After Scott: Perspectives for the future of the ethnography of the state
After Scott: Perspectives for the future of the ethnography of the state Go to Source
Rethinking Scott in an era of post-developmental restorationist state formation
Rethinking Scott in an era of post-developmental restorationist state formation Go to Source
How Nigerians see the state: An essay in honor of James C. Scott
How Nigerians see the state: An essay in honor of James C. Scott Go to Source
Introduction: Marveling over the state
Introduction: Marveling over the state Go to Source
Playing with concepts
Playing with concepts Go to Source
Reflexive aspirations, biopolitics, and atmospheres and caste
Reflexive aspirations, biopolitics, and atmospheres and caste Go to Source
Omkarlal’s window: A response to six comments
Omkarlal’s window: A response to six comments Go to Source
The vital and the rational
The vital and the rational Go to Source
Thinking through bloody handprints on saints’ graves: The political ontology of ritual artifacts in the Negev Bedouin ziyāra
Thinking through bloody handprints on saints’ graves: The political ontology of ritual artifacts in the Negev Bedouin ziyāra This essay explores ritual artifacts from ontological, material, and processual perspectives by…
The farmer and the ditch digger
The farmer and the ditch digger Go to Source
Dust piles on fire
Dust piles on fire Go to Source
Has my own anthropology of tuberculosis been breathless?
Has my own anthropology of tuberculosis been breathless? Go to Source
Care and living materialities
Care and living materialities Go to Source
On the trail of blood: History and kinship in Jacmel, Haiti
On the trail of blood: History and kinship in Jacmel, Haiti This article examines narratives of blood and history in Lafond, a small rural village in the Haitian Southeast. Drawing…
Perplexing nearness: Autism, family life, and interspecies relationality
Perplexing nearness: Autism, family life, and interspecies relationality What does it mean to be “near” for families with autistic teenagers and young adults in Denmark? We explore this question, drawing…
Growing up in Europe: The European concept of kinship and how it shapes society and the state
Growing up in Europe: The European concept of kinship and how it shapes society and the state I argue that theories of kinship and their critique have been dominated by…
Afterword: Habemus (Im)Material
Afterword: Habemus (Im)Material I revisit Tylor’s animism to survey these assessments of (im)materiality in Pacific religious movements. Spirit remains central in island constructions of the person and the community. Although…
Menstruation in a transitioning body: The embodied experience of menstruation among Chinese kua xingbie (cross-gender) people
Menstruation in a transitioning body: The embodied experience of menstruation among Chinese kua xingbie (cross-gender) people This article delves into the unique menstruation experiences of Chinese kua xingbie (cross-gender) people,…
Of blood and stone: The emplaced reality of Marian statue devotion in Bougainville
Of blood and stone: The emplaced reality of Marian statue devotion in Bougainville This article explores how transcendent, immaterial spiritual entities have material presence by focusing on Marian statue devotion…
Win Neisen 2020: Transformations of historicity in the Paliau Movement (Manus, Papua New Guinea)
Win Neisen 2020: Transformations of historicity in the Paliau Movement (Manus, Papua New Guinea) Win Neisen is a local, indigenously developed church, that is the contemporary manifestation of the well-known…