69 Recall this Buck 4: Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)
In this installment of our Recall this Buck series (check out our earlier conversations with Thomas Piketty, Peter Brown and Christine Desan), John and Elizabeth talk …
Jonatan Leer and S. G. S. Krogager, “Research Methods in Digital Food Studies” (Routledge, 2021)
Research Methods in Digital Food Studies (Routledge, 2021) offers the first methodological synthesis of digital food studies. It brings together contributions from leading scholars …
Devin J. Vartija, “The Color of Equality: Race and Common Humanity in Enlightenment Thought” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
The Enlightenment is often either praised as the wellspring of modern egalitarianism or condemned as the cradle of scientific racism. How should …
Till F. Paasche and James Derrick Sidaway, “Transecting Securityscapes: Dispatches from Cambodia, Iraq, and Mozambique” (U Georgia Press, 2021)
In this interview, I speak with Till F. Paasche and James D. Sidaway about their new book, Transecting Securityscapes: Dispatches from Cambodia, Iraq, …
Joseph C. Ewoodzie, “Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South” (Princeton UP, 2021)
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson (Princeton Press, 2021) uses food—what people eat and how—to explore the interaction of race and class in …
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, “The Sixteen-Dollar Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification” (U Washington Press, 2021)
White middle-class eaters are increasingly venturing into historically segregated urban neighborhoods in search of “authentic” eating in restaurants run by-and originally catering …
An Ethnography of Tourism and Globalization: In Conversation with Dr. Annie Hikido
How do Black women entrepreneurs in South Africa play off westerners’ fear and desire for impoverished townships through home-based tourist accommodations? This …
Eva von Redecker, “Praxis and Revolution: A Theory of Social Transformation” (Columbia UP, 2021)
The concept of revolution marks the ultimate horizon of modern politics. It is instantiated by sites of both hope and horror. Within …
Jessie Barton-Hronešová, “The Struggle for Redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
In Jessie Barton Hronešová’s new book, The Struggle of Redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), she explores pathways to redress for …
Sunhee Koo, “Sound of the Border: Music and Identity of Korean Minority Nationality in China” (U Hawaii Press, 2021)
When faced with some of the complex identity questions which often arise in borderlands, Koreans in China – known as Chosonjok in …
Nolan Gasser, “Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste” (Flatiron Books, 2019)
Why do we love the music we love? In Why You Like IT: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste (Flatiron Books, 2019) musicologist …
Jeffrey Guhin, “Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Jeff Guhin joins us today to talk about his book Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools (Oxford University Press, …
Mental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard Grinker
We are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. …
Rose Wellman, “Feeding Iran: Shi`i Families and the Making of the Islamic Republic” (U California Press, 2021)
Since Iran’s 1979 Revolution, the imperative to create and protect the inner purity of family and nation in the face of outside …
Gavin Van Horn et al., “Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set” (Center for Humans and Nature, 2021)
From The Center for Humans and Nature, Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a five-volume collection of essays, interviews, poetry, and stories …
Frans de Waal, “On Atheists and Bonobos” (Open Agenda, 2021)
On Atheists and Bonobos is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and primatologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, who is …
Ross Kane, “Syncretism and Christian Tradition” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Syncretism, even though, is an unavoidable phenomenon of religion, has a range of connotations. In Christian theology, the use of syncretism shifted …
Gabriella Lukács, “Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan’s Digital Economy” (Duke UP, 2020)
In the wake of labor market deregulation during the 2000s, online content sharing and social networking platforms were promoted in Japan as …
Aaron J. Jackson, “Worlds of Care: The Emotional Lives of Fathers Caring for Children with Disabilities” (U California Press, 2021)
Vulnerable narratives of fatherhood are few and far between; rarer still is an ethnography that delves into the practical and emotional realities …
John B. Kachuba, “Shapeshifters: A History” (Reaktion Books, 2019)
There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to …
Carolyn L. White, “The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City” (U New Mexico Press, 2020)
How do you do archaeological research on a place that exists for only one week per year, in the middle of the …
Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding, “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from Earth” (Zone Book, 2021)
In 1977 NASA shot a mixtape into outer space, and it remains the only human-made object to have left the solar system. The …
April Sizemore-Barber, “Prismatic Performances: Queer South Africa and the Fragmentation of the Rainbow Nation” (U Michigan Press, 2020)
At his 1994 inauguration, South African president Nelson Mandela announced the “Rainbow Nation, at peace with itself and the world.” This national …
Alice Beban, “Unwritten Rule: State-Making through Land Reform in Cambodia” (Cornell UP, 2021)
Why do so many Cambodian small landholders live in fear? How did the issuance of official land titles contribute to growing indebtedness in …