Life After Fieldwork: of leaving the field, entering liminality and relocating the mind
The bulky and weirdly shaped package I hold in my hands weighs nearly 20 pounds. 20 pounds of memories materialize […]
Universit(ar)y journeys: an ethnographic play
Prologue When the fireworks in the Senate Square in Helsinki announced the beginning of 2015, they also marked the start
References Needed! #Crowdsourcing
Mark Goodale is currently writing Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction for NYU Press. The manuscript is due at the
One-Shots Thematic thread
Contextualizing Exclusion: Lessons from Kambis
In my first blog installment I described one of my bus rides in Tehran in order to show that education,
From the Centre of Europe to the End of the World: Intimate reflections on activism, healing and belonging in the field
I was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile
Fieldnote One-Shots
Journeys Within and Between the City – Part Two
In the field, anthropologists are often presented with competing narratives, imaginings juxtaposed with reality, and the collision of facts with
All good things come to an end – or do they? #Fieldnotes
What do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels that only moments ago we solicited contributions to our
Can a gas pipeline heal Bolivia’s wounded geo-body?
During the May 2015 announcement for Bolivia’s new cross-country Incahuasi–Cochabamba Gas Pipeline, a high official in Bolivia’s state-run gas company
One-Shots
The Spider
The thought crept into my mind today and refused to let go of my brain. It said ‘What if we
Book Review Reviews
The Reappeared: Argentine Former Political Prisoners
States resort to disappearances to remove unwanted critics or minorities from society. The act of a disappearance often follows a