I’m an Assistant Professor in the Sociology & Anthropology Department at Simon Fraser University and I received my PhD in Sociology and Historical Studies at the New School for Social Resear…
Compiled for a special part-issue on my work of the Revista Sociologia & Antropologia Rio de Janeiro, 2019. Published books and articles The Memory Bank: money in an…
In his recent monograph, The Buddha’s Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism(Columbia University Press, 2018), Thomas Patton examines the weizzā, a figure in Burmese Buddhism who…
In her two part article Envisioning Theory: An Anthropological Teaching Experiment, Dr Stefanie Mauksch narrates the pedagogical experiments that she and her co-teacher Dr Friederike Eichner. These ex…
Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization by Harry Yi-Jui Wu (MIT Press: 2021) Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s Mad by the…