David Loher
Biographic Data
| ID | 661355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Loher |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Loher |
| SIGNATURE | LOHER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5672-5807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Governing the Boundaries of the Commonwealth
Everyday Suffering and the Abstract Time-Reckoning of Law
How does time structure the allocation of responsibility in the context of large-scale corporate crimes? Focusing on the Processo Eternit – a criminal case brought against the former main investor in Europe’s largest asbestos-processing factory in Casale Monferrato (Italy) – this article compares the temporal order of the lived experience of the asbestos disaster in the affected community with the abstract time-reckoning of law. The everyday suff…
Politics of precarity
In recent years, precarity has become the norm rather than an exception in contemporary European academia. This special issue on politics of precarity examines the economic, social and political crisis‐effects of the neoliberal turn in academia. It analyses how austerity measures and authoritarian politics have led to a proliferation of precarity among, mostly young, scholars
On politics and precarity in academia
The terror of the neoliberal markets and the terror of politics both threaten academic freedom - sometimes subtly, sometimes more openly. In this Forum, we ask our contributors to reflect on the entanglements between economy and politics and how they contribute to the ongoing precaritisation in academia, how they shape individual researchers' biographies and how they influence academic research. But more importantly, beyond analysis, this Forum a…
Attuned to the Everyday
In May 2017, Veena Das joined the second edition of «Anthro-pology Talks» at the University of Bern. Every two years, the Institute of Social Anthropology invites leading social and cultural anthropologists to discuss their recent work. After a series of lectures and workshops, the event concludes with an interview about the visiting scholar’s work and their thoughts on the future of our discipline
Contested control at the margins of the state
While the fact that the implementation of migration policies fails to perfectly manage migration is well known, the actual dynamics of policy implementation have received little attention to date. A serious engagement with this phenomenon requires a move beyond policy texts and political intentions, and towards a 'migration regime' perspective that pays attention to the inherent contradictions, conflicts of interest and competing logics within mi…
The Mediterranean Incarnate
Reviewed by: The Mediterranean Incarnate: Region Formation Between Sicily and Tunisia Since World War II by Naor Ben-Yehoyada David Loher Naor Ben-Yehoyada, The Mediterranean Incarnate: Region Formation Between Sicily and Tunisia Since World War II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. 288 pp. How can anthropology study region formation? In his ethnography The Mediterranean Incarnate, Naor Ben-Yehoyada takes the reader aboard the fish traw…
On the New Politics of Distribution
In this interview, conducted during Anthro-pology Talks 2015 at the University of Bern, James Ferguson engages with the key ideas guiding his thinking on new politics of distribution
Contested control at the margins of the state
While the fact that the implementation of migration policies fails to perfectly manage migration is well known, the actual dynamics of policy implementation have received little attention to date. A serious engagement with this phenomenon requires a move beyond policy texts and political intentions, and towards a 'migration regime' perspective that pays attention to the inherent contradictions, conflicts of interest and competing logics within mi…
On politics and precarity in academia
The terror of the neoliberal markets and the terror of politics both threaten academic freedom - sometimes subtly, sometimes more openly. In this Forum, we ask our contributors to reflect on the entanglements between economy and politics and how they contribute to the ongoing precaritisation in academia, how they shape individual researchers' biographies and how they influence academic research. But more importantly, beyond analysis, this Forum a…
Everyday Suffering and the Abstract Time-Reckoning of Law
How does time structure the allocation of responsibility in the context of large-scale corporate crimes? Focusing on the Processo Eternit – a criminal case brought against the former main investor in Europe’s largest asbestos-processing factory in Casale Monferrato (Italy) – this article compares the temporal order of the lived experience of the asbestos disaster in the affected community with the abstract time-reckoning of law. The everyday suff…
On the New Politics of Distribution
In this interview, conducted during Anthro-pology Talks 2015 at the University of Bern, James Ferguson engages with the key ideas guiding his thinking on new politics of distribution
Attuned to the Everyday
In May 2017, Veena Das joined the second edition of «Anthro-pology Talks» at the University of Bern. Every two years, the Institute of Social Anthropology invites leading social and cultural anthropologists to discuss their recent work. After a series of lectures and workshops, the event concludes with an interview about the visiting scholar’s work and their thoughts on the future of our discipline
Contested control at the margins of the state
While the fact that the implementation of migration policies fails to perfectly manage migration is well known, the actual dynamics of policy implementation have received little attention to date. A serious engagement with this phenomenon requires a move beyond policy texts and political intentions, and towards a 'migration regime' perspective that pays attention to the inherent contradictions, conflicts of interest and competing logics within mi…
The Mediterranean Incarnate
Reviewed by: The Mediterranean Incarnate: Region Formation Between Sicily and Tunisia Since World War II by Naor Ben-Yehoyada David Loher Naor Ben-Yehoyada, The Mediterranean Incarnate: Region Formation Between Sicily and Tunisia Since World War II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. 288 pp. How can anthropology study region formation? In his ethnography The Mediterranean Incarnate, Naor Ben-Yehoyada takes the reader aboard the fish traw…
Politics of precarity
In recent years, precarity has become the norm rather than an exception in contemporary European academia. This special issue on politics of precarity examines the economic, social and political crisis‐effects of the neoliberal turn in academia. It analyses how austerity measures and authoritarian politics have led to a proliferation of precarity among, mostly young, scholars
On politics and precarity in academia
The terror of the neoliberal markets and the terror of politics both threaten academic freedom - sometimes subtly, sometimes more openly. In this Forum, we ask our contributors to reflect on the entanglements between economy and politics and how they contribute to the ongoing precaritisation in academia, how they shape individual researchers' biographies and how they influence academic research. But more importantly, beyond analysis, this Forum a…
Governing the Boundaries of the Commonwealth
Everyday Suffering and the Abstract Time-Reckoning of Law
How does time structure the allocation of responsibility in the context of large-scale corporate crimes? Focusing on the Processo Eternit – a criminal case brought against the former main investor in Europe’s largest asbestos-processing factory in Casale Monferrato (Italy) – this article compares the temporal order of the lived experience of the asbestos disaster in the affected community with the abstract time-reckoning of law. The everyday suff…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)