Covid, Twitter, and Critique: An Interview with Carlo Caduff July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, Yarimar Bonilla interviews Carlo Caduff about the politics of lockdowns, barriers to pandemic preparedness, and affective and critical responses to COVID-19.
Material Transformations of Memory July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, the authors undertake a contemporary archaeology of the material changes being seen in the public spaces of Tromsø, Norway, highlighting the discrepancies between everyday practices and government policies.
No Borders in the Time of COVID-19 July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, Miriam Ticktin argues that we should use the pandemic to rethink political borders and our connections with each other.
Lives That Matter and Others That Don’t: Thoughts from Europe about this New Pandemic July 2, 2020July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, Veronica Gomez-Temesio reflects on Europes response to the disease and the politics of triage in light of her research on Ebola in Guinea.
COVID-19, Crystal Balls, and the Epidemic Imagination July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, Jean Segata describes the epistemic intelligences associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, based on his work on scientists and policymakers combating mosquito-borne diseases.
Topologies of the Mask July 2, 2020COVID-19 In this post in our COVID-19 series, Chuan Hao (Alex) Chen urges us to think critically about the surfaces of masks.
An Interview with the Editor of American Anthropologist about the March 2020 Cover Controversy June 29, 2020July 2, 2020Public Anthropologies Yarimar Bonilla and editor-in-chief Deborah Thomas discuss the March 2020 cover controversy.
Courage amid Catastrophe: A Conversation between Juno Salazar Parreñas and Greg Beckett May 27, 2020June 10, 2020Public Anthropologies In this conversation, Juno Salazar Parreñas and Greg Beckett discuss shared themes of their work, including survival, vulnerability, uncertainty, and ethnography as a therapeutic practice for grief.
“Everything is Permitted”: Trump, White Supremacy, Fascism March 23, 2020March 22, 2020Public Anthropologies In this commentary, Nicholas De Genova examines Trump, facism, and the "ethos of civil war" that defines contemporary US politics.
Forum on “Anthropology and the Riddle of White Supremacy” March 11, 2020March 15, 2020Public Anthropologies This forum features responses to Junaid Rana's article “Anthropology and the Riddle of White Supremacy” by Mark Anderson, Zareena Grewal, Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj, and Ghassan Hage.
