Erol Saglam

Your 30s are all about giving up on your imperial ambitions

Had a fantastic conference in Bilbao, Spain, debating conspiracism, radical right politics, and vigilantism!

Thanks to all participants, Bilge Yabanci (@bilgeyabanci.bsky.social) and Sonia Alonso de Oger for this joyful collaboration, and to the Uni of Deusto for hosting us in this fantastic site!

International Journal of Heritage Studies Heritage in the Margins: Forgetting, Remembering, Rewriting. Volume 31, Issue 9 of International Journal of Heritage Studies

“Heritage in the Margins: Forgetting, Remembering, Rewriting”📑 our new #specialissue explores how marginalized communities navigate heritage preservation, representation and cultural memory in complex, often contested spaces
tinyurl.com/IJHS-319
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My brief reflections on the effects of mainstreamisation of conspiracism on governance

Last couple days for application

Consider submitting chapters for this exciting project 👇

This statement from the NSF is insane.

Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.

Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.

CfP is out for the upcoming conference I co-organise with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger in Bilbao this coming October.

Those working on radical right movements, conspiracy theories, and societal violence, send an abstract here 👇

agenda.deusto.es/en/conferenc...

New article alert! 📚📣 👏 Eron Saglam urges us to "rethink how conspiratorial narratives do not solely destabilize the truth but also generate dramatic setbacks for the way we conceive of society and politics." @erolsaglam.bsky.social #CurrentAnthropology #OpenAccess

Another recent publication--this time from my research on street-level bureaucracies

And, consider submitting papers for the upcoming APeCS Conference in Edinburgh (June 2-3). I am co-organising a panel, titled "Vigilant Futures" with Ana Ivasiuc and Vita Peacock

Details and CfP here👇

www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

Embodying the State in the Margins : Men’s Forgings of Politics via Conspiratorial Narratives and Vigilante Violence | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No 1 This article explores the reconfigurations of state making in Turkey through an exploration of men’s circulation of conspiracy theories and engagements with vigilante violence since the 2000s. Rather ...

First post on bluesky: my article on conspiracy theories, masculinities, and the changing parameters of statecraft just got published on Current Anthropology. It took some tiresome years but finally out--and fully free for anyone to read.

Here is the link:
doi.org/10.1086/733925