Fighting a wildfire on a gun range, or, the sensuous memories of fieldwork
Introduction I fought 32 wildfires over fifteen months as part of my ethnographic research. I fought them with men who […]
Buenos Aires Subway Soundtrack
The city rattles, rustles and roars unremittingly. In Buenos Aires you hear the constant medley of restless mechanical noises and the humming of millions
Forgotten Refugees at the Tunisian Border with Libya #MeadCompetition
My forefathers were born to slavery, they worked their skin out of them. We are born to suffer. In spite
When You Can’t Go Home Again #MeadCompetition
A cold, wet, arctic wind graces the concrete skin of the Tenderloin. Pill Hill, the three-block stretch of inner city
Nellie’s green lipped mussels #MeadCompetition
One Wednesday afternoon, about four years following my family’s migration from Israel to New Zealand, I was gripped by a
A Hero of Solitude #MeadCompetition
The person I wish to present in the following, a 72-year-old man named Herman, has withdrawn from almost all human
From the Ivory Tower to Open Classrooms to #ModernDayMargaretMeads
Empowering the Next Generation of Digital, Public Anthropologists In Yorkshire, England with a backdrop of bleating sheep and patchwork fields,
Illogical Objects and What they Tell Us #MeadCompetition
Most objects in our households have a purpose. They clothe, seat, feed or transport us. Some object do extra duty;
The Biological Fallacy of American’s Race Problem #MeadCompetition
I love my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. I’m sure you’ve heard about Baltimore lately, with its sagging school system, serving
The Transformation of One of New York City’s Most Famous Squats #MeadCompetition
The notorious C-Squat has become a kind of “house society” in which people are tied together by their connection to