Humanitarian Aid, Security and Ethics
Journal of Extreme Anthropology The article examines the relationship between humanitarianism, security, and ethics in the case of the provision of medical humanitarian aid by Israel to casualties from the…
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On the Spectacle of Walking
Journal of Extreme Anthropology Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the face of the 21-day nation-wide lockdown imposed in India since 22 March 2020, the migrant worker has become the focal…
‘Why Do We Need Your Research?’
Journal of Extreme Anthropology The anthropology of security is slowly developing into a substantial sub-discipline of anthropology, yet there are only a few works that elaborate on how the research…
COVID-19, Discipline and Blame
Journal of Extreme Anthropology The preventive measures implemented to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Italy involve the self-confinement of the population. At the same time, I argue, an ethos of…
Accelerating Curve of Anxiousness
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The Long Walk
Journal of Extreme Anthropology The Covid-19 pandemic has made a commonplace of the carceral imaginary. Isolation, social distancing, quarantine have become watchwords. Physician instructions, epidemiologist advice, state orders jostle alongside…
Police Bullshit
Journal of Extreme Anthropology The police say brutal things. Research has documented how officers, when amongst themselves, talk about people in derogatory ways or openly fantasize about the use of…
The Burden of Security
Journal of Extreme Anthropology After the Babri mosque in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992 by mobs of ‘volunteers’ mobilised by Hindu nationalist forces, a deed…
Imposter Paranoia in the Age of Intelligent Surveillance
Journal of Extreme Anthropology Artificial intelligence, deep learning and big data analytics are viewed as the technologies of the future, capable of delivering expert intelligence decisions, risk assessments and predictions…
On the Sensory Policing of Vices
Journal of Extreme Anthropology This paper explores the policing of vices and offers a critical inquiry into the affective politics of policing practices seen through police and state ethnography, political…
Border Militias
Journal of Extreme Anthropology Narratives of security and threat are continually used to justify morally contentious activities. In the past three years, the United States’ government has increasingly promoted narratives…
Book Review Karpiak, Kevin G. and William Garriott, eds. 2018. The Anthropology of Police. London & New York: Routledge.
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Book Review: Successful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession: Global Perspectives
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Book Review: Creativity in Later Life: Beyond Late Style
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Book Review: Living Before Dying: Imagining and Remembering Home
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Film Review: Cracked: A New Light on Dementia
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Book Review: Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities: Multidisciplinary International Perspectives.
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Book Review: Resilience and Ageing: Creativity, Culture and Community
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Book Review: Intimacy and Ageing: New Relationships in Later Life
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Book Review: Family Caregiving in Aging Populations
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Dancing while Aging: A Study on Benefits of Ballet for Older Women
Anthropology & Aging As people age, experiences of depression, loneliness and loss of physical capabilities can emerge. As with previous work on the benefits of music as an intervention for…
Caring through Sound and Silence: Technology and the Sound of Everyday Life in Homes for the Elderly
Anthropology & Aging Literature on sounds inside institutions has shown that sounds are indispensable to the working of hospitals, schools, prisons, and other institutional environments. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in…
Debating “Good” Care: The Challenges of Dementia Care in Shanghai, China
Anthropology & Aging The increasing number of dementia sufferers in China has transformed dementia care from a private issue to a public concern. Nationwide dementia-friendly campaigns have intensified debates about…
Person-Oriented Research Ethics and Dementia:The Lack of Consensus
Anthropology & Aging Research ethics extends beyond obtaining initial approval from research ethics boards. The previously established person-oriented research ethics framework provides guidelines for understanding ongoing ethics throughout the tasks…