A fear that never ends #fieldnotes
I started my own journey in the Brazilian northeast, on the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza, Ceará, with a dream. After wandering…
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I started my own journey in the Brazilian northeast, on the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza, Ceará, with a dream. After wandering…
Read MoreFollowing the unexpected popularity of my May article Tinder as a Methodological Tool I was asked by Allegra to write a follow up, expanding…
Read More“Why are stand-up comedians better anthropologists than I am?” A few years ago, I started asking myself that question. As an anthropologist, I am…
Read MoreIn 2014, Vincent Ialenti wrote about deflated optimisms among European scientists grappling with political questions about their legitimacy, the capitalization of their expertise, and…
Read MoreIntroduction I fought 32 wildfires over fifteen months as part of my ethnographic research. I fought them with men who are currently in prison….
Read MoreThe city rattles, rustles and roars unremittingly. In Buenos Aires you hear the constant medley of restless mechanical noises and the humming of millions of lives. The central pitch of this soundscape…
Read MoreNovember 2015; I proceeded ten metres behind Ertan Abi for much of the morning, a place in which I was not directly within the…
Read MoreOn December 2nd 2015, the Shia community in Myanmar celebrated Arba’een – the fourtieth day after Ashura. I recorded this martyr song around midnight…
Read MoreThis morning I felt that I couldn’t bear this passivity any longer. I was sinking in my red plastic chair without anything to do….
Read MoreMy fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2007 involved a substantial amount of time spent at wedding parties. It was rare to spend a week without…
Read More“That’ll be $1.09.” I hand over the last two dollars of my stipend in exchange for my favorite kind of cookie, a gingersnap, while…
Read MoreScene One: London Soho and Bloomsbury I used to love London for its Indian and Thai vegan restaurants, vibrant queer cafes, independent bookstores, second…
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