Janita Van Dyk

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In the Weeds: Teaching Weedy Anthropology and an Interview with Caroline E. Schuster

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In the Weeds: Teaching Weedy Anthropology and an Interview with Caroline E. Schuster

For this supplementals post, Janita Van Dyk and Caroline E. Schuster created a sample syllabus, which includes discussion questions, pedagogical exercises, and ... More

Caring for Agricultural Landscapes: An Interview with Emily Reisman

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Caring for Agricultural Landscapes: An Interview with Emily Reisman

In this interview, Janita Van Dyk invites Emily Reisman to discuss the relationships between care, temporality, and agriculture in Mallorca. Reisman highlights ... More

Virtual Connections, Digital Contentions: Small Academic Meetings during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Virtual Connections, Digital Contentions: Small Academic Meetings during the Covid-19 Pandemic

This Open Series features and invites posts that describe and address the new intellectual relationships, connections, and tensions emerging from small online a... More

The Writing Group: In a Room Alone, Working Together

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The Writing Group: In a Room Alone, Working Together

This post’s title might be a bit of a misnomer. For many of us, trying to meet on platforms like Zoom, Jitsi, or Microsoft Teams while alone isn’t always possib... More

Introduction: Small Academic Meetings in the Virtual and the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Introduction: Small Academic Meetings in the Virtual and the Covid-19 Pandemic

When the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted our current and imagined ethnographic research, teaching, and professional activities, we found ourselves unmoored. We bega... More

Drawing Care with Jean Hunleth

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Drawing Care with Jean Hunleth

The pedagogical activities in this post encourage students to engage with Jean Hunleth’s concept of imaginal caring and the creative promises of drawing as an e... More