Mariapaola Gritti takes the page 99 test
I was hoping page 99 of my dissertation would include data documenting face-to-face interactions among children in Manu’a, American Samoa, from my 2015-2017 fieldwork. No luck. It only…
Tag: Samoa
EL TERCER GÉNERO, LA PUERTA A LA NORMALIDAD.
Read Time:5 Minute, 13 Second “La identidad de género es una experiencia personal y única. No hay una sola forma correcta de ser hombre…
Matt Tomlinson on his book, God is Samoan
God Is Samoan: Dialogues between Culture and Theology in the Pacific Interview by Jon Bialecki Jon Bialecki: I want to start this interview by saying that God Is…
Jessica Hardin discusses her book, Faith and the Pursuit of Health
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/faith-and-the-pursuit-of-health/9780813592923 Courtney Handman: Can you give a brief overview of the main theoretical and ethnographic issues that you discuss i…
Fat Consequences
Obesity is about more than stigma, it is about exceeding one’s social space. Diabetes foot clinic, Apia, Samoa Looking over the shoulder of Sina, the only podiatrist in…
The Dude Troll As Anthropologist: A Review of Peter Hempenstall’s “Truth’s Fool: Derek Freeman and the War Over Cultural Anthropology”
The first time I read Coming of Age in Samoa was in my Intro to Anthro course. My teacher — and future mentor — was a social anthropologist…
Gender and Disaster Beyond Men and Women
Over the past two decades, considerable attention has been given to the multiple interactions between gender and disaster. Yet the study and integration of gender in disaster and…
A Decolonial Turn in Anthropology? A View from the Pacific
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By: Lisa Uperesa Over the past two decades, non-White and non-Western scholars have posed serious challenges…