Contradictions of wokeness and privilege in the new elite
Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke argues that contemporary US elites claim the language of social justice and identify with progressive causes on one hand while reinforcing…
Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke argues that contemporary US elites claim the language of social justice and identify with progressive causes on one hand while reinforcing…
Atul K. Shah‘s Organic Finance denounces our destructive, profit-driven financial system and proposes an alternative model rooted in community, ecology, and cultural diversity. Employing nature-…
An anthropologist explores how nests made from the saliva of swiftlets—long valued within some Asian medicinal and culinary traditions—have reached a growing global market. ✽ I’m in one…
City of Equals by Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit examines what it means for one citizen of a city to feel equal to another, despite different experiences and…
Matan Kaminer. 2024. Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Matan Kaminer’s new book is […] The post Capitalist Colonial: Thai Mig…
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…
In this live discussion, journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone answers questions about his searing investigation of the working unhoused—and what their stories reveal about the unraveling of t…
In Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics, editors Joan Costa-Font and Matteo M. Galizzi bring together global, multidisciplinary insights into human behaviour and policy responses during the …
In many parts of Africa, investments and migration from China have sparked tensions with local residents—but some Chinese migrants are finding a welcoming community in Mandarin-speaking Zambian Witnes…
Development Challenges in Pakistan by Jamil Nasir explores why Pakistan struggles with sustaining economic growth compared to nations in Southeast Asia. Combining economic, political and sociological …
An evolutionary anthropologist details seasonal changes among foraging communities—and distills how the fixed political structures of industrialized societies are an outlier in human history. ✽ If you…
Hemangini Gupta‘s Experimental Times explores the gendered dynamics of startup capitalism in Bangalore, offering a rich ethnographic study of labour, urban space, and entrepreneurship. Tanushree…
The Precariat in Western China by Xueyang Ma examines the experiences of workers in precarious employment in Ya’an, a city in Sichuan province, Western China. Drawing on interviews…
Introduction Private health service delivery is becoming increasingly dominant in biomedical landscapes worldwide. In global health circles, private health services […] The post “You have to do …
In figure 1, the pen in John’s hand points to a column on the computer screen. On the same screen […] The post Movement and Meaning for Oil…
Foreign Capital to Boost the Development of Africa Figure 1: Africa Finance Breakfast gathering in Paris in May 2019. Photo […] The post Foreign Investment for Domestic Development…
When activist and anthropologist Graeber died unexpectedly in 2020, scholars gathered to mourn him. Contributors to a resulting volume, As If Already Free, reflect on his legacy. ✽…
As the European Space Agency launches its flagship mission to explore Jupiter’s moons, an anthropologist explores the gap between launch enthusiasts and local residents. This piece is part…
An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about unequal access to the growing space economy on Earth.…
Are governments doing enough to address today’s widening inequalities, or are they pandering to the wealth elite? Max Steuer‘s Dangerous Guesswork in Economic Policy and Sarah Kerr‘…
In this interview with Anna D’Alton, Sarah Kerr discusses her new book, Wealth, Poverty and Enduring Inequality: Let’s Talk Wealtherty. The book argues that to tackle inequality today,…
Written by Keith Hart National capitalism starts unravelling in the 1970s In the early 1970s, the United States’ losing war …
In an effort to address toxic polarization in the U.S., an anthropologist of the “Trumpiverse” explains MAGA supporters’ thinking in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This article was…
Written by Keith Hart [Summary: The two centuries since the industrial revolution are a blink of the eye of world …