Totalizing Infrastructures: Statecraft in the Uyghur Penal Colony
There were three lanes at the checkpoint in Turpan—an old Uyghur-majority oasis city on the northern reaches of the Taklamakan […]
Dialogues on Artificial Intelligence
In December 2020, a group of social scientists gathered virtually at the LSE Department of Anthropology to discuss the relationship
On unsolicited nostalgia and Tinder frustrations
‘I’ve been here before’ – the feeling of the present being firmly rooted in the past can be intense and
Distributing Anthropological Films During the Pandemic
During the COVID-19 lockdowns in the spring of 2020, when cinema theatres and university buildings closed, many film festivals decided
Clouds of Failure
Anticipating the failure of digital devices has become part of the fabric of everyday life in the digital world. With
Narratives of dysfunction and success stories in e-waste recycling in India
There is a growing consensus that India is going through a waste crisis, and this awareness unfolds parallel to an
Meat Planet
If the proponents of cultured meat are to be believed we might be soon headed towards a future in which
Genocide Never Sleeps
Genocide Never Sleeps is an in-depth analysis of the inner workings of the contested terrain of international criminal law from
Connection and Inequality in the Remote Classroom
The switchover to remote teaching in the wake of COVID-19 has prompted a flurry of conversation among academics regarding technology’s
Uberland
In Uberland: How algorithms are rewriting the future of work, technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat tackles the political realities of the