On the Translucence of Water
By Alejandro Camargo, History and Social Sciences Department, Universidad del Norte, Colombia. “In the depths of the river, our hands are our eyes.” Catching bagre pintao (Pseudoplatystoma mag…
Tag: land
As Above, So Below: Vertical Territory in Northern Sweden
Space exploration in northern Sweden often gains meaning in relation to mining. In this blog post, I ask: how does mining serve as a “speculative device” (McCormack 2018)…
Fragments of Reparation & Recognition in the Golden State
Aerial image of Bruce’s Beach park (highlighted in color), Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles. Adapted from Google Earth, 2021. On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsome signed Senate Bill…
Earth Displacements: Draining the Swamp in Southeast Sulawesi
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2019 Roy A. Rappaport Prize Finalists. We asked them to outline…
Chinas Frauen auf dem Land: Die Hälfte des Himmels, aber nicht des Grundes?
Die chinesische Verfassung garantiert die Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern. Einige Traditionen stehen dieser aber entgegen, so wurde Grundbesitz stets in männlicher Linie weitergegeben. Auch …
Land, Life, and Water: Tending to the Landscape of Southern Louisiana
By Hannah Eisler Burnett, University of Chicago § This is a photo essay about the way people cultivate visions of speculative territory and historical landscapes. But in southern…
Book Review: The Politics of Land edited by Tim Bartley
In The Politics of Land, editor Tim Bartley brings together contributors to highlight the significance of the neglected issue of land to political sociology. This is a highly informative volume…
New Book – Our history is the future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
Nick Estes has been writing about Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in powerful ways, so his new book coming in just over one month’s time is one I…
Disrupting Silicon Valley’s Stories
In a climate of pervasive narratives of wealth creation and success, how can anthropology hold corporate and tech sectors to account? In March 2014, Business Insider published the…
How Canadian bureaucrats make state territory in the name of ‘restoring’ Indigenous rights
I’m quite happy that some recent work of mine is now out in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.[very happy to send copies to anybody with…
Migration in China: Vom Dorf in die Stadt
Auf der Suche nach Arbeit und Ausbildung verlassen viele Chinesen ihre ländliche Heimat und gehen in die großen Städte. Das ist für sie oft nicht einfach. Über…
Migration in China: Vom Dorf in die Stadt
Auf der Suche nach Arbeit und Ausbildung verlassen viele Chinesen ihre ländliche Heimat und gehen in die großen Städte. Das ist für sie oft nicht einfach. Über…
Living with the Environmental and Social Legacy of U.S. Land Policy in the American West
By Julie Brugger, University of Arizona § Looking out across the arid, mesquite- and saguaro-studded landscape of the Tonto Basin District of the Tonto National Forest (TNF) in central…
Reform der Landnutzungsrechte in China: Ein Geschenk an die Landbevölkerung?
Die chinesische Regierung hat den Transfer von Landnutzungsrechten weiter vereinfacht. Sie reagiert damit auf Probleme, die über die Jahre hinweg durch das System des kollektiv verfügten Ackerlandes e…
Making Homeland (Haciendo Patria): Agrarian Change, Nationhood and Inter-Ethnic Relations at the Frontier of Colonial Expansion in Chile
By Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile § As are many other valleys in the southern Andean region of Chile, Coilaco was the setting of some of the last…
Economic Citizenship and Resource Nationalism
What is resource nationalism, and why is it important? One of Wikipedia’s shortest entries, “resource nationalism” nonetheless appears in 372 files published by WikiLeaks. Resource nationalism seems t…
In the Sand: Water, Land, and Infrastructure in Informality
Angela Storey, University of Arizona § Milk crates are a common sight when walking the narrow paths of informal settlements in Khayelitsha, a Cape Town suburb where more…
In the Journals – March 2016
Welcome back to In the Journals, our monthly recap of recent publications regarding security, law, crime, and governance. The upcoming April edition of Security Dialogue features a fantastic…
HEP Workshop "Land, Money and Human Relations in Southern and Central Africa" 5-6 September 2014
The Human Economy Programme invites you to attend the workshop Land, money and human relations in southern and central Africa:people’s economic strategies combining city and countryside Conv…