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Anthropology
Interviews with anthropologists about their new books.
April 3, 2026
Art Capital
Museums often served nationalist and imperialist interests in the past, but the primary force in the 21st century is the market. Museum franchising—ex…
April 2, 2026
Leave If You Can
The consequences of U.S. border policies through the experiences of Honduran migrants. Hondurans have been at the heart of some of the most visible mi…
April 1, 2026
Between the Buddha and the New Tsar
Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia (Cornell UP, 2026) by Dr. Kristina Jonuty…
March 31, 2026
Sonic Socialism
In an era dominated by visual information, what can the sounds of a pandemic reveal about crisis and care? How might attuning to sonic atmospheres unc…
March 30, 2026
The Ryukyu Islands
The Ryukyu Islands between Japan and Taiwan consist of around 160 islands and are home to about 1.5 million inhabitants. Across the islands' history, …
March 30, 2026
Caste and Tech
This episode features a conversation with Murali Shanmugavelan and Sareeta Amrute about how caste structures IT workspaces and communication infrastru…
March 29, 2026
Tension
In Tension: Mental Distress and Embodied Inequality in the Western Himalayas (Duke UP, 2026), Dr. Nikita Kaur Simpson examines the effects of rapid de…
March 28, 2026
Precarious Accumulation
In Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou (Duke UP, 2026), the cultural anthropologist Nellie Chu tells the story of …
March 26, 2026
The Criminal Record Complex
Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions—and th…
March 26, 2026
The Goddess in the Mirror
In The Goddess in the Mirror: An Anthropology of Beauty (Duke UP, 2025), Tulasi Srinivas offers a pathbreaking ethnography of contemporary Indian beau…
March 26, 2026
Decolonising Colonial Collections
The Cultural Competence Collective welcomes Marika Duczynski onto the podcast to discuss cultural competence, decolonial practices, and community-led…
March 20, 2026
The Futures of Reparations in Latin America
Over the last thirty years, Latin America has undergone an unprecedented wave of reparations targeting victims of political violence during military r…
March 20, 2026
Now We Are Here
Who gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stabil…
March 19, 2026
Against Innocence
In this timely and bold book, Against Innocence: Undoing and Remaking the World (U Chicago Press, 2025), Miriam Ticktin explores how a concept that co…
March 18, 2026
A Woman of No Consequence: Memory, Letters and Resistance in Madras
In this intimate, yet simultaneously anthropological, exploration of the life of her maternal grandmother Pankajam (1911–2007), Kalpana Karunakaran ac…
March 17, 2026
Irreconcilable
Since the early 2000s, the Canadian government has attempted reconciliation with Indigenous Nations through varied efforts: treaty processes, governme…
March 17, 2026
Political Undesirables
Political Undesirables: Citizenship, Denaturalization, and Reclamation in Iraq (Stanford UP, 2025) considers the legal making and unmaking of citizens…
March 16, 2026
Upper Caste Liberalism
This episode features a conversation with Ravikant Kisana, Dean of the School of Liberal Education and Languages at Galgotias University in India, abo…
March 14, 2026
Creative Belonging
China is a multicultural country home to fifty-five ethnic minority groups, yet due to linguistic and cultural barriers many of these groups remain un…
March 13, 2026
Options for Success
Options for Success: A PhD's Guide to Navigating Career Transitions and Thriving in Your Next Professional Chapter (Oxford UP, 2025) is a transformati…