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Protected: Irish Writers, Anthropologically Speaking: An Interview with Helena Wulff

Post date 27th May 2018
Post author By Alma Gottlieb
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Is History Over? How Can Power be Soft? Ask Ulf Hannerz

The end of history The clash of civilizations The coming anarchy Soft power We’ve all heard these trendy mottos, and most of us have probably cringed. Anthropologists…

Post date 19th July 2017
Post author By Alma Gottlieb
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The Story behind “A World of Babies”

Alma Gottlieb

Interested in learning some behind-the-scenes stories about how “A World of Babies” came into existence? Check out a new interview with my co-editor, Judy DeLoache, and me in…

Post date 10th December 2016
Post author By Alma Gottlieb
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Writing Ethnographies that Everyone Can Read

Alma Gottlieb

Kristen Ghodsee’s new book, From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies that Everyone Can Read, was recently published by the University of Chicago Press (in 2016). The discipline of…

Post date 21st October 2016
Post author By Alma Gottlieb
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