ISA selects Martha’s paper for essay film

Martha’s paper on Religious Integration was accepted for presentation at the International Sociological Association (ISA), taking place in Rabat. This marks the first academic presentation of the longitudinal research underpinning her sociological essay film Searching for Mama Salone’s Secret. Presented within ISA’s Research Committee on Futures Research (RC07), Van Der Bly introduces an initial analysis…

Martha’s essay ‘Beyond Barbarization’ featured in GTI

Martha’s essay, “Beyond Barbarization” is featured in the new publication of the Great Transition Initiative (www.greattransition.org) as a contribution to GTI Forum Which Future Are We Living In? You can read the article here  “Yes, we might be heading for Barbarization, but we are coming from Barbarization too.” “Destructive forces do not need a spotlight or…

Martha’s essay ‘Unity in Shared Vulnerability’ featured in GTI

Martha’s essay, “Unity in Shared Vulnerability,” is featured in the new online publication of the Great Transition Initiative (www.greattransition.org) on global solidarity. You can read the article  here.  “I exist, not because I think, but because I am part of a web of relationships—even in disconnection, even in solitude, even in isolation” (Van Der Bly,…