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 of a special year…
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Prologue When the fireworks in the Senate Square in Helsinki announced the beginning of 2015, they also marked the start of a special year…
Read MoreMark Goodale is currently writing Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction for NYU Press. The manuscript is due at the end of December 2015….
Read MoreIn my first blog installment I described one of my bus rides in Tehran in order to show that education, the transmission and acquisition…
Read MoreI was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile to research inner dynamics…
Read MoreIn the field, anthropologists are often presented with competing narratives, imaginings juxtaposed with reality, and the collision of facts with opinions and perceptions. The…
Read MoreWhat do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels that only moments ago we solicited contributions to our fieldwork thread, and now…
Read MoreDuring the May 2015 announcement for Bolivia’s new cross-country Incahuasi–Cochabamba Gas Pipeline, a high official in Bolivia’s state-run gas company looked beyond the three-year,…
Read MoreThe thought crept into my mind today and refused to let go of my brain. It said ‘What if we have no f*ing clue?’…
Read MoreTime to Csángó, a creative short documentary by Hadas Bar, Ian Cook, Anette Dujisin, explores the popularity of the táncház (dance house) movement in…
Read MoreI conduct fieldwork among young Hindus in Amsterdam, the city where I have lived for nearly six years. Amsterdam lends itself to compartmentalisation as…
Read MoreThe bus I was riding on my way to Tajrish (north Tehran) was beyond maximum capacity with its passengers. We were cramped and people…
Read MoreIn my research, I have found myself walking constantly – primarily because the city where my field site is set breathes with mobilizations these…
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