Pro-Palestine Struggle in Canada and Backlashes: Militant Ethnographic Reflections on the Al Aqsa Popular University Encampment
- Campus Protests
This text is written in resonance with a communication presented during a counter-event of the Congress of the Federation of Human Sciences (FHS), in June 2024, in Montreal. The counter-event was organized to protest the...
“Well, We’re Still Waiting…”: The Prolonged Crisis of Military Facility Closures
- Communities in Crisis Series
Decades after the Army closed the Savanna Army Depot in 2000, the lingering impact from its past use haunts this place in the soil and groundwater. Upon its closure, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the...
“Revofev/The road from Chicago to #decolonizezhigaagoong*”
- Communities in Crisis Series
This photo essay is a collaboration among Isiah ThoughtPoet Veney, Ana Croegaert, and Jacob Campbell, and reflects on the challenges faced by residents in long-disinvested neighborhoods in the deeply segregated city. Isiah leads us in...
What Happened in Georgia? On Suburbs and Other Anthropological Blind Spots
- Engagements
On January 6, 2021, as a mob of white Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, voters in Georgia—particularly Black voters—inaugurated a new era by electing Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the US Senate, delivering...
Anthropologists Call on the Biden Administration to Cease the Separation of Im/migrant Families and the Detention of Children
- Engagements
Within the first three months of 2021, 33,000 unaccompanied children arrived at the United States – Mexico border. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded by opening large-scale facilities, ranging from 1000...
Stories on the Edge of the Sea
- A/V Essays
I started this series a few years ago. It just sort of took shape. Out of nowhere, I found myself taking these images along the coast that were very pulled back and distant. I found...
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Periodically, Home/Field issues calls for themed submissions. Past examples include our Communities in Crisis series as well as more recent calls such as "Palestine, Encampments, and Campus Futures," which focused on university student protests against the war on Palestine, and "Anthropology in Florida: Praxis and its Limits," a series timed to coincide with the 2024 American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. Please follow us here or on social media to stay informed about upcoming calls.
Recent Articles
Campus Protests
Pro-Palestine Struggle in Canada and Backlashes: Militant Ethnographic Reflections on the Al Aqsa Popular University Encampment
This text is written in resonance with a communication presented during a counter-event of the Congress of the Federation of Human Sciences (FHS), in June ...
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Campus Protests
Occupy Tabaret: 72 days of resistance and solidarity
By Yasmen Abuzaid, Dency Amalraj, and Lisa Howell Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating the table of contents Introduction On April 29, ...
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Campus Protests
On the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment: Solidarity and The Campus
By Calvin Edward and Aman Roy Calvin is a PhD student in Cultural Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research focuses on right wing ...
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Communities in Crisis Series
Palm trees, heat, and humidity
Mr. Wilson points to a sign hanging on the wall behind his desk, referring to the other teachers with classrooms around the courtyard, “and that ...
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Communities in Crisis Series
Photo Essay: A Louisiana “Fenceline” Community
In Colfax, Louisiana, an interracial group of residents are exposed to harmful inhalants every hour, and many have begun to get sick. The toxins come ...
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Communities in Crisis Series
Opiate Addiction as Crisis: Chronic condition or call to action?
Death due to opiate overdose is a growing concern in the U.S. Together with mental health, wellbeing, and employment, opiate addiction is one of the ...
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