CSSH interviews author Matthew Shutzer about his 2022 Goody Award winning article, “Subterranean Properties: India’s Political Ecology of Coal, 1870-1975.”
Author: ashryock
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Parallel Pilgrimage: Reflections on the Space/Time of Shrines, with Bruce Grant, A. Azfar Moin, Catherine Wanner, Wei-ping Lin, Ismail Fajrie Alatas, and Michael Christopher Low
CSSH authors Bruce Grant, A. Azfar Moin, Catherine Wanner, Wei-ping Lin, Ismail Fajrie Alatas, and Michael Christopher Low put into conversation their work on pilgrimage, shrines, and sovereignty.
Is it OK to Laugh? Pooyan Tamimi Arab, Konstantinos Kalantzis, and Rihan Yeh discuss the analytical power of jokes
CSSH asks Pooyan Tamimi Arab, Konstantinos Kalantzis, and Rihan Yeh: What is humor doing for you, and what are you doing with it?
“Feeling Under Pressure”: Realities of Sex, Love, and Dating in Urban China
Jean-Baptiste Pettier describes the central role of parents in the choosing of life partners in urban China, a surprising finding that altered his research trajectory.
Minding the Gaps
CSSH authors Danna Agmon and Zehra Hashmi tell us why certain kinds of evidence go missing and what the resulting gaps mean.
Variations in the Language of Socialism
James Ferguson and Laurence Coderre tell us more about Commodities and the Proletariat.