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‘From Standing Rock to Palestine We are United’: diaspora politics, decolonisation and the intersectionality of struggles (2020)
Journal Article
Salih, R., Zambelli, E., & Welchman, L. (2021). ‘From Standing Rock to Palestine We are United’: diaspora politics, decolonisation and the intersectionality of struggles. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(7), 1135-1153. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2020.1779948

This article analyses a form of diasporic activism that breaks the seeming duality between diasporic imaginaries and colonial realities, diasporas and refugees. By focusing on the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) it analyses a diasporic standpoint wh... Read More about ‘From Standing Rock to Palestine We are United’: diaspora politics, decolonisation and the intersectionality of struggles.

“War is like a Blanket…:” Feminist Convergences in Kurdish and Turkish Women’s Rights Activism for Peace (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N., & Tas, L. (2017). “War is like a Blanket…:” Feminist Convergences in Kurdish and Turkish Women’s Rights Activism for Peace. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, 13(3), 354-375. https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-4179001

Despite the recent outbreak of violence and conflict, peace continues to be high on the agenda of the Kurdish political movement and many progressive Turkish intellectuals and activists. We conducted qualitative multi-sited ethnographic research in T... Read More about “War is like a Blanket…:” Feminist Convergences in Kurdish and Turkish Women’s Rights Activism for Peace.

Selfhood and Archipelago in Indonesia: A Case for Human Polyversality (2017)
Book Chapter
Hamzić, V. (2017). Selfhood and Archipelago in Indonesia: A Case for Human Polyversality. In O. Sircar, & P. Jain (Eds.), New Intimacies / Old Desires: Law, Culture and Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times (235-252). Zubaan Books; Chicago University Press

Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates (2017)
Journal Article
Pohjonen, M., & Udupa, S. (2017). Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates. International Journal of Communication, 11, 1173-1191

Exploring the cases of India and Ethiopia, this article develops the concept of “extreme speech” to critically analyze the cultures of vitriolic exchange on Internet-enabled media. While online abuse is largely understood as “hate speech,” we make tw... Read More about Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates.

Race in the Shadow of Law: State Violence in Contemporary Europe (2016)
Book
Bruce-Jones, E. (2016). Race in the Shadow of Law: State Violence in Contemporary Europe. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315625867

Race in the Shadow of Law offers a critical legal analysis of European responses to institutional racism. It draws connections between contemporary legal knowledge practices and colonial systems of thought, arguing that many people of colour experien... Read More about Race in the Shadow of Law: State Violence in Contemporary Europe.

Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge (2016)
Book
Hamzić, V. (2016). Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755609147

This book offers a path-breaking historical analysis of the discourses on sexual and gender diversity in, or related to, the Muslim world, as well as an ethnographic account of contemporary Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan, whose pluralist sexual and gend... Read More about Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge.

The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj (2015)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 40(2), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2014.985774

In the post-1857 colonial era, the Indian social and legal landscape underwent a seismic shift, caused by evermore direct and forceful British rule in many spheres of life, including human-animal and gender relations. This paper provides a brief anal... Read More about The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj.

A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, May). A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan. Presented at Governance Feminism Workshop, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, London, UK

This paper seeks to provide a critical reflection on the feminist movements in Pakistan. It includes an assessment of the concerted forces of homogenisation, ‘expertisation’, and discursively symptomatic power-engagements with governmental, crypto-go... Read More about A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan.

The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, April). The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality. Presented at 5th LAEMOS Conference, Havana, Cuba

This paper offers a critical ethnographic account of the khwajasara movement, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan in 2011 and 2012. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijre (sing. hijra), are Pakista... Read More about The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality.

Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, April). Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan. Paper presented at 18th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

This paper presents a critical ethnographic account of Pakistani khwajasara, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore in 2011. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijra, are Pakistani gender-variant subject position... Read More about Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan.

Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, July). Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves. Paper presented at European Association of Social Anthropologists 12th Biennial Conference, Nanterre, France

This paper interrogates the resilient ironies of gender/sexual pluralism in Indonesia, which challenge and resist both heteronormative and homonormative identitary scripts. It presents an anthropological account of subjectivity formation and negotiat... Read More about Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves.

Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, February). Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan. Paper presented at International Law and the Periphery Conference, American University in Cairo

This study presents a critical legal ethnography of Pakistani khwajasara, located at the very periphery of international law yet at the centre of global legal crisis. Khwajasara, known elsewhere as hijra, are Pakistani gender variant subject position... Read More about Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan.

Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality (2012)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. (2012). Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality. Jindal Global Law Review, 4(1), 71-85

This study presents a critical genealogical analysis of the narratives and politics of representation of various human subjectivities in Indonesia who transgress dominant universalising sexual and gender norms. It traces various streams of regulation... Read More about Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality.

Indonesian Archipelagic Ipseities: Beyond Human Rights and Dichotomies of Personhood (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, December). Indonesian Archipelagic Ipseities: Beyond Human Rights and Dichotomies of Personhood. Presented at Queer at King's Lectures Series, King's College London

This talk presents a brief legal anthropological account of the narratives and politics of representation of various human subjectivities in Indonesia who transgress the dominant universalising sexual and gender norms. It traces both macro- and micro... Read More about Indonesian Archipelagic Ipseities: Beyond Human Rights and Dichotomies of Personhood.

Beyond the Binary Equations of Sexual/Gender Experience: An Inquiry into Indonesian Selfhood and Polyversality (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, October). Beyond the Binary Equations of Sexual/Gender Experience: An Inquiry into Indonesian Selfhood and Polyversality. Paper presented at Otherness, Subjectivity and Representation, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

This study presents a critical ethnographic analysis of the narratives and politics of representation of gender-variant human subjectivities in Indonesia. It interrogates, in particular, Eisenstein's concept of ‘polyversal’ personhood in relation to... Read More about Beyond the Binary Equations of Sexual/Gender Experience: An Inquiry into Indonesian Selfhood and Polyversality.

Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, September). Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies?. Presented at Human Rights Beyond the Law: Politics, Practices, Performances of Protest, Jindal Global University, Sonipat and New Delhi, India

This paper offers a brief genealogical analysis of sexual and gender diversity in Indonesia. It traces various streams of regulation, including those reliant on liberal legalistic discourse of human rights. It is argued that this discourse remains in... Read More about Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies?.

Unbecoming One: Legal Construction of Muslim Family in Indonesia (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, June). Unbecoming One: Legal Construction of Muslim Family in Indonesia. Paper presented at Pro-Seminar on Gender in Postcolonial Legal Orders, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard University

This project seeks to unearth an astonishing diversity of familial ties and types amongst Indonesian Muslim communities, including those considered illicit or 'irregular' by the state and religious authorities. It traces down and analyses various leg... Read More about Unbecoming One: Legal Construction of Muslim Family in Indonesia.

The Resistance from a “Third Space”: A Comparative Study of Pakistani and Indonesian Muslims beyond the Dominant Sexual and Gender Norms (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, May). The Resistance from a “Third Space”: A Comparative Study of Pakistani and Indonesian Muslims beyond the Dominant Sexual and Gender Norms. Paper presented at The Politics of Living Religion/Spirituality and Gender/Sexuality in Everyday Context Conference, Novotel Hotel St Pancras, London

This brief study seeks to understand how gender-variant and sexually diverse Muslims in Pakistan and Indonesia encounter and resist two hegemonic identitarian ideological discourses: that of heteronormative Muslim theopolitical reductionism and that... Read More about The Resistance from a “Third Space”: A Comparative Study of Pakistani and Indonesian Muslims beyond the Dominant Sexual and Gender Norms.

Anthropology as Critical Legal Intervention? Instrumentalization, Co-Construction and Critical Reformulation in the Relationship between Anthropology and International Law (2009)
Journal Article
Bruce-Jones, E. (2009). Anthropology as Critical Legal Intervention? Instrumentalization, Co-Construction and Critical Reformulation in the Relationship between Anthropology and International Law. UCLA journal of international law and foreign affairs, 14(2), 331-366

This article creates a coherent way to imagine the relationship between law and anthropology. It describes an analytical separation between three overlapping and interacting branches, aiming to present the relationship in a way that is instructive an... Read More about Anthropology as Critical Legal Intervention? Instrumentalization, Co-Construction and Critical Reformulation in the Relationship between Anthropology and International Law.