Registration Open – Platform Labour conference

The programme for the April 2021 Politics and Ethics of Platform Labour conference is now out and registration is open. See http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/29233. Digital platforms are increasingly important forms of organising work today, from the physical labour of driving, delivery, cleaning and other tasks to freelance digital labour. Sites connect clients to workers, organise payment, and… Read More Registration Open – Platform Labour conference

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 sianlazarLeave a comment

Blog post: Social movement research, class and protest

Here’s a blog post I wrote about Ronald Munck’s new book, Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Mosaic, for the Progress in Political Economy blog run by Adam Morton at the University of Sydney.

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 sianlazarLeave a comment

Platform labour conference

With support from CRASSH and the Max-Cam centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change, in April 2021, I will run a conference on Politics and Ethics of Platform Labour: Learning from Lived Experiences. I’ll post the call for papers soon. This conference seeks to explore the politics and ethics of this way of organising labour… Read More Platform labour conference

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 sianlazarLeave a comment

CRASSH Research network on Subaltern and Decolonial Citizenships

Together with Professor Sarah Radcliffe, I am co-convening a seminar series at CRASSH, on Subaltern and Decolonial Citizenships. So far, we’ve had talks by Engin Isin, Andrew Canessa and Sofia Ugarte. See the network site for more information. Citizenship is currently an arena for vibrant and contentious debate across disciplines and domains. Theoretically, much work… Read More CRASSH Research network on Subaltern and Decolonial Citizenships

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 sianlazarLeave a comment

cómo se construye un sindicalista

In August 2019, my book was published in Spanish translation, by siglo ventiuno editores. cómo se construye un sindicalistavida cotidiana, militancia y afectos en el mundo sindical Aquí se encuentran notas, una reseña e entrevistas sobre el libro (en español) Una reseña publicada en la Revista de Antropologia Social de la Un. Complutense de Madrid… Read More cómo se construye un sindicalista

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 sianlazarLeave a comment

Precarity and Labour Politics Special Issue of Dialectical Anthropology

The articles from the conference on labour politics in an age of precarity are now published as a Special Issue of Dialectical Anthropology, which I co-edited with Andrew Sanchez. The introduction is open access, as well as some of the articles, but they are all great. Here are the article details: Understanding labour politics in… Read More Precarity and Labour Politics Special Issue of Dialectical Anthropology

May 31, 2019 sianlazarLeave a comment

Worldwide Mobilizations

I have a chapter in the book ‘Worldwide Mobilizations: Class Struggles and Urban Commoning’, recently published by Berghahn Press. My piece is called ‘Spontaneity, antagonism and the moral politics of outrage. Urban protest in Argentina since 2001.’ I write about different kinds of street protest in Buenos Aires – organised actions by trade unions, and supposedly… Read More Worldwide Mobilizations

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 sianlazarLeave a comment

Article out: A Kinship Anthropology of Politics?

A ‘kinship anthropology of politics’? Interest, the collective self, and kinship in Argentine unions, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute The article from my Malinowski lecture (2016) has now been published by JRAI – it’s available on Early View and here. This should be a ‘read-only’ version if your institution does not have a subscription to… Read More Article out: A Kinship Anthropology of Politics?

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 sianlazarLeave a comment

The Social Life of Politics. Book out

My book The Social Life of Politics. Ethics, Kinship and Union Activism is now out, published by Stanford University Press. It’s the culmination of my research over the last 8 years or so into Argentine trade unionism. Here’s the blurb: A central motor of Argentine historical and political development since the early twentieth century, unions… Read More The Social Life of Politics. Book out

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 sianlazarLeave a comment

Conference: Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity

April 21-22, Cambridge Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity is a workshop organised with CRASSH. This is going to be brilliant, we have some excellent papers and are going to discuss different forms of labour politics across the world. The programme, with abstracts, can be found here. Registration is open; and there will be… Read More Conference: Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 sianlazar1 Comment

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anthropology: political economy, social movements

Registration Open – Platform Labour conference

Blog post: Social movement research, class and protest

Platform labour conference

CRASSH Research network on Subaltern and Decolonial Citizenships

cómo se construye un sindicalista

Precarity and Labour Politics Special Issue of Dialectical Anthropology

Worldwide Mobilizations

Article out: A Kinship Anthropology of Politics?

The Social Life of Politics. Book out

Conference: Labour Politics in an Age of Precarity