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Consider the Whale
Get PDFLes Beldo begins his ethnography by recounting a historic event that some recall with pride and joy and others with sadness and pain. On May 17, 1999, a dugout canoe full of men from the Makah Indian Nation paddled vigorously in the shallow ocean waters off of Cape Alva in Neah Bay for hours, attempting to harpoon a gray whale in a fashion similar to their ancestors. Long before this particular hunt began, the news of it had spread far and wide. The last Makah whaling hunt took place more than seven decades ago, and the media, circling above in helicopters, were eager to capture this momentous occasion on fil
On Making a Living and of the Reproduction of the Working Class
Get PDFIn this remarcable volume edited by Susana Narotzky and Victoria Goddard, the authors analyse the places, networks, strategies and the possibilities and impossibilities for reproduction of the working class in places and times where people, families and networks have experienced some form of disruption or loss. Post-socialism; post-industrial, knowledge-based economies and the restructurings of a globalised market capitalism are some of the contexts causing disruption and experiences of loss. Flexibility is the new buzz-word that alienates people from networks, places and pasts
Depauperate or Not? Examining Marginality in Island Environments
Get PDFAre the islands off the coast of California “marginal” environments? How could seemingly “depauperate” places have sustained human settlements for thousands of years? In An Archaeology of Abundance: Reevaluating the Marginality of California’s Islands, edited by Kristina M. Gill, Mikael Fauvelle, and Jon M. Erlandson, archaeologists and other scholars argue that our understanding of the resource bases of the California islands is biased by years of Euroamerican impacts. By integrating archaeological and ethnohistoric data with paleoecological reconstructions, the authors reexamine life on these islands before European contact and subsequent environmental degradation
Which type of Bigfoot do you believe in?: Strategies for managing deviance
Get PDFBook review of Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders and Drifter
Neoliberalism, its critics and the modes of a known genre
Get PDFNeoliberalism, its critics and the modes of a known genr
Spiritual Journeys within the Patriarchy of Modern Thai Buddhism by Women Buddhist Practitioners
Get PDFThis article is a review of the book titled, "GENDER AND THE PATH TO AWAKENING: Hidden Histories of Nuns in Modern Thai Buddhism" by Martin Seeger (2018). The review highlights the contribution of the study in uncovering the spiritual paths of the women Thai Buddhist practitioners. Seeger not only highlighted how the experiences of Thai women practitioners are often overshadowed by men. More importantly, he unravels the dynamic of their experiences in attaining Buddhist teachings and influencing other Buddhists during their lifetimes. The study that employed biography, hagiography, memories and oral accounts is innovative, especially in the situation which the data about the Thai women practitioners are scant
Rise Up, Organize, Protest: The Politics of Internships during the 21st Century
Get PDFThis was David Hyde’s final statement to the press, at the conclusion of the documentary Call Me Intern by Nathalie Berger and David Hyde (2019). Three interns had the courage to speak up about their working conditions, rather than just “keeping their heads down” and then stepping into a salaried position after their time of unpaid labor. Their actions led to the creation of the Global Intern Coalition with protests and strikes each February 20th, which encourages interns to know their rights, know the law, and know what remuneration they are entitled to. Although being paid for one’s work is a key driver of these protests (which has the support of the European Parliament), the documentary exposes far more
“Seeking Refuge in an Era of Naturalized Borders: A Review of Migration By Boat”
No full textThis essay is a review of a multidisicplinary collection of essays on boat migration