An exhibition in fieldwork form
An exhibition in fieldwork form This is an exhibition of fieldwork art adapted to the page. It is set out following the typical stages of an anthropological research project and…
Politics of indifference: Mourning Wang Yue in late-socialist China
Politics of indifference: Mourning Wang Yue in late-socialist China This article examines the changing sociological meaning of indifference in urban China after the tragic death of a two-year-old girl in…
“Bureaucratic shiyuzheng”: Silence, affect, and the politics of voice in China
“Bureaucratic shiyuzheng”: Silence, affect, and the politics of voice in China In the Chinese bureaucracy, where political imperatives for maintaining harmony require people to restrain negative affects, officials often express…
Affect, sociality, and the construction of paternalistic citizenship among family caregivers in China
Affect, sociality, and the construction of paternalistic citizenship among family caregivers in China In recent years, the Chinese state has made family members care for and manage persons diagnosed with…
Between speaking and enduring: The ineffable life of bitterness among rural migrants in Shanghai
Between speaking and enduring: The ineffable life of bitterness among rural migrants in Shanghai In the Maoist period, the Chinese socialist state encouraged the genre of “speaking bitterness” in order…
The affective life of the Nanjing Massacre: Reactivating historical trauma in governing contemporary China
The affective life of the Nanjing Massacre: Reactivating historical trauma in governing contemporary China Under the current Xi administration, China has marked December 13 as the national public Memorial Day…
Fluctuating affect: Purpose and deflation in paths of self-development
Fluctuating affect: Purpose and deflation in paths of self-development This article spotlights the role of affect in paths of “self-development,” focusing on young adults in China who engage in various…
Shameless modernity: Reflexivity and social class in Chinese personal growth groups
Shameless modernity: Reflexivity and social class in Chinese personal growth groups Critical scholars suggest that self-help psychology discourages political activism and encourages entrepreneurship by promoting a “positive” attitude. This article…
Troubling emotions in China’s psy-boom
Troubling emotions in China’s psy-boom The rise of psychological counseling, 心理咨询, as part of China’s unfolding psy-boom has brought with it a new discourse of distress. In particular, this article…
Introduction: The politics of negative affects in post-Reform China
Introduction: The politics of negative affects in post-Reform China If there is such a thing as a dominant public sphere in post-reform China, its emotional tonality has often been described…
Art, affect, and art effects
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Nature and its discontents
Nature and its discontents Go to Source
One year later: Reflections on the farmers’ protest in India
One year later: Reflections on the farmers’ protest in India Beginning November 2020, over two hundred thousand farmers have gathered in a prolonged sit-in on the borders of New Delhi.…
Behind the “racism” of the 2019 Hong Kong protests
Behind the “racism” of the 2019 Hong Kong protests Scholars, intellectuals, and left-wing activists have recently come to reflect on the hostility and exclusion of Hong Kong protesters against mainland…
Destroying the negatives: M. N. Srinivas, fire, and photography
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Natural relativism in lieu of moral absolutism: On the making of a philosophical anthropologist
Natural relativism in lieu of moral absolutism: On the making of a philosophical anthropologist Go to Source
Against what?
Against what? Go to Source
Beyond order, beyond the human: Unruly socionatures and contested politics
Beyond order, beyond the human: Unruly socionatures and contested politics Go to Source
The polyphony of nature
The polyphony of nature Go to Source
Ethnography and applied metaphysics
Ethnography and applied metaphysics Go to Source