Conjugating Motherhood: On the Grammar of a Paradigm
Paradigmi (Paradigms) is a multidisciplinary public festival hosted at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, now in its fourth edition, which brings together scholars, artists, and thinkers to…
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The ‘us’ and ‘them’ that old age can create
Didier Eribon‘s memoir, The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman was prompted by the occasion of his mother being moved into a nursing home when…
The Best Laid Plans are not Birth Plans
Childbirth has had a long and winding history. This is understandable since it has literally been happening since the beginning of human time. Prior to 1950, many births…
Through Mother’s Eyes: Subjectivity Reimagines Technology in Documentary Film
An Interview with Filmmaker Natalia Almada and Sound Designer Dave Cerf Anthropology and Documentary Anthropology and documentary are shaped by integrating subjectivity with philosophical and ethical …
Book Review: Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality by Shani Orgad
In Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality, Shani Orgad draws on interviews with educated, London-based women to explore their decision to leave their successful careers to…
Birth as Ritual/Ritual as Birth
Cultural anthropologist, Robbie Davis-Floyd, is considered by many as the Queen of Childbirth Studies. A Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of…
The Anthropology/Poetry Nexus–An Interview with Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
Can artists and social scientists inhabit the same universe? Melisa (“Misha”) Cahnmann-Taylor embodies that nexus. Her advanced degrees include an MFA in poetry . . . and a…
How do you raise a child? Insights from a World of Babies
How do you raise a child? Ask any mother, and she’ll offer a long list of things you should do–and shouldn’t do. Not only will three mothers share…