The river grew tired of us: Spectral flows along the Mekong River
The river grew tired of us: Spectral flows along the Mekong River Along the Mekong, where it creates the border between Thailand and Laos, distant hydropower projects have triggered a…
Road animism: Reflections on the life of infrastructures
Road animism: Reflections on the life of infrastructures In recent contributions to the emerging anthropology of infrastructure, the issue of agency often plays the role of the proverbial elephant in…
Mistrust and trust: Conjoined twins?
Mistrust and trust: Conjoined twins? Comment on Carey, Matthew. 2017. Mistrust: An ethnographic theory. Chicago: Hau Books. Go to Source
The digitalia of everyday life: Multi-situated anthropology of a virtual letter by a “foreign hand”
The digitalia of everyday life: Multi-situated anthropology of a virtual letter by a “foreign hand” The article considers the transmissions and effects of a digital letter, and its implications for…
Magic is science: Atheist conjuring and the exposure of superstition in South India
Magic is science: Atheist conjuring and the exposure of superstition in South India This article examines so-called Miracle Exposure Programs conducted by Atheist activists in South India as a performance…
Teungku Sum’s dilemma: Ethical time, reflexivity, and the Islamic everyday
Teungku Sum’s dilemma: Ethical time, reflexivity, and the Islamic everyday This article analyzes a dilemma faced by a young religious teacher in the Indonesian province of Aceh—namely, whether to continue…
No need of trust
No need of trust Go to Source
Mistrusting knowledge
Mistrusting knowledge Go to Source
The ends of the dead
The ends of the dead Go to Source
Inquiries raised by the living
Inquiries raised by the living Go to Source
Inquiries raised by the dead
Inquiries raised by the dead Many people continue to maintain links with deceased relatives or friends, often in surprisingly inventive ways: doing things the deceased used to do while alive;…
Vital infrastructures
Vital infrastructures Go to Source
after the human
after the human Go to Source
Being multiversed in the multiverse
Being multiversed in the multiverse Go to Source
Who defines the new? A plea for ethnographic humility
Who defines the new? A plea for ethnographic humility Go to Source
Pandora’s box
Pandora’s box Go to Source
?-graphy
?-graphy Go to Source
Epilogue and the way ahead
Epilogue and the way ahead Go to Source
Turning to ontology in studies of distant sciences
Turning to ontology in studies of distant sciences Drawing on contributions to the conference Science in the Forest, Science in the Past, and on exemplary works of Annemarie Mol and…
CryptoAnthropology: Mining for theory in After ethnos
CryptoAnthropology: Mining for theory in After ethnos Go to Source