Being a parent in the field
Ethnographic fieldwork resembles a dance on the wire between distance and closeness, seesawing between participant immersion and analytical retreat that turns the anthropologist into…
Read MoreEthnographic fieldwork resembles a dance on the wire between distance and closeness, seesawing between participant immersion and analytical retreat that turns the anthropologist into…
Read MoreThis is the second part of the conversation our assistant editor Emilie Thévenoz had with Nika Dubrovsky (Read part 1 here). They chatted…
Read MoreThe Anthropology 4 Kids book “What is a nation?” begins like this: This book is a game. We are going to invent a new…
Read More“Anthropology for kids” as a research project I spent most of my life doing two things – raising children and moving from country to…
Read MoreOn a February Thursday afternoon, Nika Dubrovsky and Allegra assistant editor Emilie Thevenoz sat down together over Zoom. The chat covered the pedagogical concepts…
Read MoreTo kick-off our #AisforAnthropology thread, Nika Dubrovsky will be talking to us throughout the week about her project, A4Kids. Our hope is that this…
Read MoreEnglish Version Paris, le 22 Décembre 2020 Chère France, Comme tu[i] le sais, j’ai assisté, sur tes recommandations, au Congrès International des Capitales du…
Read Moreff 1. There are two twins sat on the beach but one is farther up the shore, closer to West Point, or right inside…
Read MoreAn often underestimated but critical element of academic endeavour is communication. There is no doubt that many academic books and articles are dense and…
Read MoreIn the depths of the Depression, two girls were born to Jewish parents in New York City. One, in 1933, was Ruth Bader, later…
Read MoreIn the early summer of 2020 I submitted what I presumed was a final round of extremely minor revisions to an article that I’d…
Read MoreImagine dozens of tables in a huge hall, with 12-15 children sitting at each. They negotiate with each other, squabble, and make up. They…
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