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Southeast Asian Studies
March 1, 2021
Democracy for Sale
Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia
Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot
Hosted by Michele Ford
In post-Suharto Indonesian politics the exchange of patronage for political support is commonplace. Clientelism saturates the political system through everyday practices of vote buying, influence peddling, manipulating government programs, and …
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Sociology
March 1, 2021
What the Signs Say
Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn
Shonna Trinch and Edward Snajdr
Hosted by Richard Ocejo
Two stores sit side-by-side. One with signage overflowing with text: a full list of business services (income tax returns, notary public, a variety of insurance) on the storefront, twenty-two words …
Ethnographic Marginalia
February 26, 2021
Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation
Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair
Deborah A. Thomas
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How can ethnographers use multimedia presentations of their work to reach new audiences, build different relationships with their participants, and promote new practices of witnessing and representation? On today’s episode …
Anthropology
February 22, 2021
Streetwalking
LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic
Ana-Maurine Lara
Hosted by Reighan Gillam
In Streetwalking: LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic (Rutgers University Press, 2020), Dr. Ana-Maurine Lara examines the dominant modes of power that seek to suppress LGBTQ lives and …
American Studies
February 19, 2021
Margaret Mead
A Twentieth-Century Faith
Elesha J. Coffman
Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Elesha J. Coffman's Margaret Mead: A Twentieth-Century Faith (Oxford UP, 2021) takes a careful look at Mead’s religious origins and influence. As a famous American anthropologist, Mead’s intellectual contributions to mid-century culture …
Philosophy
February 19, 2021
Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory
Patricia Hill Collins
Hosted by Sarah Tyson
Is intersectionality a critical social theory? What must intersectionality do to be both critical and a social theory? Must social justice be a guiding normative principle? And what does or …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness
February 18, 2021
How God Becomes Real
Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others
T. M. Luhrmann
Hosted by Jack Petranker
Tanya Luhrmann has spent much of her career as an anthropologist investigating the complex ways that people engage religion and the supernatural. In How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence …
SSEAC Stories
February 18, 2021
Decolonising Conservation Practices and Research
Seeing the Orangutan in Borneo with Dr June Rubis
June Rubis
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Around the world, orangutans are widely recognised as an iconic species for environmental and wildlife conservation efforts. The rainforest in the Malaysian state of Sarawak is one of last remaining …
Genocide Studies
February 17, 2021
Researching Perpetrators of Genocide
Kjell Follingstad Anderson and Erin Jessee
Hosted by Jeff Bachman
Researchers often face significant and unique ethical and methodological challenges when conducting qualitative field work among people who have been identified as perpetrators of genocide. This can include overcoming biases …
Animal Studies
February 17, 2021
Phallacy
Life Lessons from the Animal Penis
Emily Willingham
Hosted by Emily Anthes
The fallacy sold to many of us is that the penis signals dominance and power. But this wry and penetrating book reveals that in fact nature did not shape the …
Southeast Asian Studies
February 15, 2021
The Politics of Love in Myanmar
LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life
Lynette J. Chua
Hosted by Michele Ford
The Politics of Love in Myanmar: LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life (Stanford UP, 2018) offers an intimate ethnographic account of a group of LGBT activists before …
Ethnographic Marginalia
February 12, 2021
Front of the House, Back of the House
Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers
Eli Revelle Yano Wilson
Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How can ethnographic research shine light on the reproduction of social inequality in upscale Los Angeles restaurants? In today’s episode we talk with Dr. Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor of Sociology …
Christian Studies
February 10, 2021
Rhythm
A Theological Category
Lexi Eikelboom
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
Philosophers have long approached the concept of rhythm as a significant tool for understanding the human experience, metaphysics, language, and the arts. In her new study Rhythm: A Theological Category (Oxford …
Indian Ocean World
February 10, 2021
Miracles and Material Life
Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya
Teren Sevea
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
In Miracles and Material Life: Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya (Cambridge UP, 2020), Teren Sevea reveals the economic, environmental and religious significance of Islamic miracle workers (pawangs) in the …
Celebration Studies
February 10, 2021
The Ethnography of Tourism
Edward Bruner and Beyond
Naomi M. Leite, Quetzil E. Castañeda, Kathleen Adams
Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
Edited by Naomi M. Leite, Quetzil E. Castañeda, and Kathleen M. Adams, The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond (Lexington Books, 2019) focuses on the experience-near, interpretive-humanistic approach to tourism studies widely associated …
Sociology
February 9, 2021
The Hinge
Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments
Gary Alan Fine
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Most of the time, we believe our daily lives to be governed by structures determined from above (e.g., laws that dictate our behavior, companies that pay employees wages, climate patterns …
Celebration Studies
February 4, 2021
Festive Devils of the Americas
Milla Cozart Riggio, Angela Marino, and Paolo Vignolo
Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into playful transgressions …
Anthropology
February 3, 2021
Revealing the Invisible Mine
Social Complexities of an Undeveloped Mining Project
Emilia E. Skrzypek
Hosted by Alex Golub
Located amid tropical rainforest in the heart of Papua New Guinea, the Frieda River area is home to one of the biggest undeveloped gold and copper deposits in the Pacific …
Christian Studies
February 2, 2021
Worship and the World to Come
Exploring Christian Hope in Contemporary Worship
Glenn Packiam
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
How does contemporary worship cultivate Christian hope? In a succinct and tightly researched volume, Worship and the World to Come: Exploring Christian Hope in Contemporary Worship (IVP Academic, 2020), the Rev. Dr …
Ethnographic Marginalia
February 1, 2021
Fútbol in the Park
Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties
David Trouille
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
What meaning does a daily soccer game in a public Los Angeles park have for a group of Latino men and the ethnographer who studied them? In today’s episode, we …
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