The Digital Economy and Extreme Politics Lab investigates global transformations in politics and labour in the 21st century.

Interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and the anthropological lens – an interview with Anna Cristina Pertierra

‘We need to be compassionate with the figure of the police officer who is a victim of the system’ – Rodrigo Campos

“I’m not Anitta, nor Madonna”: sex influencers and their political action on social media By Gianluca Oliveira-Soares*

“O CLT não tem um dia de paz!” — A memeificação do trabalho formal no Brasil e o descontentamento viral de uma geração – Por Jessica Matheus de Souza

“The CLT can’t catch a break!” — The memeification of formal work in Brazil and a generation’s viral discontent – By Jessica Matheus de Souza

In the Field: Key Takeaways from Brazil 2024 – by Miguel Paolo Rivera, Rashmi Guha Ray & Wagner Alves da Silva

How ‘Right’ is the future? Indian general elections 2024 and after by Rashmi Guha Ray

‘There are moments of crisis when we can seize the opportunity for deliberative democracy to flourish.’ – Nicole Curato

When the field rejects you: An anthropologist’s reflections on studying contemporary ideological movements – by Aastha Tyagi

‘Pessimism is a privilege for those who can afford to despair.’ – Payal Arora