ResonanceCast #1: Vulnerability
Podcast with Pascale Schild and Sandhya Fuchs, moderated by Ian M. Cook Allegra Lab · ResonanceCast #1 Vulnerability Referenced articles: Reciprocal Vulnerability in the Face of Patriarchal…
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Thomas D. Mullaney et al., “Your Computer Is on Fire” (MIT Press, 2021)
This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of…
Christian Lund, “Nine-Tenths of the Law: Enduring Dispossession in Indonesia” (Yale UP, 2021)
Why are land rights so bitterly contested in Indonesia, even after the end of Suharto’s New Order in 1998? What methods have grassroots movements used to re-possess –…
Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
People must regularly repair and rechalk the Cerne Abbas Giant, or “Rude Man,” in Dorset, England, to prevent it from becoming overgrown, carrying on a practice that stretches…
#Fieldnotes: Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part II
The partial biographies presented in this piece are situated as stoppages that mark generational experiences of structural change in South Korea. In Part I, I considered how biographies…
Navaneetha Mokkil, “Unruly Figures: Queerness, Sex Work, and the Politics of Sexuality in Kerala” (U Washington Press, 2019)
The vibrant media landscape in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where kiosks overflow with magazines and colorful film posters line roadside walls, creates a sexually charged public…
Wednesday Round Up #57
The Pandemic Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think We were surprised by how well many people weathered the pandemic’s psychological challenges. In order to make…
Who is the Nesher Ramla Homo?
This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. An international group of archaeologists has discovered a missing piece in the story…
Reciprocal Vulnerability in the Face of Patriarchal Violence
“Everything is research data.” As PhD students we must have heard this statement from teachers, mentors, and supervisors a hundred times. The advice points to the widely held…
Handling Contested Truths in Times of Crises: Ghana’s COVID-19 Experience by Ignatius Suglo G.D
As the pandemic ravages the rest of the world, the casualty rate in Africa remains a mystery to those who predicted doom for the continent. Given African countries’…
Catalina M. de Onís, “Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico” (U California Press, 2021)
Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico (University of California Press, 2021) provides an urgent and nuanced portrait of collective action that resists r… Visit New…
Ayse Parla, “Precarious Hope: Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey” (Stanford UP, 2019)
There are more than 700,000 Bulgaristanlı migrants residing in Turkey. Immigrants from Bulgaria who are ethnically Turkish, they assume certain privileges because of these ethnic ties, yet ac……
Stefan Vogler, “Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
In Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification (University of Chicago Press, 2021), Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of… Visit New Books in…
Terminal 2 Juanda Airport (Journey to Jakarta)
Papan Informasi Bandara Juanda di Sidoarjo yang sering disebut sebagai Bandara Juanda Surabaya mempunyai dua buah terminal. Terminal utara dan terminal selatan. Terminal satu di utara untuk…
The Grand Ronde Reservation Fence
In the final 10 months of Joel Palmer’s residency as superintendent of Indian affairs of Oregon, he was under a microscope by citizens of the territory for his…
When the Guinea Pig Goes Gourmet
“Do you eat guinea pig?” I asked Leonardo. We were perusing the menu in a restaurant in Lima, and I wanted to know what my Peruvian friend thought…
#Fieldnotes: Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part I
In this piece, I document partial biographies of two residents of Seoul that were narrated across the course of fieldwork between 2019 and 2020. These fieldnotes consider what…
In the Presence of the Gods (Book Review)
Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas has been reviewed in Himal Mag! Check it out! https://www.himalmag.com/in-the-presence-of-the-gods-shaligram-pilgrimage-review-2021/
Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, “Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite” (Princeton UP, 2021)
In India, elite law firms offer a surprising oasis for women within a hostile, predominantly male industry. Less than 10 percent of the country’s lawyers are female, but…
Jeanne Pitre Soileau, “Yo’ Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux: Louisiana Children’s Folklore and Play” (UP of Mississippi, 2016)
Children’s folklore is simultaneously a conservator of tradition and a site for creativity and innovation. For over five decades, Dr. Jeanne Pitre Soileau documented and collected the jokes,…
Naming the Virus, Becoming the Virus: Affective Forces of Threat from Hà Nội to Atlanta and the Possibility for Anti-Racist Solidarities
“Chống dịch như chống giặc” (“Fight the pandemic like an invader”) has become Vietnam’s slogan in its battle against COVID-19. From the pandemic’s onset until April 2021, Vietnam…
Pacific Anthropology Book Series on JSTOR Books
JSTOR books is an incredible resource. However, finding your way around can be a bit tricky. Here is a guide to book series which feature Pacific anthropology which…
Hanbali Resource
This is a useful source with pdfs of books from and about the Hanbali school. including a number by Ibn al-Jawzi.
Why do I keep finding masks in Naupaka? An anthropologist observes mask use by tourists in Hawaiʻi
Mask discarded in naupaka, a native plant on the coast of Hawai‘i. Taken by author April 19, 2021. By Emily Creek Disclaimer: Even as I write this the…