ANTHROPOLOGY FOR AN AGEING PLANET
When I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of us are ever going…
Read MoreWhen I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of us are ever going…
Read MoreI take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what most innovation is about….
Read MoreI am thrown into an image: Two figures climbing steep stone stairs, so tall that I cannot see what lies at the top. They…
Read MoreAbout a year ago around Christmas, South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi and ANC colleagues released the anticipated White Paper on implementing ambitious…
Read MoreIt’s really bad with him. There are metastases in his head. He can stay at home tonight, and tomorrow night he has to go…
Read MoreI have carried Marc Augé’s book Everyone Dies Young (New York: Columbia University Press 2016), with me everywhere these past two months. When walking…
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