Time and movement: A response to my readers
Time and movement: A response to my readers Go to Source
Apocalyptic everyday
Apocalyptic everyday Go to Source
At home among concepts on the chars
At home among concepts on the chars Go to Source
Unconscious entrainments
Unconscious entrainments Go to Source
The joint-architecture of the char
The joint-architecture of the char Go to Source
Mapping memory and movement: Absences, interstices, erosions
Mapping memory and movement: Absences, interstices, erosions Go to Source
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.…
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…
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
Nature as itself Go to Source
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Argentina’s indigenous policy under a libertarian regime: An oxymoron with worrying nuances
Argentina’s indigenous policy under a libertarian regime: An oxymoron with worrying nuances Although Javier Milei’s administration has only just begun, some of its statements and initiatives already indicate policies that…
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…
“Woman is not a delicate flower”: The liberal feminists who are active in the new right
“Woman is not a delicate flower”: The liberal feminists who are active in the new right The growth of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) that brought economist Javier Milei to the…
The “mejoristas”: The rise of a libertarian mindset among Argentina’s youth
The “mejoristas”: The rise of a libertarian mindset among Argentina’s youth A shared disapproval of the economy, politics, and the state characterized the young voters who voted for Argentina’s current…