What led you to become an urban ethnographer, and what issues do you explore in your work? That’s a complicated story. As a young person, the world around me was socially intriguing, and my sense of ...

In a five-minute video clip posted late on January 8 on Islamdin, the website of the Kabardino-Balkaria-Karachai (KBK) wing of the North Caucasus insurgency, Emir Zakaria affirms that it was his ...

Ulises Rosell's documentary follows the day-to-day life of John Hillary Palmer, an English anthropologist in rural Argentina. By THR Staff MARSEILLE — Director Ulises Rosell adopts a very “softly ...

Instagram is a tool of the trade for 32-year-old Tricia Wang, a sociologist and consultant working in China and documenting the wildfire spread of new social-media platforms like Weibo and Renren.

Michael Alpert, an influential klezmer musician and ethnographer who has played a key role in the global renaissance of Yiddish music and culture, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! Born in Ivory Coast to a ...

Ethnographer, documentary filmmaker and librarian Cem Madra has lost his life. The passing of Madra has been announced by "Açık Radyo" radio station, of which Cem Madra was among the founders. Açık ...

Based in Shanghai, Griffiths will start work on July 15 and will initially report to Anjali Puri, managing director, TNS Qualitative in Asia-Pacific. In his new role, Griffiths will be responsible for ...

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