EASA and European Anthropology: An Interview with Antonio De Lauri #EASAexec
Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your…
Read MoreAntonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your…
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Read MoreMy goal is to skirt gingerly around evidence leaving it just where it lies, and instead to prod the contingent margins where iterative social…
Read MoreEvidence, whether in law, in natural or social science, or in belief systems, is about establishing certainty. Evidence has thus been central to law,…
Read MoreHow do we decide whether or not to accept the evidence of our senses, or to put our faith in the statements of others?…
Read More“See, I don’t have a TV or an almirah [wardrobe],” said Ilina, pointing to her sparse one-room flat, while in one corner—the makeshift kitchen—her…
Read MoreAfter getting all worked up about new publications via last week’s #Reviews, we thought to indulge a bit more – by revisiting podcasts on…
Read MoreUnderlying the domain of human rights is the conception of the human on which we predicate, and advocate for, human rights’ recognition. But what…
Read More1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? I started my ethnographic career in the Pakistani city…
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