Call for Reviews: Gender & Sexuality – Contesting White Heteronormativity
Political developments in many parts of the world today call us to challenge the forces that thrive on fascism, racism, […]
Gendered Harm
Victoria Canning’s (2018) new book makes an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship on the asylum system, bringing
Words of Passage
Hilary Parsons Dick’s multi-site ethnography Words of Passage: National Longing and the Imagined Lives of Mexican Migrants is based on
The Borders of “Europe”
In the frenzied media coverage of Europe’s migration “crisis” in recent years, the borders of Europe have been depicted as
Undoing Work, Rethinking Community
How does work confer dignity and a sense of belonging? Is work the central identity-conferring activity of society? What if
Ghosts in the Schoolyard
“Tuesday 8:30 – Good morning circle 9:00 – I’m raising the children you have forgotten. 10:15 – And you
After Deportation
Unless they are disrupted, deportations tend to go unnoticed. It is usually only the shocking deaths of deportees, or direct
Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
A close friend, currently preparing to become a military firefighter in Brazil, described his training as an exercise in “how
#Podcast Round Up: The Best of January
Last month our dear podcasting heroes at New Books in Anthropology brought us some truly wonderful interviews. And, ever grateful
December Podcast Round Up
All I want for 2019 is anthropology. In my ears. By way of a discussion with an author about their