Malte Gembus
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Malte Gembus
@maltegembus.bsky.social
Anthropologist interested in youth, memory and mobility. Currently working on @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
On the train back from meeting with a young research participant. It's surreal sometimes to have such positive and amazing interactions with people just to then be bombarded by divisive rhetoric and politics that demonise refugees #NRPF @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 2018 I had the pleasure of working with a group of young people on a photography exhibition about the past, present and future of their community in Chiapas. Some ideas that this collaboration sparked have found their way into my most recent publication #Akateko doi.org/10.1080/0066...
August 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'Past, present and future are always connected in the eternal flow of the social act we call memory' I published this little piece a little while ago in the wonderful @allegralab.bsky.social Sometimes it's small encounters that trigger the most interesting ideas
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The Social Act We Call Memory  - Allegra Lab
It’s a cold early-winter morning in South Brooklyn. The streets are empty. My friend Gabe explains that it’s only a couple of days till Thanksgiving which
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July 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
nrpfintheshadows.com/what-is-in-a... A blog I wrote a little while ago for @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social 'How old are you?' seems like a simple question, but in my research I have seen how age can be much more complicated and operationalised to determine deservingness. #NRPF
July 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM