Simone Rapisarda
Simone Rapisarda Simone Rapisarda is an experimental filmmaker born in rural Sicily and raised by a mother who taught him how to read on Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees. He dreams of living…
Alen Agaronov
Alen Agaronov Alen is a scientist empirically examining the characteristics of the human diet during a time when the sciences are being defunded. He is an artist aesthetically examining the…
Challenging Prison Officers’ Discretion: “Good Reasons” to Treat Courteously Mafiosi in Custody in Italy
Challenging Prison Officers’ Discretion: “Good Reasons” to Treat Courteously Mafiosi in Custody in Italy Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
“‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Bullshit”: Women’s Empowerment through Wellness at an Elite Professional Conference
“‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Bullshit”: Women’s Empowerment through Wellness at an Elite Professional Conference Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Naming of Parts: Observations of Institutional Socialization in the First Week of British Army Phase 1 Training
Naming of Parts: Observations of Institutional Socialization in the First Week of British Army Phase 1 Training Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Sally Campbell Galman
Sally Campbell Galman Sally Campbell Galman is an anthropologist, mother, feminist, cartoonist, raconteur, poetess, dreamer, believer, reader and adventurer. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder…
Decolonizing Family Photographs: Ecological Imaginaries and Nonrepresentational Ethnographies
Decolonizing Family Photographs: Ecological Imaginaries and Nonrepresentational Ethnographies Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Aspirational Emotion Work: Calling, Emotional Capital, and Becoming a “Real” Writer
Aspirational Emotion Work: Calling, Emotional Capital, and Becoming a “Real” Writer Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Magic, an appreciation
Magic, an appreciation Response to comments on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Go to Source
Wette, wedding
Wette, wedding The hereby accomplished publication of a short summary of a talk that Marcel Mauss gave at the Société d’histoires du droit on May 10, 1928, is a continuation…
Gambling with the Gift: A preface to Marcel Mauss’ “Wette, wedding”
Gambling with the Gift: A preface to Marcel Mauss’ “Wette, wedding” This short preface situates Marcel Mauss’ “Wette, wedding”, a talk that Marcel Mauss gave at the Société d’histoires du…
Christmas: An anthropological lens
Christmas: An anthropological lens Why does the festival of Christmas appear to be expanding worldwide while other festivals decline? Why do people emphasize their local rituals, given this is a…
Form and meaning of magical acts: A point of view
Form and meaning of magical acts: A point of view This article is a reprint of an essay originally published as “Form and meaning of magical acts: A point of…
Remapping “magic”: Extending the terrain of an already capacious category
Remapping “magic”: Extending the terrain of an already capacious category Editor’s preface to the Hau Book Symposium on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University…
Giving the question away
Giving the question away Comment on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Go to Source
The enhancement of enchantments in Melanesia
The enhancement of enchantments in Melanesia Comment on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Go to Source
Rethinking anthropology’s tricks of the trade: From a comparative anthropology to an anthropology of comparison
Rethinking anthropology’s tricks of the trade: From a comparative anthropology to an anthropology of comparison Comment on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University of…
Staging magic
Staging magic Comment on Jones, Graham M. 2017. Magic’s reason: An anthropology of analogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Go to Source
Making workers real: Regulatory spotlights and documentary stepping-stones on a South African border farm
Making workers real: Regulatory spotlights and documentary stepping-stones on a South African border farm Documents are central to the infrastructure through which formal workforces are constituted. They thus offer a…
Deductions and counter-deductions in South Africa
Deductions and counter-deductions in South Africa The real economy as a concept has taken root not only in highly developed economies but also in those characterized by “the rapid growth…