Author Archives: R

While reading Tea and Solidarity, I could not help but be reminded of our earlier reading Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty as they share similar themes concerning the bodily exploitation resulting from colonization. Perceptions of the Hill Country Tamil’s body were externally … Continue reading →

I enjoyed this week’s reading by Jason de Leon particularly because of his multi-disciplinary approach to the study of migrant experiences. By visually enhancing his storytelling through imagery, photos, and artifacts, he does a very good job of anchoring his … Continue reading →

I absolutely love the concept of the body-land as described by the author in the fifth chapter. In other anthropology classes, I have been introduced to the concept of the body as a site for structural violence, a carrier of … Continue reading →

I actually had the pleasure of reading this book for the second time for this class; the first being in a medical anthropology course during my junior year. I compared my notes from both times and found that themes of … Continue reading →

Throughout all of the reading for this week, perhaps the most interesting part to me was exploring the juxtaposition between traditional and modern midwifery. Dixon opens the introduction by speaking about two “traditional” midwives; an older one who uses predominately … Continue reading →

One of the main things that drew me to the field of anthropology is its truly holistic nature. I think of anthropology as the study of existence since humans have the privilege of creating the narratives by which we understand … Continue reading →

When reading Exceptional Violence, especially alongside the Murchison reading, I couldn’t help but break up my analyses into two distinct parts: the book’s content/main research and the formation/structure of the presentation of her argument. From the content perspective, I found … Continue reading →

I often find it difficult to pin down a topic to explore in research. It’s not that I can’t find anything of interest to me but rather that I find that TOO much interests me. I often write down interesting … Continue reading →

Okay, so hear me out. Anna Tsing has somehow created a beautifully anthropological piece that could easily be mistaken for a novel filled with articulate, heartfelt, philosophical soliloquies. From the very beginning, she presents a lens of the world both … Continue reading →