A Visit to Yemen in 1884: Part 2
In a previous post I mentioned the visit to Yemen in 1891 by an Italian traveler after a journey that took him through Tunis and Egypt. His name…
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A Visit to Yemen in 1884: Part 1
Most scholars who have read about the many travelers to Yemen in the past are well aware of the Italian Renzo Manzoni, whose 1884 El Yemen records his…
Persia Once More
“The world is very troubled, and while peace is supposed to have been secured, active and murderous warfare is going on in at least a quarter of the…
We have never been Modern Lodge
The Modern has seen better days. Astronomical sums would buy it. Raju is caretaking, but, well, unlike most of Kolkata which has a certain sheen of relevance and…
Timepass
Timepass: having sat four days under the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya and watched in procession: – an ant struggling to go the wrong way as hundreds of devotees…
Beaded Arctic Journeys: A Story of One Beaded Earring
It’s a time when the Winter Olympics captivate so many of us, and we’re glued to our televisions, heartspounding with excitement. I, too, watch the winter sports competitions,…
lost note on peninsulas and islands
This is from the summer of 2025—attendance at two conferences, one Inter Asia Cultural Studies, the other on Islands at Jeju. A squib commentary, well organised events, notable…
Translating Kenyan Conservation to Texas
I spent part of the summer of 2025 in Kalama Conservancy, in northern Kenya’s Samburu County. The conservancy, part of the Gir Gir group ranch, covers 16,000 hectares…
The Anthropologist’s Summer (Non?)Travel Toolkit
The academic year is finally winding down and many of us are hoping to travel— for research, fun, or a … More
Lost in Paradise
Lost in Paradise, anytime, anywhere (and online) In the morning light, yoga-clad tourists on vespas wind their way through the traffic in Ubud. We are in Bali, in…
Photography and travel
No, you can’t! My wife has just politely asked if she can take a picture of a mural in a Korean restaurant we pass in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.…
“Living with Javelinas”: New Book Under Contract
After five years of research and writing, I am pleased to announce that my first book is under contract with University of Texas Press. Peer reviews came back…
Bali – Insel der Götter
Lohnt sich Reise nach Bali? Ist die indonesische Insel Bali tatsächlich “die Insel der Götter” wie sie oft genannt wird oder eher Touri-Hype? Um es gleich vorweg zu…
Palestine in 2019
Over the years many popular magazines have published articles by visitors to Palestine. In a 1919 issue of the periodical The Century there was an article by Joseph…
Black Japanese: the African Diaspora in Japan
Written by Neil Turner Almost three decades ago, while at graduate school in California studying anthropology, I had a colleague …
Feeling Fieldwork: Affectivity, Co-creativity, and Multimodality in Ethnographic Music Production
Listen to ‘TUNDRA’ here [1] Feelings on/in Ethnographic Work Ethnographic work is an affective experience. While anthropological research methods have often focused on cataloging ethnograp…
Griechenland: Paulas Permakultur-Paradies
Ein Mitmach-Projekt der besonderen Art: Im Einklang mit der Natur leben und dabei sich selbst neu entdecken. Mit Paula führe ich ein Gespräch über Permakultur, den Flow des…
Vanlife Griechenland
Minimalistisch und Energie-Autark leben. Wie ist es mit dem Campervan in Griechenland zu überwintern? Geht das? Wie ist so ein Leben als moderner Nomade? Mit dem Entschluss ins Vanlife…
Book Launch on Almanac Lore of the Arab gulf
I will be giving a book launch on my recent book on Gulf almanac lore via Zoom for the Qatar National Library on February 22, 2023. Details about…
A Methodist in Palestine
In 1904 the proud D.D. Methodist Robert William van Schroik, at the age of 61, boarded a German steamer in New York for a 70-day trip to the…
Ethnography.com launches on Youtube thanks to Chinese Smartphones in Africa
Greetings Ethnography.com aficionados! My previous post “What Happens if Chinese Smartphones Teach English Lessons in Tanzania?” is now on Youtube. Keeping up with the times, Tony and I…
A Whirlwind Tour of Okla Homma
New Directions: An Insider’s Look at Native American Collections SAR President’s Circle members embarked…
Damanhur. Tanz von Kunst und Spiritualität
Wie atemberaubend! Gerade zurückgekommen vom Tempel der Gemeinschaft Damanhur. Tief in den Fels gehauen, 3 Etagen – per Hand. Und so kunstvoll gestaltet, dass es einem die Sprache…
Krim: Perle des Schwarzen Meeres
Krim, “die Perle des Schwarzen Meers”: Hier erlebt man beeindruckende Naturlandschaften, spannungsgeladene vielseitige Geschichte, faszinierende Kultur(en)! – komm mit auf eine Reise…