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The Network of Ethnographic Theory, with the kind support of The Wenner-Gren Foundation, the European Association of Social Anthropologists, the University of Manchester and the Society of Ethnographic Theory, is pleased to announce a workshop on Fakery, Insincerity, and the Anthropology of Humbuggery. The workshop will take place in Capri, on Sept. 7-10 2017. Attendance is restricted…

Dear NET members and ethnographic theory aficionados, We are happy to provide you with another version of another volume of our digest, as well as some news of  a workshop NET is co-organising in September 2017. 1. New, open-access issue of Anthropology of This Century, which also includes an interview with Janet Carsten. 2. “Why was…

Dear NET members and ethnographic theory enthusiasts, We are happy to provide you with our sixth version of our ethnographic theory digest, bringing you a collection of interesting links, publications and resources from the anthro-internets. The Distributed Text: An Annotated Digital Edition of Franz Boas’s Pioneering Ethnography. An interactive prototype of Franz Boas’ seminal The Social Organization…

Dear NET members, We are happy to present you with another version of the ethnographic theory digest from around the anthro-internets. The latest issue of History and Anthropology includes “Marshalling Sahlins” – Michael Lambek’s review of Golub, Rosenblatt and Kelly’s (eds.) The Thought and Influence of Marshall Sahlins. The Times Literary Supplement has a review by…

We are happy to provide you with our 4th curated edition of the ethnographic theory digest, containing journal releases from the anthro-internets. The Journal for the Study of Religious Experienceis a relatively new endeavour, and has released its second issue. The journal is open access and provides interesting articles at the intersection of anthropology and religious studies. HAU: Journal…

Dear NET members, Happy belated Halloween and welcome to the third edition of the ethnographic theory digest. As usual, we have assembled an array of links from the anthro-internets for you to peruse. HAU has a new autumn issue out, which includes a debate section on Sherry Ortner’s instant classic “Dark anthropology and its others.”…

Welcome to the second edition of the ethnographic theory digest! Somatosphere has the first part (!) of a comprehensive reader’s guide to the anthropology of ethics and morality composed by Jason Throop. HAU Books released it’s 13th title! The Sex Thieves: The Anthropology of a Rumor, By Julien Bonhomme. Translated by Dominic Horsfall and with a foreword by Philippe…

Dear ethnographic theorists, This is the first in hopefully many digests of link pertaining to NET’s focus on ethnographic theory. Enjoy! 1) “The Ethical Life of Imagination”, a HAU-Musée du Quai Branly initiative with Webb Keane, James Laidlaw, Joel Robbins, Anne-Christine Taylor, Claude Imbert, Carlo Severi and Giovanni da Col. Tuesday October 4, 14.30-19, Cinéma,…