Censorship, foreclosure, and the three deaths of Fengzhen
Censorship, foreclosure, and the three deaths of Fengzhen This article draws on Judith Butler’s distinction between censorship and foreclosure, and on Saidiya Hartman’s work about how to narrate the silences…
Twilight states: Comparing case studies of hysteria and spirit possession
Twilight states: Comparing case studies of hysteria and spirit possession This article compares two case studies: that of Anna O., whose hysteria helped found psychoanalysis, with that of possessed Wolof…
Born again, again: Witchcraft, Pentecostal conversions, and spiritual rebirth in the Trobriand Islands
Born again, again: Witchcraft, Pentecostal conversions, and spiritual rebirth in the Trobriand Islands In the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), yoyowa (consistently translated as “witches” by English-speaking Trobrianders)…
“I like you being here”: To understand and be understood through illustration
“I like you being here”: To understand and be understood through illustration In this article, I establish some reasons why neurodivergent (ND) people are unlocatable in anthropology and examine a…
Data witnessing: Making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark
Data witnessing: Making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark Taking air pollution in Copenhagen as a case of environmental change, this article discusses the different ways that data are…
Tools for an efficient witness: Deskilling science and devaluing labor at an agro-environmental research institute
Tools for an efficient witness: Deskilling science and devaluing labor at an agro-environmental research institute Expectations that research should not only generate real-world impacts but do so in a way…
Connectionwork: “Connection” in the practices and perspectives of Israeli neoforagers
Connectionwork: “Connection” in the practices and perspectives of Israeli neoforagers Despite their centrality to foundational conceptions of relations in anthropology and their casual use in contemporary discourse, “connections” are only…
Situated inconveniences and short-term temporalities: Experiences of living close to a waste facility site
Situated inconveniences and short-term temporalities: Experiences of living close to a waste facility site This article investigates people’s experiences of residing close to a municipal waste facility site. Its focus…
Found again in translation? Standardizing the authenticity of guaraná among the Sateré-Mawé people (Brazilian Amazon)
Found again in translation? Standardizing the authenticity of guaraná among the Sateré-Mawé people (Brazilian Amazon) This article analyzes a certification process undertaken by Sateré-Mawé indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon,…
Witnessing from within: Hyperobjects and climate activism in Poland
Witnessing from within: Hyperobjects and climate activism in Poland This article explores practices of witnessing global warming developed in recent years by climate movements in Poland. Timothy Morton’s concept of…
We’ve never seen anything like it: Witnessing coral death and resurrection
We’ve never seen anything like it: Witnessing coral death and resurrection The last “global coral bleaching event” lasted three years (2014–2017), solidifying the plight of the world’s coral reefs as…
Smoke’s screens: Media, fire, and the politics of apprehension
Smoke’s screens: Media, fire, and the politics of apprehension This article analyzes the relationship between media, fire ecology, and Indigenous fire management in the context of Australia’s catastrophic fire events…
Noise viscerality: Navigating relations in a sonic climate
Noise viscerality: Navigating relations in a sonic climate By hearing and identifying a noise problem, residents in Taiwan transmute the visceral experience of noise in relation to neighbors, the state,…
Gridlock: Vigilance and early warning in the shadow of climate change
Gridlock: Vigilance and early warning in the shadow of climate change This article examines how Guyana’s storm early warning system shapes political imaginaries of climate adaptation. Specifically, it focuses on…
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Witnessing environments
Witnessing environments This article offers a conceptual and historical introduction to the significance of witnessing in relationship to environmental questions for the Hau special section “Witnessing Environments.” The articles in…
Seeing water: Slow resistance and the material enigma of extractive effects on society and ecology
Seeing water: Slow resistance and the material enigma of extractive effects on society and ecology This article reflects on ten years of ethnographic work investigating concerns about mining industry-produced environmental…
Witness to a passing: The silent death of local water management and the quiet hand of government
Witness to a passing: The silent death of local water management and the quiet hand of government Water stories told in Kilimanjaro Region, such as Mami Wata narratives conveyed across…
Wind, wood, and the entangled life of disasters
Wind, wood, and the entangled life of disasters In October 2018, the storm Vaia hit the Fiemme valley (Italy), causing extensive damage to its forests. As in other catastrophic events…