Friday, November 10, 2017

Artist-Scholar Serial Migrants Convene on Berlin

The Moving Matters Traveling Workshop. An Interview with Susan Ossman. 


I interview Susan Ossman for Allegra Laboratory, an online journal on burning issues in anthropology.

http://allegralaboratory.net/interview-moving-matters-traveling-workshop/

Racism in America


A White Mama of an African American Child Responds to Charlottesville

Deputy Editor Evelyn Marsters of Impolitikal interviews me about racism in the US and what it's like to be the mother of a biracial child.

https://impolitikal.com/2017/08/24/qa-a-white-mama-of-an-african-amercian-child-responds-to-charlottesville/

Walls at the Wall: Moving Matters Traveling Workshop Goes to Berlin

I interview Artistic Director of Moving Matters Traveling Workshop about her group's exhibition and performances at the Berlin Wall Memorial.

https://impolitikal.com/2017/04/13/qa-walls-at-the-wall-moving-matters-goes-to-berlin-2/ 

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Allegra Lab: Opinion Piece on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Is 2015 1938 All Over Again? Allegra Laboratory. http://allegralaboratory.net/is-2015-1934-all-over-again/

Friday, May 30, 2014

Reviews of my first book, Nation, Language, Islam


“a richly detailed account of the complexities and ambiguities involved in a post-Soviet nation-building project, vividly illustrating how Tatarstan’s quest for sovereignty affected the lives of those who experienced it”

“breadth in no way comes at the expense of depth”

“Faller’s up-close examination of Tatarstan’s sovereignty movement is as yet unparalleled in providing insight into the lives of those who inhabit one of Russia’s most culturally rich regions. It is,
in short, essential reading…”

Central Asian Survey Jan 2013



“engaging and insightful”

“insightfully challenges normative notions of nation-state building and identity construction processes.

Faller thoughtfully engages with the way different agents (citizens, politicians, newspapers) interpret and engage with language and culture”

“a well-written and useful read”

Europe-Asia Studies Jan 2014



“a clear illustration that the role of language in nation-building is not as homogeneous as many Western theorists, focusing mainly on a bourgeois, male, Western public, have implied.”

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2012