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When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in
Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyon
Today’s book is: Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United Sta
What can social spaces tell us about social relations in society? How do everyday social spaces like
Cosplay, born from the fusion of ‘costume’ and ‘play’, transcends mere dress-up by transforming enth
Around the world, millions are forcibly displaced by conflict, climate change, and persecution. Some
How do street-level bureaucrats in Austria’s public service deal with linguistic diversity? In this
What good is a good sense of humour especially when the humour may be ethically questionable? Althou
Tribe-state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East, and i
The Burning Forest: India's War Against the Maoists (Verso, 2019) by Nandini Sundar is an empathetic
In the latest edition of Ethnographic Marginalia, we talk with Roxani Krystalli about her new book G
Each of us is endowed with an inheritance--a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape eve
An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods: Political Ideology and Insurrection in the Mayan Popul Vuh an
In 1966 Benedict Anderson published 'The Languages of Indonesian Politics', a seminal paper explorin
Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care (U Illinois Pres
Carceral Recovery: Prisons, Drug Markets, and the New Pharmaceutical Self (Lexington Books, 2023) ex
What happens when the elitist space of 'Western' classical music seeks to diversify itself? And what
Queer men's cultures of intimacy have long been sites of fierce contestation. Indeed, debates have r
Today’s book is: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton Unive
Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and O
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