Amazon Sidewalk Needs our Trust for its Security
On June 8, 2021, Amazon deployed an “opt-in” way for people to enable the company to expand its private network […]
Anglo-American hegemony in contemporary anthropology: Some personal dilemmas
Disclaimer: Over the last few days, I have had a writing episode. Nothing had come out of my brain for
Atmospheric Failure
Fog catchers (atrapanieblas) are fairly simple constructions. They consist of large plastic or nylon nets stretched between two vertically positioned
What to do with the predator in your bibliography?
In the early summer of 2020 I submitted what I presumed was a final round of extremely minor revisions to
An Ecology of Knowledges
Micha Rahder’s An Ecology of Knowledges: Fear, Love, and Technoscience in Guatemalan Forest Conservation is an ethnographically rich account of
You have to strike, assholes!!!
You ask, “What concrete actions can we take?” You have to strike, assholes! We need to take the example of
Research ethics, violated
Recently on a scholar’s email listserv dealing with Myanmar (Burma) issues, I learned that at some universities in Australia, Singapore,
Ethnography at an Impasse? Fieldwork Reflections During a Pandemic
As COVID-19 disrupts life for billions of people around the world, it also calls into question the very notion of
Architecture as/and Infrastructure
Over the past two decades, infrastructure has emerged as a central concept in a larger conversation about architecture, landscape, and
Podcasting for Anthropologists: Ethical and Technical Considerations
Are you an anthropologist considering podcasting? Then this post is for you 🙂 Sound is widely accessible, it conveys nuances