Nayanika Mathur

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Emptiness and Beastly Encounters

Theorizing the Contemporary

Emptiness and Beastly Encounters

A growing feature of the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India is the emptying out of humans from villages, which are then deemed nirjan (without people). Pop... More

Amateur Indian Anthropology and a Trio of Dichotomies

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Amateur Indian Anthropology and a Trio of Dichotomies

In the face of its obvious disastrousness, what allowed for the sustained social support of India’s 2016 notebandi (demonetization; literally, the stoppage of n... More

Predation

Theorizing the Contemporary

Predation

The Anthropocene initiates new discussions not just about the agency of anthropos, but also about how we are to understand agentive action and planetary impact ... More