The canon and the mushroom: Lenin, sacredness, and the Soviet collapse
The canon and the mushroom: Lenin, sacredness, and the Soviet collapse This essay focuses on a paradoxical transformation that happened within Soviet ideological discourse at the very end of perestroika,…
Recombiant analogism and naturalism
Recombiant analogism and naturalism Comment on Kipnis, Andrew. “Governing the souls of Chinese modernity” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 217–238. Go to Source
Governing the souls of Chinese modernity
Governing the souls of Chinese modernity Philippe Descola argues that human societies can be categorized by the ways in which they utilize broad assumptions about interiority and physicality, where interiority…
The limits of “ontology” and the unfinished work of “ideology”
The limits of “ontology” and the unfinished work of “ideology” Comment on Kipnis, Andrew. “Governing the souls of Chinese modernity” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 217–238. Go to…
Digital Ethnography Toward Augmented Empiricism: A New Methodological Framework
Digital Ethnography Toward Augmented Empiricism: A New Methodological Framework How Do Digital Technologies Deepen Ethnographic Practices? Culture takes variegated forms, including lived experiences, social interactions, memories, rituals, transactions, events, conversations,…
Transforming the Object of our Study: The Early Modern Sermon and the Virtual Paul’s Cross Project
Transforming the Object of our Study: The Early Modern Sermon and the Virtual Paul’s Cross Project Scholars of early modern England have recently begun to pay more attention to sermons.…
Modelling the Interpretation of Literary Allusion with Machine Learning Techniques
Modelling the Interpretation of Literary Allusion with Machine Learning Techniques Poster Download (PDF, ) Abstract A Computational Perspective on Allusion Most literary allusion, the deliberate evocation by one text of…
Code Appendix for “Digital Ethnography”
Code Appendix for “Digital Ethnography” require 'rubygems' require 'mechanize' require 'geokit' include Geokit::Geocoders # intitialize agent and open page agent = # create a .txt file to save the results…
“Making the Digital Humanities More Open”: Modeling Digital Humanities for a Wider Audience
“Making the Digital Humanities More Open”: Modeling Digital Humanities for a Wider Audience Poster Download (PDF, ) Abstract “Making the Digital Humanities More Open,” a NEH ODH Digital Humanities Start-Up…
On dichotomies
On dichotomies Comment on Sahlins, Marshall. 2017. “The original political society.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 91–128. Go to Source
“Ella-gguq allamek yuituq/They say the world contains no others, only persons”
“Ella-gguq allamek yuituq/They say the world contains no others, only persons” Comment on Sahlins, Marshall. 2017. “The original political society.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 91–128. Go to…
In anthropology, it’s emic all the way down
In anthropology, it’s emic all the way down Response to comments on Sahlins, Marshall. 2017. “The original political society.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 91–128. Go to Source
Decentering
Decentering Comment on Sahlins, Marshall. 2017. “The original political society.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 91–128. Go to Source
Rules without rulers?
Rules without rulers? Comment on Sahlins, Marshall. 2017. “The original political society.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7 (2): 91–128. Go to Source
“Behind the Curtain”: Strip Clubs and the Management of Competition for Tips
“Behind the Curtain”: Strip Clubs and the Management of Competition for Tips Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Assistants, Guides, Collaborators, Friends: The Concealed Figures of Conflict Research
Assistants, Guides, Collaborators, Friends: The Concealed Figures of Conflict Research Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
“This Isn’t Just Another Gay Group”: Privileging Heterosexuality in a Mixed-Sexuality LGBTQ Advocacy Group
“This Isn’t Just Another Gay Group”: Privileging Heterosexuality in a Mixed-Sexuality LGBTQ Advocacy Group Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Negotiating Closed Doors and Constraining Deadlines: The Potential of Visual Ethnography to Effectually Explore Private and Public Spaces of Motherhood and Parenting
Negotiating Closed Doors and Constraining Deadlines: The Potential of Visual Ethnography to Effectually Explore Private and Public Spaces of Motherhood and Parenting Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go…
An Introduction to Alex McDowell’s “World Building”
An Introduction to Alex McDowell’s “World Building” An influential designer changes the way others design. A deeply influential designer shifts how we think about design by fundamentally changing the role…
Exploring and Designing Virtual Worlds
Exploring and Designing Virtual Worlds What can we learn from the creation and exploration of a virtual world? The impulse to create imagined spaces occupies a longstanding tradition in the…