Cultivating Childhood
Samira and Amna visit me in the afternoon after finishing Quran school (madrasa). After they have taken off their buibuis […]
A Youth Center Struggles With Israeli Occupation
A staff member at Lajee Center, a youth organization in Aida Refugee Camp in the Israeli occupied West Bank, went
How Can Making Movies Do Sheep Any Good?
John Adair and Sol Worth, American anthropologists and filmmakers, found themselves in the sticky situation of answering the above question
City Play: Collaborative Filmmaking with Children
In Egypt, children are subject to a conservative and hierarchical public educational system. Underfunding, overcrowded classrooms and precarious infrastructure make
K’aissina! Father, Son, Taboos: Life-Lessons from Ethiopia
The Kara of southern Ethiopia are a small population of horti-pastoralists among whom I have worked since 2003. Over the
Yes we can – and this is how! Fieldwork with kids
Almost exactly four years ago I arrived at Geneva airport – with my two sons then aged 1 and 4.
Essay One-Shots
Yes, You Can: Being an Academic and a Mother
Can one be an academic and a mother? Of course. Of course you can, and yet, this question is a
ANTHROPOLOGY FOR AN AGEING PLANET
When I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of
Ageing and technology: Whose concerns?
I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what
Ageing and Care in a ‘Man’s World’
I am thrown into an image: Two figures climbing steep stone stairs, so tall that I cannot see what lies