Ayden Parish takes the page 99 test
Page 99 of my dissertation, titled “Hearing Voices as Social Agents,” involves the observation that sparked my interest in auditory verbal hallucinations in the first place: those who…
Page 99 of my dissertation, titled “Hearing Voices as Social Agents,” involves the observation that sparked my interest in auditory verbal hallucinations in the first place: those who…
By Elena Liberati – Debates on the commons have become increasingly central to analyses of grassroots struggles around mobility and borders in Europe. In the context of the…
The Cultural Role of Cities: From Civilizational Lighthouses to Engines of Change When we think about cities, we often default to the “bricks and mortar” view—the skyscrapers,…
Introduction: Contextualizing the Theory The “Hindu Method of Tribal Absorption” is a foundational concept in Indian anthropology, primarily attributed to Nirmal Kumar Bose (1901–1972). First pre…
A provocative collaborative project, China as Context challenges the marginalization of Chinese-grounded ideas in academia, arguing that neglecting China distorts our understanding of global complexities. Through diverse ethnographic perspectives, this…
The Theoretical Foundations of Indian Sociology: A Comprehensive Analysis of Cultural Traditions, Power Dynamics, and Sacred Structures The study of Indian civilization underwent a seismic shift in the…
Sara Swenson is Assistant Professor of Religion and Affiliated Faculty in Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages at Dartmouth College. Her areas of expertise include Religions of Southeast Asia,…
Ubusuna Shrine, Shirogaki-cho, Kadoma-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan One of two small hand-made signs at our neighborhood shrine. The Tondo Festival (とんど祭り) is conducted annually on January 15 to coincide…
Deep Cosmopolitanism: Kutiyattam, Dynamic Tradition, and Globalizing Heritage in Kerala, India explores the extraordinary past and present of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater, the world’s oldest continuously performed theater. Recognized as…
Sonali Thakkar The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought Stanford University Press 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index As a title…
ByAlessandro PatelBSc Anthropology Waterloo Station at 6pm on a Friday. The departures board flickers in that slightly impatient way station boards do, the crowd breathes in and out,…
At lunchtime on university campus one thing stands out: the boterham (sandwich). Coming from Japan’s elaborate bento culture, I was puzzled that so many students eat the same…
At lunchtime on university campus one thing stands out: the boterham (sandwich). Coming from Japan’s elaborate bento culture, I was puzzled that so many students eat the same…
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/audit-culture/ Ilana: Reading about audit culture as a professor feels so much like a fish being told “notice this water.” What inspired you to compare…
Anyone who knows Venezuela knows that things happen fast there. It is a function of the hectic pace of urban life in a society that is highly subject…
Ching Kwan Lee’s Forever Hong Kong: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle combines history, ethnography and sociological analysis. According to Lucas Tse, the author’s account of political tra…
A best yet marston mat helicopter landing pad from the stranded bunnies section of Apocalypse Now Redux (2001 edition). Not in any of the other editions, for reasons…
Economies of Gender: Masculinity, “Mail Order Brides,” and Women’s Labor (Rutgers University Press, 2025) by Dr. Julia Meszaros offers a provocative exploration of the international dating industry, challenging simplistic…
This is a (hopefully) weekly update about events in Porgera. A few caveats: I’m not in Porgera and I’m only relying on my own knowledge of the valley…
This year I used StoryGraph to track my reading daily, and then I went back to LibraryThing to track my reading over time. LibraryThing is great: fully featured…
Joshua Farrell-Molloy elucidates how masculinity helps explain performances of militant republican aesthetics by Irish far-right actors, who bind a revolutionary past to conte…
by Sophie Leegwater – A few minutes before 4:30 pm on a Monday afternoon in early January 2024, I hop into the yellow cab that takes me to…
Shipping Out: Race, Performance, and Labor at Sea (University of Michigan Press, 2025) by Dr. Anita Gonzalez provides a rare perspective on performance by staff above and below deck…
Who are expatriates? How do they differ from other migrants? And why should we care about such distinctions? Expatriate: Following a Migration Category (Manchester University Press, 2023) by Dr. Sarah…