Podcast with Cecilia Van Hollen, Professor at Georgetown University, in discussion with Fabien Provost, social anthropologist, French Research Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). This next epis…
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Podcast with Nickolas Surawy Stepney, Research Associate, King’s College London, in discussion with Thandeka Cochrane, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King’s College, London. This episode t…
Comparison rebooted as participatory research did not quite take off as a turn (not only through lack of time and funds) but thankfully it is still bubbling away…
In 1867, Marx wrote about of Mary Anne Walkley, overworked to death for a society dress – according to the London Chronicle. Now, instead of ruffle of lace,…
by Isa Prieto – I arrive at Chennai airport at 1 am. As soon as I step outside the airport, the humid air envelops me, and I immediately…
Shahu Patole. 2024. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. Anna He Apoorna Brahma. Translated by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Gurugram, Haryana: Harper Collins India, Paperback, 386 pages, ISBN-13: 978-9356295834 …
Shahu Patole. 2024. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. Anna He Apoorna Brahma. Translated by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Gurugram, Haryana: Harper Collins India, Paperback, 386 pages, ISBN-13: 978-9356295834 …
Since 2019, a growing group of “anti-natalist” activists have been used as a foil to demonstrate rising anxieties regarding future prospects of life on earth. Writing for the…
Prof. Saibaba recounts horrific conditions in prison August 26, 2024 Prof Saibaba recalled his nine years of solitary prison life in the ‘anda cell’ of Nagpur jail in a…
Shahu Patole. 2024. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. Anna He Apoorna Brahma. Translated by Bhushan Korgaonkar. Gurugram, Haryana: Harper Collins India, Paperback, 386 pages, ISBN-13: 978-9356295834 …
In Migrants and Machine Politics, Adam Michael Auerbach and Tariq Thachil examine how India’s urban poor navigate and shape political networks to secure representation and accountability within …
Reflecting on the complexities of conducting research in a region gripped by administrative upheaval and political uncertainty, I write to open up this forum to fellow anthropologists and…
Communism continues to thrive both as a ubiquitous presence and a powerful electoral force in the south Indian state of Kerala. Established in 1940, the Communist Party of…
https://www.dukeupress.edu/composing-violence Drew Kerr: On one reading, you’ve offered a fresh take on the exclusionary Hindu nationalist project of perpetual crisis re/creating an intern…
Zomi Town [Enclave], [via] City of Tulsa, Muscogee Nation, [via] Tulsa County, [via] [State of] Oklahoma, United States Visited June 14, 2024* This is the twenty-second post in…
In The Incarcerations, Alpa Shah unpacks the plight of the Bhima Koregaon-16, a group of human rights defenders who were imprisoned without trial for an alleged plot against…
This post explores the surveillance of letters across two time-periods in postcolonial India: mail letter interception immediately following India’s independence in 1947, and the contemporary use of l…
Surfing’s roots are in long-standing cultures in the Pacific Islands, South America, and West Africa. After wave-riding was banned by European Missionaries who deemed it leisurely and “sav…
Seagull Books congratulates Sumanta Banerjee on being honoured with the Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Gold Plaque by the Asiatic Society. A distinguished cultural historian and journalist, Suman…
India’s millions of stray dogs coexist largely peacefully with humans, however, an increase in dog attacks and the prevalence of rabies cases has sparked calls to introduce stronger…
By Sita Mamidipudi, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Too Salty Najma and her family are Muslim fishworkers who live half a mile away from…
A friend is in India and I am vicariously planning tours that would take more time than anyone has… I recently – well 3 years ago – read…
“The ethnic diversity of India has never been a problem – for tgroughout her history sge has been able to absorb different races and impose on them one…