When ethics runs counter to morals
When ethics runs counter to morals In the present conjuncture, Brazilian social anthropologists are facing a major challenge to their work. I suggest that this happens because of anthropology’s central…
Hybrid warfare in Brazil: The highest stage of the military insurgency
Hybrid warfare in Brazil: The highest stage of the military insurgency Since 2013, Brazil has undergone various moments of political turbulence, ultimately culminating in the seizure of power by the…
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China In just a few years, China has become one of the world’s largest markets for Western luxury products. Marketing professionals play a key…
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China This essay examines two domains in which wealthy Chinese seek to cultivate social distinction. The first section…
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil This essay focuses on the voters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in Morro da Cruz, a low-income community in…
“The revolution we are living”
“The revolution we are living” This article presents three ethnographic scenes extracted from Brazilian urban life, the earliest dating from 2013. It reflects on the rise of the extreme right…
Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn
Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn In this introduction to Currents, we argue for the potential of ethnography to aid in understanding the present. Extended periods of fieldwork allow…
Flesh, bones, and spirits
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The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis
The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis The article examines the articulation between Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian scenario since widespread street demonstrations erupted in June…
Introduction: The place of “The construction of the person in indigenous Brazilian societies” in Amazonian anthropology
Introduction: The place of “The construction of the person in indigenous Brazilian societies” in Amazonian anthropology Go to Source
What’s urgent in anthropology
What’s urgent in anthropology Go to Source
The construction of the person in indigenous Brazilian societies
The construction of the person in indigenous Brazilian societies Go to Source
Ethical affordances against (gringo) paternalism
Ethical affordances against (gringo) paternalism Go to Source
On ambivalence and aspiration in oil fields of the Ecuadorian Amazon
On ambivalence and aspiration in oil fields of the Ecuadorian Amazon Go to Source
Beyond the “dismal imagery”: Amerindian abdication, repulsion, and ritual opacity in extractivist South America
Beyond the “dismal imagery”: Amerindian abdication, repulsion, and ritual opacity in extractivist South America Go to Source
Theory, ethnography, and ethics in an indigenous phenomenology of oil
Theory, ethnography, and ethics in an indigenous phenomenology of oil Go to Source
Oil on the water
Oil on the water Go to Source
“Mafiacraft” and mafia activity: A dynamic and changing interaction
“Mafiacraft” and mafia activity: A dynamic and changing interaction Deborah Puccio-Den has conducted ethnographic research in Palermo since the mid-1990s, focusing on efforts to criminalize the mafia, both on the…
Invisible things
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Dislocating responsibility
Dislocating responsibility Puccio-Den’s reflections on mafiacraft are an insightful contribution to the broader project of tracing societal changes in the nature of personal responsibility and how this is contested and…