This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important field of urban anthropology.
This is a critical area of study, as more than half of the world's population now lives in cities …

A sympathetic examination of the failure of anti-corruption efforts in contemporary Indonesia.
Combining ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Kupang with an acute historical sensibility …

Housing reconstruction is a major and critical task to be carried out in the aftermath of a
disaster in developing countries. The agencies responsible for managing and implementing …

Recent policy discourse on the localisation of disaster management and humanitarian
assistance lacks attention to the culture, history, and traditions of the Global South. This …

Scraps of Hope in Banda Aceh examines the rebuilding of the city of Banda Aceh in
Indonesia in the aftermath of the celebrated Helsinki-based peace mediation process, thirty …

Purpose The neoliberal resilience discourse and its critiques both contribute to its
hegemony, obscuring alternative discourses in the context of risk and uncertainties. Drawing …

Abstract The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused extensive loss of life and disrupted family
units, leaving large numbers of widows, widowers, and orphans. While it is common to …

This article explores how strategies of silence intersect with politics and predicaments of
visibility. Contributing to historical and anthropological scholarship that asks how histories of …

A new theory of relational ethics that tackles contemporary issues. In How Is It Between Us?,
Jarrett Zigon puts anthropology and phenomenological hermeneutics in conversation to …

A work of great subtlety and insight, Orphaned Landscapes charts the desperate operations
of the image to hold together a world spiraling toward chaos and religious violence. As …