Usman Mahar

Migrant studying migration | postdoc researching conditions of irregularity | #Anthropology PhD: affect in (im)mobility & (in)voluntary return

[Prof. Karl Lauterbach @Karl_Lauterbach]

Was für ein Gestammele, besonders von Weidel. Hitler sei Kommunist gewesen… Dabei hat er die Kommunisten ermordet. Weidel dient sich dem Tech Milliardär an, fragt nach der Mars Besiedlung. Sie hätte fast gekniet. Peinlich. https://t.co/W13PowWGBH

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Working towards an #anthropology of destiny, this new JEMS article explores the concept of taqdeer (destiny) and how it shapes the experiences and decision-making of #irregularmigrants in Europe, particularly their "voluntary" return:
https://t.co/uPEka9cCEI

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Edited by Sabine Strasser of @unibern and Martin Sökefeld of @LMU_Muenchen

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Our new special issue is for those interested in ethnographic accounts of removal/return & affective lives of migrants facing removal. Just out in @scmrjems (OA): https://t.co/JTb7IQ12sX contributions by @elihjal @GVAGrad @VictoriaTecca @UCLanthropology @PerlGerhild & others

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

I've been trying to think about precarity in migration through the lens of destiny for a while. Many of these thoughts are in my new JEMS (OA) piece "The Feeling of Destiny". Have a read if you're interested in the anthro of destiny & migration https://t.co/uPEka9cCEI
@scmrjems

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

A homage to our multi-sided "murshid" (mentor/guide)!

#EthnographicFieldwork #ResearchMethodology #Hobbies #AccompaniedFieldwork #Politics #Culture #Life #CulturalAnthropology #Lifestyle

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

#TheMultisidedEthnographer can't help with your distance running aims😉 ... BUT a valuable resource if you are an ethnographer navigating the blurry boundaries of "private" and "professional". See what @kasmani_o & Roger Norum say, then read here (OA): https://t.co/LSNQIP08m8

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

@kasmani_o The stage director/producer in Vienna was interested in bringing it to Germany – or in case a companion piece takes shape – she might be a good contact: https://t.co/5JFcs4934T

https://t.co/gDtxh9Gqwn

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

@kasmani_o Reminds me of this very powerful play I saw in Vienna some months back. Like the whole 2h+ play was packed into a potent inscription, a taweez of non-fiction writing. Can't wait for the book to come out!
https://t.co/4SgWsGK2IP

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Thanks for the beautiful artwork! @waseemahmed_

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

For anthropologists of this century! 🌍
Check out this ed. book & delve into the methodological & ethical nuances of anthropological fieldwork with contributions that explore how research is shaped by personal & political lives (+ much more) #Anthropology #Ethnography #Research

[Anna-Maria Walter @A_MWalter]

#TheMultisidedEthnographer is out!
Disrupt, diversify, deepen our understanding of anthropological fieldwork!
With contributions by @AlessandroRippa, @PascaleSchild, @usmanmahar and many more
- Open Access: https://t.co/GXaA0thOEe

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

@kasmani_o @misanthropolog @A_MWalter @PascaleSchild Thanks, Omar 🩷
He couldn't believe it!!

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

#TheMultisidedEthnographer can't help with your distance running aims😉 ... BUT a valuable resource if you are an ethnographer navigating the blurry boundaries of "private" and "professional". See what @kasmani_o & Roger Norum say, then read here (OA): https://t.co/LSNQIP08m8

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Björn Höcke ist ein wahrhaft gefährlicher Feind der freiheitlichen Demokratie. Jetzt Grundrechtsverwirkung fordern! https://t.co/UlejKdrlk1

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

To #migration #researchers: How do you navigate the pitfalls of #migranticization & exceptionalisation yet point to lived differences created by the state between #citizens and #migrants? Consider submitting a paper to our panel at #EASA2024 @EASAinfo
https://t.co/uqzOGetw8e

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

@MPC_EUI Thanks to @UndFair @LisLehner @MokreMonika @KardinalWien @diakonieAT, Helping Hands and others! And @janinakehr of @univienna for the "refuge" at the cultural and social anthropology department!

@hsg_shss

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

Our #PRIMEprojectEU aims to identify viable policies to improve the wellbeing of #irregularmigrants. How will we do this? ➡️Through partnerships.

In Austria @skingsav & @usmanmahar met w NGOs & govt reps. What did they say? See 🧵for highlights.

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Grateful to @janinakehr and KSA @univienna for hosting us!

[SHSS University of St Gallen @hsg_shss]

@skingsav & @usmanmahar (USG #PRIMEprojectEU team) organised a preliminary stakeholder meeting in Vienna this week! Such meetings are an opp. to discuss the most pressing issues related to irregular migrants with stakeholders in Austria (NGOs, state institutions, employers, etc.)

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

@janinakehr @hsg_shss @a_m_a_n_n @skingsav @univienna Thanks for hosting us @janinakehr |@univienna !!! 🌈😊

[Usman Mahar @usmanmahar]

Keeping our various stakeholders involved throughout our research on the conditions of irregular migrants in Europe is an approach that #PRIMEprojectEU takes pride in due to the practical/policy merits but also its methodological and epistemological value. @MPC_EUI

[SHSS University of St Gallen @hsg_shss]

@skingsav & @usmanmahar (USG #PRIMEprojectEU team) organised a preliminary stakeholder meeting in Vienna this week! Such meetings are an opp. to discuss the most pressing issues related to irregular migrants with stakeholders in Austria (NGOs, state institutions, employers, etc.)

[Shada Islam @shada_islam]

As we can see these are volatile times in #Europe. In the difficult days ahead, #EU leaders must be careful not to exacerbate domestic divisions, including a feared rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Their focus should be on uniting rather than dividing their citizens and acting fast to do so.