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…
Related Posts
Pankaj Jain, “Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond” (Routledge, 2024)
Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond (Routledge, 2024) provides a unique insider’s look at the world’s largest film industry, now globally known…
The Normalization of Trump’s Extremism in Norwegian Media
In the wake of Trump’s inauguration, we need to pay close attention to the ways in which media coverage of his politics…
‘No Covid Here’: Pandemic Afterlives in a Delhi Informal Settlement
When I began doctoral fieldwork in 2022 in Unity Colony[1]—a low-income informal settlement (or Jhuggi Jhopdi Cluster) in south Delhi—just over a year after the pandemic’s second wave…
Faded Paint and Yellowed Photos: On, Image, Inspiration, and Memory with Javier Urcid
How does a camera and a deep sense of curiosity lead to a lifetime of archaeological research on ancient peoples, their symbols, art, and writing? Ryan and Aneil…