Ordinary People and Everyday Lives in Kulob, Tajikistan
A review of Temporality and Subjectivity in Kulob, Southern Tajikistan: An Ethnography of Ordinary People and Their Everyday Lives, by…
Networks and Nomadism in Present-Day Inner Mongolia: The Evenki of China
A review of Échanges marchands, réseaux relationnels et nomadisme contemporain chez les Evenk de Chine (Mongolie-Intérieure) (Trade exchanges, relation networks…
Gender, Sex and Family among Mexican Immigrants in New York City
A review of Intimate Negotiations: The Political Economy of Gender, Sex and Family among Mexican Immigrants in New York City,…
Women Entrepreneurs in Kyrgyzstan: An Institutional Ethnography
A review of An Institutional Ethnography of Women Entrepreneurs and Post-Soviet Rural Economies in Kyrgyzstan, by Deborah Dergousoff. Among the…
Negotiating the Familiar in Unfamiliar Settings
In the Same Boat? Negotiating Affinity and Difference with Fellow Overseas Filipinos When encountering the familiar in an unfamiliar context,…
Ethno-Textuality: An Intersubjective Encounter in Bhutan
Ethno-Textuality: An Intersubjective Encounter This essay is an attempt to explore in writing my conviction that reading and translating texts…
The Republic of Korea’s Traditional Performing Arts in the 21st Century
A review of Transmission and Performance: Memory, Heritage and Authenticity in Korean Mask Dramas, by CedarBough Tam Saeji. CedarBough Saeji’s…
Womanhood & Community in an Indian Homeless Shelter
A review of Women with No One: Community and Christianity in a Secular South Indian Homeless Shelter, by Connie Etter…
Place & Well-Being in Central Asia
A review of Moral Geographies in Kyrgyzstan: How Pastures, Dams and Holy Sites Matter in Striving for a Good Life,…