Tasting Qualities
How does one reproduce the taste, smell and appearance of any craft based/ industrially produced food commodity? Tea is one […]
Tasting Qualities
Sarah Besky’s ethnographically and historically rich study of the Indian tea industry begins with a deceptively simple question: what makes
Tasting Qualities
As I write this, in the uncertain and tumultuous times of early June 2020, there is a storm brewing in
#events: Let’s Get Geographical!
They say ‘the early bird catches the worm’. Would you like to catch that worm? Or, perhaps, that worm isn’t
Notes on a Postcard
The exhibition The World Exists To Be Put on A Postcard has been running at the British Museum throughout the
Introduction: Muslim Humanitarianism
Muslims around the world partake in comparable practices of aid, welfare and care that have received a wide range of
Decolonising Environmentalism
Urgency and Transition Environmentalism is rhetorically framed as a “Good Thing”, unquestionably. Being environmentally friendly is, as it were, a
December Podcast Round Up
All I want for 2019 is anthropology. In my ears. By way of a discussion with an author about their
The Privileged Discomfort of Border Crossings
As social scientists our work often directly grows out of our personal journeys—journeys that are physical, emotional, intellectual and political.
The Erotics of History
Donald Donham’s The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example is not a traditional ethnography. The author first became aware