Life After Fieldwork: of leaving the field, entering liminality and relocating the mind
The bulky and weirdly shaped package I hold in my hands weighs nearly 20 pounds. 20 pounds of memories materialize in a final leaving…
Read MoreThe bulky and weirdly shaped package I hold in my hands weighs nearly 20 pounds. 20 pounds of memories materialize in a final leaving…
Read MoreMark Goodale is currently writing Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction for NYU Press. The manuscript is due at the end of December 2015….
Read MoreIn my first blog installment I described one of my bus rides in Tehran in order to show that education, the transmission and acquisition…
Read MoreI was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile to research inner dynamics…
Read MoreIn the field, anthropologists are often presented with competing narratives, imaginings juxtaposed with reality, and the collision of facts with opinions and perceptions. The…
Read MoreWhat do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels that only moments ago we solicited contributions to our fieldwork thread, and now…
Read MoreSome object to the word ‘crisis’. However, it is useful for describing the sense that what seemed to be an understandable present and a…
Read MoreI conduct fieldwork among young Hindus in Amsterdam, the city where I have lived for nearly six years. Amsterdam lends itself to compartmentalisation as…
Read MoreThe bus I was riding on my way to Tajrish (north Tehran) was beyond maximum capacity with its passengers. We were cramped and people…
Read MoreIn my research, I have found myself walking constantly – primarily because the city where my field site is set breathes with mobilizations these…
Read MoreThis week we continue our thread on fieldnotes via four posts that all in their own way elaborate this thread’s overarching theme: journey. As…
Read MoreMahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor. One of his latest…
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