Recently I have been thinking about how I learnt to transition from fieldwork to writing. Like many graduate students, mid-way through my thesis research I found myself with…
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in…
This film, as directed by Đặng Thái Huyền. a hard watch, educational rather than informational (that is a good thing) and powerful. Aggravated eye infection by some degree.…
From boutique studios to Instagram reels, yoga has become a global wellness trend. Yet what happens when a practice rooted in South Asian spirituality is stripped of its…
Medical Anthropologist Par Excellence Dr. Prashant Khattri Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology University of Allahabad…
Join us at the upcoming Anthrokino to watch The Rose of Ioannina by Na’ama Landau, Livnat Konopny-Decleve and Adi Liraz. […] The post Anthrokino: The Rose of Ioannina…
I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment. It is early June 2016, and I am in […] The post Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture,…
The Master has been continuously busy, going after all the garbage thrown into the canal. With his pole and blue net, he hoisted up an old TV set…
By Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz – I remember very clearly the first lecture of my Master’s degree at Peking University in China. Professor Pan Wei was giving an introductory lecture…
The murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar on August 24 is part of a long series of severe far-right and racist attacks in Norway in recent years. To prevent…
After more than two decades of living, studying, and writing about interdisciplinary collaboration, I believe that in this era of AI, collaboration is as important as ever. My…
‘Futuring Heritage: Conservation, Community and Contestation in the Eastern Himalayas’ is a project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). In the eastern Himalayas, agency is not just…
A Venezuelan anthropologist reflects on distrust he felt from residents of informal settlements in Santiago, Chile—and how his experiences track global trends of fearing outsiders. ✽ I knocked…
Realizing that things are because things are connected. In the spaces between, we create. Some days I wonder if this is [&#…
The ARHE Awards Committee is thrilled to announce the 2025 Policy Brief winners. The Committee was extremely impressed with the quality of submissions and examples of the power…
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This blog post is a response to LOST PREDICTIONS by Fiona Murphy and Eva van Roekel, LOST PREDICTIONS II by Maruška Svašek, and LOST PREDICTIONS III by Sweta Tiwari. It was produce…
A group of anthropologists working in Indonesia explores how mistrust among on-demand drivers—toward companies and one another—can be a form of individual power. ✽ DEDI WAS HOPEFUL when…
Yael Berda. 2022. Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship: Legacies of Race and Emergency in the Former British Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge […] The post Colonial Bureaucracy and Conte…
by Erika Alpert Krakoan national co-founder Magneto explains to diplomats at the new Krakoan Embassy in Jerusalem why mutants have decided to create their own language, from House…
Only adding this to the archive – tanks are not needed just now in Indonesia. It is a Matilda Tank of the 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment in Tarakan…
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Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean (U of California Press, 2025) follows sailors from the Gulf of Kachchh in India as they voyage across the Indian Ocean on…