Religion in the Age of Development: Encounters in Asia
Religious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in religion (especially the religion…
Read MoreReligious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in religion (especially the religion…
Read MoreAs an established blog with personal and institutional contacts to many of those involved in the recent upheaval at HAU and the Society of…
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Read MoreIn my experience, when the ethnographic mission collapsed, this scaffolding remained standing, rich and complex, in plain view. There, the net into which I…
Read MoreThis seamless compilation of essays has the feel of a life’s work. Through the lens of his scholarship on the Yoruba, Andrew Apter tackles…
Read MoreWith #anthrostate, allegralab seems to suggest that there is a distinct subdiscipline of anthropology that studies the contemporary state. However, following Bourdieu (1994), Navaro-Yashin…
Read MoreOutside observers have often interpreted Chad’s long history with rebellion as reflective of internal chaos and questionable moralities. Marielle Debos nuances these superficial understandings…
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