Turning cool kids into outlaws – Legal fictions and the management of heroin abuse in post-reform China
Cool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one […]
Will the Next Margaret Mead Please Stand Up? The SAPIENS-Allegra Competition to Discover New Public Anthropologists
The anthropologist is a peculiar creature. We study the world, yet too often do not share our insights with the
Fictional #Fictions between China and Arstotzka
One interesting way to (momentarily) close this thematic week about living fictions (one that could also speak to many other
On Chinese Pedagogical Legalism (and its Anthropological Ghost) fictions
“You have already been incredibly faithful towards the man. And you have been following all the relevant rules for establishing
‘The soul of the community’: corporate legal personhood in an indigenous settlement fictions
In Argentina, indigenous people have been historically marginalised and rendered invisible (Gordillo & Hirsch 2003). However, over the last couple
The Emergence of “Divorce Before Consummation” as a Legal Category in Jordanian Sharia Courts fictions
Today’s inquiry into the nature of legal fictions takes us to Jordan’s government-run Sharia courts, where the concept of “divorce