Alistair Markland
@asmarkland.bsky.social
Researcher and Teacher of International Relations at Oxford Brookes. Specialise in humanitarianism, human rights, ontosec and practice theory. Views my own.
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New #openaccess @risjnl.bsky.social article by @asmarkland.bsky.social out now! 🌟
'Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
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'Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Read here 👉
Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity
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August 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New #openaccess @risjnl.bsky.social article by @asmarkland.bsky.social out now! 🌟
'Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Read here 👉
'Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
Read here 👉
New article published in @risjnl.bsky.social critiques the oft-repeated idea that 'we' are living in Age of Anxiety. I ask: who is the 'we'? A planetary we? Or an insecure (but provincial) Western-liberal subject?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity
www.cambridge.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New article published in @risjnl.bsky.social critiques the oft-repeated idea that 'we' are living in Age of Anxiety. I ask: who is the 'we'? A planetary we? Or an insecure (but provincial) Western-liberal subject?
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The racism here is so brazen. It screams 'how dare the brown people try to come here using a scheme we set up for white people'. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The racism here is so brazen. It screams 'how dare the brown people try to come here using a scheme we set up for white people'. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Getting a bit tired of the hypocrisy of political commentators who tweet-complain about the rise of a tech oligarchy FROM TWITTER/X. Put your money where your mouth is and stop using these platforms.
January 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Getting a bit tired of the hypocrisy of political commentators who tweet-complain about the rise of a tech oligarchy FROM TWITTER/X. Put your money where your mouth is and stop using these platforms.
8 years ago now since I visited Sri Lanka, researching key civil society actors, their links to global advocacy networks, and their work fighting for justice and accountability for war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan military.
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
8 years ago now since I visited Sri Lanka, researching key civil society actors, their links to global advocacy networks, and their work fighting for justice and accountability for war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan military.
Important news reflecting shifting discourse in Aidland. This will likely cause division among humanitarians. Expect there to be blowback among employees in Global North:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector
Halima Begum outlines her vision for what she sees as a ‘broken model’, with more power over spending given directly to the affected communities
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Important news reflecting shifting discourse in Aidland. This will likely cause division among humanitarians. Expect there to be blowback among employees in Global North:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Last year I spent time researching aid practitioners in Geneva and beyond. Inspired by research in existential psychology, ontological insecurity and critical ethnographies of aid, I penned this article which is now out in Journal of Intervention & State building: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When Aidland Becomes Absurdland: Existential Anxieties in Contemporary Humanitarian Practice
Transnational humanitarianism is a deeply meaningful form of labour, defined by moral purity and sensorial intensity. However, the systems of meaning that underpin humanitarian work are frequently ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Last year I spent time researching aid practitioners in Geneva and beyond. Inspired by research in existential psychology, ontological insecurity and critical ethnographies of aid, I penned this article which is now out in Journal of Intervention & State building: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....