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Anthropology Otherwise: Thoughts on a Graphic Novel Experiment – Part 2

This is the second of a two-part blog post by Marie-Eve Carrier Moisan discussing the challenges and potentials of transforming ethnographic research into graphic novel form. In my first blog, I discussed the process of fictionalizing ethnographic graphic research, and … read more…

  • dateNovember 1, 2018
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Anthropology Otherwise: Thoughts on a Graphic Novel Experiment – Part 1

In the first of a two-part blog post, Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan talks about the challenges of adapting her ethnographic work on sex tourism in Brazil into graphic novel form.  Gringo Love: Stories of Sex Tourism in Brazil will be available in … read more…

  • dateOctober 30, 2018
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ethnoGRAPHIC: Extending Anthropology’s Reach, One Comic at a Time

Part of my job as an editor is to convince people to write the books I think they should write, not necessarily the ones they want to write. I’ve had some success doing so, even in the face of laughter, eye rolling, and outright rejection. In fact, some of the best books I have published came from authors who had originally put up the most resistance to my pitch. So perhaps it’s not surprising that I thought I could launch a new book series based on what some might call a wacky idea, without an academic series editor, and with no projects in hand. read more…

  • dateNovember 1, 2017
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  • posted byAnne
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ESPERANZA SPEAKS: The Power of Ethnographic Storytelling

In this contribution, Gloria Rudolf describes the beginnings of her long-term friendship with Esperanza Ruiz and the people of Loma Bonita in Panama. Nineteen visits and half a century later, Esperanza’s life history formed the basis of a compassionate ethnographic … read more…

  • dateJune 2, 2022
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  • posted byJohn Barker
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“We are not brains on sticks!” Teaching Anthropology with the Senses

In this post, Jess Auerbach talks about motivating students by using the five senses and bringing them “out of their brains and into their bodies.” “We are not brains on sticks,” a group of 11 African Studies students told me … read more…

  • dateFebruary 17, 2022
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  • posted byJohn Barker
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