UNESCO frictions: Heritage-making across global governance
Destroyed under global media coverage, exalted as identity symbol, traded and purchased, heritage is taking on a growing and controversial […]
Colleex: A Collaboratory for Ethnographic Experimentation
Fieldwork, the cornerstone to the ethnographer’s magic, seems to be under siege in recent times. The invocation that it ‘is
CLEENIK: A clinic for ethnographic experimentation syndromes
Have you been affected by Ethnographic Experimentation Breakdown (EEB) or Excess of Engagement Stress (EES)? Are you suffering from breach-of-the-canon
Hunting in Northern Cyprus
November 2015; I proceeded ten metres behind Ertan Abi for much of the morning, a place in which I was
Virtual Roundtable – Paul Anderson’s response
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? Michel de Certeau argued that
Looking forward to a week of #Reviews
During my recent fieldwork in Myanmar, I fell in love with books allover again. Myanmar is a country where everyone
On parasitic professionalism
Last month I received an email from an “associate” working at a research institution that caters to the biggest development
REDUX: Responsibility and Scholarship in the Current Political Moment – Graduate Conference | 25-26 September 2015
Anthropology today is in a moment of creative rupture, redefinition, and profound possibility. Our collective intellectual energy is directed toward
“Snapshots of Change” – How Focusing on Change Affects Perspectives on Research Material
Ever since the multiplication of protest movements that have gained prominence since 2011, the issue of change and its assessment
LIVING FICTIONS
The theme of “living fictions” comes from a presentation I gave at a recent meeting of the EASA Anthropology of