia Mundi has sought to explain the cosmic role of sound and music.
When Does a Monument End? Colston and the Politics of Time in Bristol
Lily Wells
BSc Human Science
Lily Wells on Bristol’s toppled Colston statue, a colonial artefact with an authorship deeply “layered and contested.”
The 80s won’t return my calls
Joe Painter
PhD Student, NERC London DPT
A poem of nostalgia, coiled around London’s derelict phone booths.
Mothers
Yuting Fu
MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology
A photo essay on motherhood and daughterhood, holding poetry, memories, and correspondence.
A slight detour through the Brunswick
Alessandro Patel
BSc Anthropology
A poem pacing through the multi-layered temporality of the Brunswick Centre, through the perspective of a student en route to their lecture.
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