A Tale of Two Rooms: Debt, Success, and Freedom in Indian Microfinance
“See, I don’t have a TV or an almirah [wardrobe],” said Ilina, pointing to her sparse one-room flat, while in […]
Podcast Interview Round Up: New Books in Anthropology
After getting all worked up about new publications via last week’s #Reviews, we thought to indulge a bit more –
Pragmatism Threads
Lived Theories: Hayek’s Neoliberalism and Pragmatism
One way of characterizing Amy Levine’s rich ethnographic inquiry into pragmatism is to posit South Korean Civil Movement Organisations as
Pragmatism Threads
Boilerplate Clauses as Pragmatic Knowledge Practices
Prompted by the invitation to participate in this thematic week on #pragmatisms for Allegra, I would like to share some
Crisis in focus
This week we are featuring a series of posts curated by Dimitra Kofti on a very timely theme: CRISES. Etymologically
Investing without wealth: The financialization of social reproduction
A few years ago, even an expert on the risks of subprime lending would have been astounded by the very
Asking Gramsci’s question crisis
Some object to the word ‘crisis’. However, it is useful for describing the sense that what seemed to be an
Crisis Threads
Crisis, Gender, Time
Economic crises are especially hard on women (Bettio et al. 2013, Manganara 2014, Seguino 2009, UNICRI 2014, Walby 2009) and
Poignant Pasts and Uncertain Futures in the Greek Crisis: Ethnographic Snippets from ATM Queues
July 2nd 2015, it is 4.30pm and the temperature is touching 40’c. I am standing in a queue of some
Reviews Symposium
Money From Nothing, Part 2 of 2
This post represents the final part of our special review section on Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa.