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Buses in South and North Tehran: Education and Schooling

August, 2015 / By Amina Tawasil

The bus I was riding on my way to Tajrish (north Tehran) was beyond maximum capacity with its passengers. We […]

August, 2015 / By Nirmala Jayaraman

Albertin Sarrazin once wrote, “whether you’re on the lam or whether you’re out hustling, gold is worth nothing compared to

July, 2015 / By Costanza Curro

Patterns of food provision and consumption have become objects of increasing concern among both scholars and activists. In the last

In contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the

This book comes to life as a product of fifteen years of research in and about the festive culture of

July, 2015 / By Harriet James

Lila Abu-Lughod’s book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, expands on her thoughts from an earlier article similarly titled. As she explains,

July, 2015 / By Kevin Donovan

This post represents the final part of our special review section on Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa.

This post marks the first installment of our special review section on Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa.

June, 2015 / By Sonja Trifuljesko

Universities have a long history. Buckets even longer. Nevertheless, perhaps not many times in the past have universities and buckets

June, 2015 / By Gabrielle Toborg

Anger was abundant in South Africa during the 1990s. After the abolition of Apartheid in 1994, the Truth and Reconciliation