Street Affects in Kashmir
This piece offers an ‘inside-out’ perspective on everyday life in a militarized space. As a researcher and a Kashmiri, the […]
The only lesson is that there aren’t enough jobs
Every so often something happens that perfectly encapsulates the consumptive death rattle that is the job market in higher education.
Ethnographic Film at the Crossroads
Ethnographic film is blooming Ethnographic film, however loosely defined, is blooming. While to track and map the entire production of
Incitement! Incremental Theory for an Imminent Fascism
The breaching of the US Capitol Building on 6 January 2021 and broadly publicised reactions to it make it clearer
Towards an Anthropology of Coups
When is a coup a coup? Reflections on the anthropological study of ‘coups’ There have been more than 200 coups
Reciprocal Vulnerability in the Face of Patriarchal Violence
“Everything is research data.” As PhD students we must have heard this statement from teachers, mentors, and supervisors a hundred
Strange Bedfellows: On Trauma and Ethnographic Vulnerability
I never expected that laughter would be part of the solution. I had set out on fieldwork with rather vague
Anglo-American hegemony in contemporary anthropology: Some personal dilemmas
Disclaimer: Over the last few days, I have had a writing episode. Nothing had come out of my brain for
Immerse Yourselves!
Imagine Gustav Klimt’s tender motifs, with their gleaming, golden elements, projected onto huge concrete walls. This fascinating vision has become
Animal Displacement from Syria: A Story Yet to be Written
During the Syrian war, which has now raged for a decade, the attention of scholars, media commentators and activists has