I am currently in the process of transitioning my M.A. level course on Science, Technology, and Development with 11 students to virtual instruction. One of my interests in engaging with COVID-19 is to examine how it (should) informs development ideologies and practices. How should students of development studies retool -- conceptually, methodologically, practically -- in wake of the pandemic?
Here, diachronic and synchronic timelines allow us to unlayer the interwedged leaves of time that often inform anthropological analysis.
Here, diachronic and synchronic timelines allow us to unlayer the interwedged leaves of time that often inform anthropological analysis.
Here, diachronic and synchronic timelines allow us to unlayer the interwedged leaves of time that often inform anthropological analysis.
Types of data, and how we situate and maintain them, is a critical aspect of considering what a multi-modal or open access anthropology will look like.
In this sketch, I decided to take a theoretical approach, mapping out what theoretical core categories might be integral to this kind of research.
This sketch, pulled from a future where I have published research on aesthetics and masculinity in California's Inland Empire, engages criss-crossing academic discourse on ruination, late industria
Sketching out core hegemonies is an invaluable tool for understanding discursive risks and gaps in research design.
Composing a timeline for this project has allowed for the constant iteration of industrial aesthetics to bubble to the surface.