Hindu nationalism’s crisis machine
Hindu nationalism’s crisis machine This essay looks at Hindu nationalism’s investment in a crisis machine linked closely to digital media networks in India. Media infrastructures have provided right-wing populism with…
Hindu majoritarianism, forms of capital, and urban politics: The making of a new ordinary citizen in India
Hindu majoritarianism, forms of capital, and urban politics: The making of a new ordinary citizen in India This article explores the remaking of ideas of the “ordinary citizen” in India…
Mobilizations around the law, iconoclasm, and the (a)moral
Mobilizations around the law, iconoclasm, and the (a)moral Go to Source
Reclaiming the sublime: The (un)making of the people’s constitution in India
Reclaiming the sublime: The (un)making of the people’s constitution in India The Currents section foregrounds the work of Indian scholars who examine the ramifications of state responses and counterresponses regarding…
Resisting the configurations for a Hindu nation
Resisting the configurations for a Hindu nation The protests against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and a nationwide NRC (National Register of Citizens) have emerged as an important challenge against…
Video Analysis and Ethnographic Knowledge: An Empirical Study of Video Analysis Practices
Video Analysis and Ethnographic Knowledge: An Empirical Study of Video Analysis Practices Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper discusses the practical foundations of ethnographically informed video analysis…
On the vicissitudes of publishing, and the riskiness of humor
On the vicissitudes of publishing, and the riskiness of humor Go to Source
Interwar anthropology from the global periphery: Curt Nimuendajú’s correspondence with Robert Lowie and Claude Lévi-Strauss
Interwar anthropology from the global periphery: Curt Nimuendajú’s correspondence with Robert Lowie and Claude Lévi-Strauss Curt Nimuendajú (1883–1945) was a German ethnographer who became a naturalized citizen of Brazil and…
Curt Nimuendajú’s correspondence with Claude Lévi-Strauss and Robert H. Lowie, 1936–1940
Curt Nimuendajú’s correspondence with Claude Lévi-Strauss and Robert H. Lowie, 1936–1940 Go to Source
Towards humane scholarship: Postsecular, queer theological, and self-reflexive turns
Towards humane scholarship: Postsecular, queer theological, and self-reflexive turns Go to Source
Risky research in a rainforest
Risky research in a rainforest Go to Source
Endangered languages and porous selves
Endangered languages and porous selves Go to Source
Not being boring and other challenges for anthropologists as popular writers
Not being boring and other challenges for anthropologists as popular writers Go to Source
The mystery of the dying language
The mystery of the dying language Go to Source
Life is queer: Queer is life?
Life is queer: Queer is life? Go to Source
Love: An ethnographic inquiry into queer, Christian relationships in Kenya
Love: An ethnographic inquiry into queer, Christian relationships in Kenya Go to Source
Sex as identity or as practice?
Sex as identity or as practice? Go to Source
Engaging anthropology
Engaging anthropology Go to Source
Normative anti-antinormativity?
Normative anti-antinormativity? Go to Source
By means of squirrels and eggs: Kinship and mutual recognition among the Khmu Yuan of Northern Laos
By means of squirrels and eggs: Kinship and mutual recognition among the Khmu Yuan of Northern Laos This article explores the relevance of an ostensibly unpretentious gift exchange of squirrels…