Anthropology of the contemporary
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Рецензия на книгу Стивена Кольера про советскую и постсоветскую биополитику.
O sentido de uma gesto não é dado mais entendido, no sentido de interpretado pelo espectador... O gesto esta na minha frente como uma pergunta que me indica alguns ponto sensíveis do mundo e onde ele me convida a encontrar-lo." " Após... more
We do not undertake analyses of works because we want to copy them or because we suspect them. We investigate the methods by which another has created his work, in order to set ourselves in motion (Paul Klee, 1961) This course provides... more
Building on an ethnography of contemporary art worlds and intellectual life in Mexico City, this paper re-evaluates the dominant concepts that form the so-called ethnographic turn in contemporary art, including the emblematic concept of... more
Ethnography of contemporary worlds in Mexico
This paper attempts to think with orchids about the reality of moral values. Employing the growing literature of biosemiotics, particularly the works of Eduardo Kohn and Terrence Deacon, I begin with the premise that all living beings... more
RESUMEN: 1.- "En cuanto a la doctrina de la represión, es seguro que la concebí yo independientemente; no sé de ninguna influencia que me haya aproximado a ella, y durante mucho tiempo tuve a esta idea por original, hasta que Otto Rank... more
Resumen: los futuros de la etnografía están relacionados con cómo nos acercamos a los límites de la práctica etnográfica y de la disciplina antropológica. Dicho acercamiento se puede lograr al plantear nuevos tipos de preguntas y objetos... more
RESUMEN: El presente escrito, de algún modo legendario, ha sido reproducido múltiples veces y ha circulado en la web como una suerte de Manifiesto Blogger. El Artículo se escribió y se reescribió (y seguramente seguirá escribiéndose) tal... more
Poslednje decenije dvadesetog veka donele su brojne zaokrete u antropološkoj praksi i teoriji koja iz nje proističe. Nove konstelacije geopolitičkih i društvenih okolnosti na globalnom nivou preoblikovale su pejzaže terena na koje su... more
A meditation on collaborative work with Paul Rabinow.
This course is designed as a collaborative workshop that will produce a polished research proposal and presentation for committee defense at the end of the semester. We will alternate weekly between writing, and rewriting and editing.... more
Cultural anthropology in France continues to bear the influence of a colonial-era distinction between "modern" societies with a high degree of social differentiation (and marked by rapid social change) and ostensibly socially homogeneous... more
According to anthropological studies “all the paths of the gift lead back to Mauss” (Aria 2016), echoing back the key role of gift in traditional societies studies. In this vein, this research employs an original approach to update the... more
Ethnography of contemporary worlds in Mexico
No presente artigo, sugerimos uma leitura da formação da antropologia em Portugal que assume que a "construção da nação" e a "construção do império" nunca estiveram muito afastadas uma da outra e tenderam sempre a mesclar-se -em certos... more
Este artigo analisa as dimensões de gênero do golpe de estado de 2016 no Brasil. Ele busca somar-se a outras tentativas de entendimento desse processo histórico, social e político e de um de seus aspectos centrais que foi o uso de... more
This paper focuses on the migration routes of people with origins in India, as well as on the cultural imagination of this population living in Marseille, south of France. The Indian diaspora is a theme still not very developed in France,... more
monograph exploring governmental and material technologies of suspicion in the post-9/11 United States
Has the craft of writing ossified in electronic dance music cultural studies? Perhaps the craft has never been suitably honed in a field where text takes a back seat to sonic and body arts, where the artifice of music production and the... more