The Dirt
The Dirt is a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in the field of discard studies. Here is The Dirt for November 2020.
Category: English
Speaking for the Dead: Narratives of Genomics and Colonization
This is a paper that I wrote for a Ph.D. course: Nature and Capitalism. I’ve been sitting on it and I don’t think I am going to do…
Gendered terms in Kalapuyan
This essay began some years ago when I was working on the Kalapuya lessons project with Esther Stutzman and her family. We discussed in our group the lack…
Ep# 68“Landing on the Earth”: Ashley Carruthers on Organic Farming and Cycling in Vietnam
The Familiar Strange · #68:Landing On The Earth; Ashley Carruthers On Organic Farming And Cycling In Vietnam This week, we bring you an interview with Dr. Ashley Carruthers.…
Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission
Abstract Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission Temporary marriage is a multi-dimensional topic. It allows Muslim men and women to be considered as husband and wife for…
“Pandemic as a portal”: a reflection on COVID-19 and the food-delivery industry
Ana Carolina NunesOregon State University I live on the second floor of an apartment complex. The two big windows in my living room and kitchen give me a…
In the Journals, November 2020, Part 1 by Anna Zogas
Here’s the first part of November’s round-up of new journal articles that may be of interest. Enjoy! Science, Technology and Human Values Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and…
Links & Contents I Liked 386
Hi all, I am tired. I know we all are. I was fortunate to talk with great students in Edinburgh and Malmö this week about media, development, reflective…
Birth cohorts, biosocial theory, and the politics of developmental disruption by Dominique Béhague
How and with what consequences do young people push up against standardized views of “normal” and “healthy” development? To what extent can young people’s attempts to disrupt developmental…
Changing perspectives, Infrastructuring care
MICHELA COZZA On 21 March 2020, during the first COVID-19 pandemic peak in Italy, a group of doctors working at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, published…
Jennifer M. Randles, “Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering” (U California Press, 2020)
In Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering (University of California Press, 2020), sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized men as they … Visit New Books…
Jason Keith Fernandes, “Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa” (Orient BlackSwan, 2020)
In the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official language of the Goan territory. However, Konk… Visit New…
Jennifer M. Randles, “Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering” (U California Press, 2020)
In Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering (University of California Press, 2020), sociologist Jennifer Randles shares the stories of more than 60 marginalized m… Visit New Books in Anthropology for…
Jason Keith Fernandes, “Citizenship in a Caste Polity: Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa” (Orient BlackSwan, 2020)
In the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official language of the Goan territory. However, Konkani was r……
More than a Game: Sports, Race, and Masculinity in Diaspora w/ Vyjayanthi Vadrevu and Stanley Thangaraj
In this episode we meet Dr. Stan Thangaraj, an anthropology professor at the City College of New York whose research includes immigration in the U.S, being interviewed by…
How to Twitter Conference (#Discard2020)
In November 2020, Discard Studies held our first ever Twitter Conference. Here’s how it worked! #TwitterConference
Snowats, Iswukaw and Quartux
The story of Snowats, Iswukaw and Quartux, written down and published by Jesse Applegate in 1907, appears to be a version of one of the four myth ages…
"If you Aren’t Scared Sh*tless, You Aren’t Learning"
“It you aren’t scared shitless, you aren’t learning,” the prof said to us. We all laughed. The prof doubled down, “Learning should shake you, disturb you, confront you…
A Story Still Being Written: SAR Campus Recognized by Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Community lives not only in people, but in places. Places like El Delirio, originally home to Amelia Elizabeth and Martha Root White and no…
The Power of Images
[no-caption] FG Trade/Getty Images The headlines and powerful prose of the anthropologists and journalists who write for SAPIENS draw our readers in time and again. But, as the…
Wednesday Round Up #26
Human-Animal Interactions – The Badger Version The biology of dads The finding was fascinating in light of seminal research in birds, which had established that testosterone facilitated aggressive…
White Wednesday’ and ‘My Stealthy Movement
Abstract White Wednesday and My Stealthy Movement Initiated on May 27, 2017, the “White Wednesday Campaign” encouraged women and men to wear white scarves or tie them round their…
Suraj Yengde, “Caste Matters” (India Viking, 2019)
“India is not yet a nation. It is still in an improvisational mode like a jazz band that needs to perform repeatedly together in order to uplift every…