Unconscious entrainments
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At home among concepts on the chars
At home among concepts on the chars Go to Source
Apocalyptic everyday
Apocalyptic everyday Go to Source
Mapping memory and movement: Absences, interstices, erosions
Mapping memory and movement: Absences, interstices, erosions Go to Source
The joint-architecture of the char
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Boundaries within intimacy: Jewish women in Moroccan spaces
Boundaries within intimacy: Jewish women in Moroccan spaces This article explores the complex interplay of differentiation and cultural intimacy in the interactions between Moroccan Jews and their Muslim neighbors. While…
The explosion of the mirror: Uneasy reflections on fieldwork
The explosion of the mirror: Uneasy reflections on fieldwork The aim of this article is to make visible the mechanisms of data production with which we elaborate our scientific production.…
Feeding donkeys carrots? A banker’s perspective on a temporary occupation’s alter-crafting in Paris, France
Feeding donkeys carrots? A banker’s perspective on a temporary occupation’s alter-crafting in Paris, France This article explores the political and economic anthropology of alternative futures through an ethnographic study of…
How epistemic frictions reconfigured the Quebecois contract archaeology normative structure
How epistemic frictions reconfigured the Quebecois contract archaeology normative structure Cultural resource management (CRM), or contract archaeology—archaeological work conducted upstream to land development projects—has come under criticism for enacting neoliberal…
Nature as itself
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Performing the economic man, governing inflation
Performing the economic man, governing inflation Images of Javier Milei shift between those that emphasize his exotic and extravagant character and those that take him to be another of the…
From socialism to “Chinese characteristics”: Searching for a new China out of the old
From socialism to “Chinese characteristics”: Searching for a new China out of the old This article explores analytic tools for the anthropology of China. It begins by reviewing what I…
Saharan genealogies: Beyond constructivism in kinship studies
Saharan genealogies: Beyond constructivism in kinship studies The main criticism of constructivism in kinship studies is its persistent obsession with nature, despite its primary intention to oppose it. Underlying this…
Two eyes, two natures: Jean Rouch’s “shared ciné-anthropology” and its ontological implication
Two eyes, two natures: Jean Rouch’s “shared ciné-anthropology” and its ontological implication The purpose of this article is to examine the implications of Jean Rouch’s work—taken in its entirety—for ethnographic…
To speak as another: Hacking, ghost-writing and the dark side of kinship on Indian social media
To speak as another: Hacking, ghost-writing and the dark side of kinship on Indian social media This paper investigates the use of digital impersonations on Facebook and WhatsApp among young…
Who moved my challah? Evolving practices and innovations in traditional Jewish bread
Who moved my challah? Evolving practices and innovations in traditional Jewish bread Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Challah bread represents one of the most prominent symbols in Jewish tradition, through its…
The religious experience of homeless people who use drugs in the city of Porto – Portugal
The religious experience of homeless people who use drugs in the city of Porto – Portugal Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Based on data generated from an ethnographic exploration conducted in…
Walking the streets: Embodied experiences of place making in Old Bhopal, India
Walking the streets: Embodied experiences of place making in Old Bhopal, India Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Most Indian cities are rarely conducive to walking, given their congested nature and dearth…
Ritualization and emotional resilience in times of crisis: Insights from a diary study of Romanian Orthodox Easter during the first COVID-19 lockdown
Ritualization and emotional resilience in times of crisis: Insights from a diary study of Romanian Orthodox Easter during the first COVID-19 lockdown Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper explores the…
The US dollar against “the caste”: Argentina’s libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime
The US dollar against “the caste”: Argentina’s libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime This article seeks to understand the part played by the US currency…