Worlds of Care
Worlds of Care: The Emotional Lives of Fathers Caring for Children with Disabilities by Aaron J. Jackson is a self-described […]
The intimate life of dissent
Book review of Amarasuriya, Harini, et al. The Intimate Life of Dissent: Anthropological Perspectives. UCL Press, 2020. The Intimate Life
Sliding through life
On a chilly afternoon in April of 2016, Lana and I were about to embark on a ride through Saint
Technologies of Trust: Introduction
This post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Humanitarian Technologies of Trust
“Trust in humanitarian action” was the top item on the agenda of the 33rd international conference of the Red Cross
Global health meets sugar capitalism
Cal Biruk explores how technologies of audit and claims to transparency common to both agri-capitalist and global health infrastructures in
Trust the organic?!
This short essay addresses how trust mechanisms are articulated in one of Geneva’s local organic stores, considering the existence of
“Is it really organic?”
Spurred by a question I have been commonly asked, yet one that I’ve long neglected as ethnographically revealing in itself,
Technologies of Trust put to the Test
Drawing on participant observation of COVID-19 tests and blood donation, this article demonstrates how micro-interactions between medical personnel and laypeople
Seeing Is Not Believing
This piece explores how the indexical quality of Facebook livestreams and the particular claims they make to represent or manifest