Ethical dilemmas, anthropological practice, and principles #HauTalk
Hautalk is an opportunity to reinvigorate and remake our disciplinary identities. But how can we move this discussion beyond disciplinary […]
Personalizing Access, Personalizing Praxis
Anthropology trained us to identify systems of oppression, those “invisibilized” dimensions of culture that reek of prejudice, privilege, and disproportionate
Cultivating Childhood
Samira and Amna visit me in the afternoon after finishing Quran school (madrasa). After they have taken off their buibuis
Notes from inside a Twitter Experiment #EmergingDigitalPractices
Using participation in a collective online experiment with Twitter as a springboard, I interrogate the tweet as a fieldnote. How
Note-taking: A ‘fieldwork device’ duplex?
A re-description of my two-fold engagement as ethnographer-cum-documenter in the activist design collective En torno a la silla. Highlighting the
REDUX: 10 Tips for Surviving Fieldwork & Blogging!
Today’s post was originally published on June 3rd, 2014, as part of last summer’s fieldwork thread. Next week we’re sharing
City Play: Collaborative Filmmaking with Children
In Egypt, children are subject to a conservative and hierarchical public educational system. Underfunding, overcrowded classrooms and precarious infrastructure make
A Facelift & Discussion over Academic Blogging – and PLEA for support! #RELAUNCH
What is an academic blog? Who form its audience and who are, or should be, its authors? How does blogging
Call for Guest Editors / Thematic Threads
The year 2017 is set to be a year where critical new insights are needed at all fronts. And Allegra
REDUX: Being “a good guy with a gun” – Self-defence Insurance in the Deep South
What is it like to be a ‘good guy with a gun’ – or is that even a contradiction in