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View article: Whither Anthropology?
Whither Anthropology? Open
In recent decades, anthropology has been characterized by an experiential turn that connects scholarship increasingly with practical application, on the one hand, and critical reflexivity, on the other. This article throws these trends int…
View article: Anthropology Bright and Dark
Anthropology Bright and Dark Open
In “Dark Anthropology,” Sherry Ortner questions the critical potential of anthropological studies of ethics, and particularly of research focused on studying cultural articulations of the good. She promotes instead the study of people's cr…
View article: Absent Development as Cultural Economy: Resource Extraction and Enchained Inequity in Papua New Guinea
Absent Development as Cultural Economy: Resource Extraction and Enchained Inequity in Papua New Guinea Open
Coin of the RealmDuring the past four decades, mining and oil/gas developments have increasingly become the centrepiece, the Holy Grail, of economic and social development in Papua New Guinea (PNG).This is highly evident in national-level …
View article: Beyond Foucault: Excursions in Political Genealogy
Beyond Foucault: Excursions in Political Genealogy Open
ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms.[Trump and Trumpism, 21st century warfare, chronic illness, intellectual propert…
View article: On the Political Genealogy of Trump after Foucault
On the Political Genealogy of Trump after Foucault Open
How would Foucault have viewed Trump as President, and Trumpism in the US more generally? More realistically, how can we discern and insightfully apply genealogical insights after Foucault to better comprehend and act in relation to our cu…
View article: What Is Genealogy? An Anthropological/Philosophical Reconsideration
What Is Genealogy? An Anthropological/Philosophical Reconsideration Open
Genealogical analysis in the present begs reconsideration of Nietzschean and Foucauldian precursors in relation to the ethical subject position of the subject, on the one hand, and application to concrete contexts of lineal connection asse…
View article: Homicide Reduction among the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea - A Proposal for Primary Field Research
Homicide Reduction among the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea - A Proposal for Primary Field Research Open