Twilight Riding in Mexico City
by Will Straw
Mexico City freeway(a). Photo by the author Mexico City freeway(b). Photo by the author In February of this year, I spent a week in Mexico City, [...]
Twilight Riding in Mexico City
Songs of Solitude
by Aaron Hames
Yokohama, Japan. Photo by the author. As the March sun descends, the air around a hospital near Yokohama acquires a chill. An elderly group of volunteers has already [...]
Flash Ethnography: Dusk
by Aaron Hames and Derek Pardue
This collection of flash ethnography explores dusk. Although dusk seems to be no more than the darkest moments of twilight when all traces of the sun’s light fade from the [...]
What does Decolonizing Anthropology mean in Aotearoa New Zealand?
An Interview with Lily George
In the lead up to American Ethnologist’s special forum "Decolonizing Anthropology: Global Perspectives" (forthcoming in issue 50.3, August 2023), AE editorial assistants Charlotte Jolly and Eleanor Pollard visited Dr. [...]
Introducing: Yours Sincerely, An Uncertain Anthropologist
Alexandra Dantzer and Paige Edmiston
As two graduate students preparing to “enter the field,” we increasingly find ourselves contemplating an important, yet uncomfortable, question: How will we know if we are doing ethical anthropology? [...]
21st Century Wanderers’ Club: The Online Rise of Maladaptive Daydreaming
Elizabeth Durham
Question posed by a user on r/MaladaptiveDreaming. Photo Credit: Reddit The YouTube video starts with silence, so heavy that I initially suspected a problem with [...]
The 25th Anniversary of “Body Paint, Feathers, and VCRs: Aesthetics and Authenticity in Amazonian Activism” Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie and Beth Conklin GalleryThe 25th Anniversary of “Body Paint, Feathers, and VCRs: Aesthetics and Authenticity in Amazonian Activism”
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie and Beth Conklin
The 25th Anniversary of “Body Paint, Feathers, and VCRs: Aesthetics and Authenticity in Amazonian Activism”
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie and Beth Conklin
AES is pleased to share this interview celebrating our 25th Anniversary American Ethnologist article from 1997. Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, interviews [...]
On Donors and Daughters: The Language of Queer Kinship
Andrea Stevenson Allen and Tracy M. Lemos
Our daughter, enjoying Pride festivities at Praça do Comércio in Lisbon. We were there for Andrea to conduct fieldwork in Portugal, which is the homeland of Tracy's parents. [...]
Cultures of Diversity & Inclusion: Anthropological Disruptions
Aaron Su
Introduction In our current moment, Sara Ahmed (2012, 51) writes, we inhabit institutional lives in which “diversity as a term seems ubiquitous.” With properties ranging from “official policy statements” to [...]
Palm Oil Worlds: An Interview with Dr. Sophie Chao
Kymberley Chu & Sophie Chao
Sophie Chao is Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology at the University of Sydney. Her research investigates the intersections of Indigeneity, [...]
