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Indigenizing International Law from an Inverse Legal Anthropology
Considering the philosophical, political, and artistic concerns that Naked Punch have been introducing over the years in order to unveil the plurality of philosophical languages that populate the world – echoing the interaction between Bruno Mazzoldi and Jacques Derrida – and projecting such a deconstructive endeavour as the interlocution of different philosophical traditions as equals,…
Conflictual Universalism(s) – Part 1 of 3
Katrine Bregengaard in discussion with Etienne Balibar- Part 1 of 3.  (Illustration of Etienne Balibar by Zahid Mayo) (This interview is a revised version of a conversation that took place in November 2014 at Professor Balibar’s office at Columbia University’s French Department.) The question of universalism has haunted philosophy from its very beginnings. What…
Zahid Mayo: The Painter of the Subaltern.
REVIEW OF ZAHID MAYO EXHIBITION AT SANAT GALLERY, KARACHI. (to view images: click here)  I see Zahid Mayo as an artist of the subaltern. He is not their spokesperson but he senses them and is able to register that sense on canvas. This is his, almost unique, success among contemporary artists.  I recall in my first visit to Zahid's studio about four…
Conflictual Universalism(s) – Part 2 of 3
Katrine Bregengaard in discussion with Etienne Balibar- Part 2 of 3 (Illustration of Etienne Balibar by Zahid Mayo) (The interview is a revised version of a conversation that took place in November 2014 at Professor Balibar’s office at Columbia University’s French Department.) MARXISM KATRINE BREGENGAARD: Let’s turn to the history of your work in relation…
The Displacement of the Baloch
Pakistani state violence (in the form of aerial bombardments, raids, and collective abductions) against the Baloch has led to hundreds of thousands of Baloch migrating inside and outside Balochistan. International organisations (such as Amnesty International, Red Cross, Global Rights, Refugees International) which globally support displaced people and refugees either ignore the Baloch or are not…
Sultans of Arabia
Well known, the narrow strictness of the Saudi order. On the one side the flogging of dissent, on the other the bombing of audacity. The penal arsenal of the Saudis mirrors that of the Islamic State – both resort to beheading and beating, to harsh treatment for their citizenry as the price of stability. What…