Them-you-us
Them-you-us Go to Source
Community-building and resilience in Uyghur meshrep in Kazakhstan
Community-building and resilience in Uyghur meshrep in Kazakhstan Go to Source
Central Asian sociabilities
Central Asian sociabilities Go to Source
The Thirty Boys: The filmmaker’s reflections
The Thirty Boys: The filmmaker’s reflections Go to Source
Writing kinship from within
Writing kinship from within Go to Source
People who live in glass houses: Author as subject, Subject as author
People who live in glass houses: Author as subject, Subject as author Go to Source
Introduction to the Hau film symposium on The Thirty Boys
Introduction to the Hau film symposium on The Thirty Boys Go to Source
“A tradition from our ancestors”: Community and cultural continuity with The Thirty Boys
“A tradition from our ancestors”: Community and cultural continuity with The Thirty Boys Go to Source
Dancing, singing, and ethnography as political acts
Dancing, singing, and ethnography as political acts Go to Source
One hundred years of habitude: Reflections on Michael Lambek’s Behind the glass
One hundred years of habitude: Reflections on Michael Lambek’s Behind the glass Go to Source
What’s in a family?
What’s in a family? Go to Source
Writing family: Diaspora and self-representation in autoethnography
Writing family: Diaspora and self-representation in autoethnography Go to Source
Less is more/Less and more
Less is more/Less and more Go to Source
Beneath a modernist roof: A critical autoethnography
Beneath a modernist roof: A critical autoethnography Go to Source
On critical African postsocialisms
On critical African postsocialisms Relative to Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America, scant attention has been paid to the fate of formerly socialist states in Africa. One reason is that…
What was fascism?
What was fascism? In her influential monographs and essays, Katherine Verdery transformed understandings of state socialism and the command economy at its heart. I reflect here on how scholars might…
On fuzziness
On fuzziness This article is a consideration of the conceptual power of Verdery’s concept of “fuzzy property.” “Fuzzy property” has helped me understand the phenomenon of lupiaje in Guanajuato, Mexico—where…
Suspicion, empathy, and the archival imagination
Suspicion, empathy, and the archival imagination This article celebrates Katherine Verdery’s impact on the discipline of cultural anthropology through an exploration of the intersection of suspicion, empathy, and the archival…
Spying and doing fieldwork in the East
Spying and doing fieldwork in the East This article reflects on the anthropological scholarship of Katherine Verdery, especially her last book, My life as a spy, to explore the conditions…
The staying power of Katherine Verdery’s insights on gender ideologies in Eastern Europe
The staying power of Katherine Verdery’s insights on gender ideologies in Eastern Europe The article examines the impact of Katherine Verdery’s work on gender under socialism as exemplified by her…