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    Current PoLAR Issue November 2018

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    Utopia / Dystopia and Contamination: Conferencing in the Wake of the “Refugee Crisis”

  • Emergent Conversations, Forum

    Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part III

  • Emergent Conversations, Forum

    Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part II

  • Emergent Conversations, Interviews

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  • Understanding Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime
    Emergent Conversations

    Understanding Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime

    Emergent Conversations: Part 7 PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s seventh emergent conversation brings together different perspectives on the topic of…

  • The Future of Anthropology of Law
    Emergent Conversations

    The Future of Anthropology of Law

    PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s sixth emergent conversation focuses on the futures of legal anthropology, recognizing the plurality of approaches…

  • Reflections on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
    Emergent Conversations

    Reflections on the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

    PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s fifth emergent conversation reflects on the recent U.S. presidential election, presenting a variety of perspectives…

  • Perspectives on the Academic Boycott Vote
    Emergent Conversations

    Perspectives on the Academic Boycott Vote

    PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s fourth emergent conversation features a variety of perspectives regarding the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) vote on a possible boycott…

  • Being Like a State
    Emergent Conversations

    Being Like a State

    In 2015, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review introduced a new feature, Emergent Conversations. Although not yet in the journal, the concerns addressed…

  • Reflecting on Silence and Anthropology
    Emergent Conversations

    Reflecting on Silence and Anthropology

    PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review‘s second installment of the Emergent Conversations series is Reflecting on Silence and Anthropology, which summarizes an…

  • Among the Anonymous Dead
    Emergent Conversations

    Among the Anonymous Dead

    In 2015, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review introduced a new feature, Emergent Conversations. For years, PoLAR has featured spillover conversations that capture discussions sparked by articles…

Book Reviews
Book Review: Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River

Book Review: Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River

In Navigating Austerity, Laura Bear applies an ethnographic approach to understand how social relations and ethics are impacted by the…

  • Book Review: Afghanistan Post-2014: Power Configurations and Evolving Trajectories
    Book Review: Afghanistan Post-2014: Power Configurations and Evolving Trajectories
  • Review Essay: Rote Entrepreneurialism and Fraud in Neoliberal Rwanda and Uganda: Two Studies of Policy and Culture
    Review Essay: Rote Entrepreneurialism and Fraud in Neoliberal Rwanda and Uganda: Two Studies of Policy and Culture
  • Review Essay: Pharmocracy, bureaucracy, advocacy: Three studies of global health
    Review Essay: Pharmocracy, bureaucracy, advocacy: Three studies of global health
  • Review Essay: On Knowing Addiction
    Review Essay: On Knowing Addiction
  • Review Essay: Law and Migrant Labor in the 20th Century: Ghost Workers and Global Capitalism
    Review Essay: Law and Migrant Labor in the 20th Century: Ghost Workers and Global Capitalism
Virtual Editions
Virtual Edition on Environmental Justice

Virtual Edition on Environmental Justice

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review is pleased to announce the release of a new virtual edition on the topic…

  • Virtual Edition on Immigration
    Virtual Edition on Immigration
  • Virtual Edition on Human Rights and Anthropology
    Virtual Edition on Human Rights and Anthropology
  • Virtual Edition on the Promise and Pathos of Law
    Virtual Edition on the Promise and Pathos of Law
  • Virtual Edition on Law and Inequalities
    Virtual Edition on Law and Inequalities
  • Virtual Edition on Transparency
    Virtual Edition on Transparency
Issues
Current PoLAR Issue November 2018

Current PoLAR Issue November 2018

Volume 41, Issue 2 In Good Faith: Editing and Knowledge Production in Precarious Times Editors’ Introduction: November 2018 When, four…

  • September 2018
    September 2018
  • May 2018
    May 2018
  • November 2017
    November 2017
  • May 2017
    May 2017
  • September 2016
    September 2016
Forum
Utopia / Dystopia and Contamination: Conferencing in the Wake of the “Refugee Crisis”

Utopia / Dystopia and Contamination: Conferencing in the Wake of the “Refugee Crisis”

By Heath Cabot The Greek island of Lesvos, in the far northeast of the Aegean Sea, entered the global limelight in…

  • The Sea as Paradigm
  • Sea Reflections: How is it to be connected through water and sea?
  • ‘The ‘Terrible Paradox’ of EUtopia: A View from the Aegean Islands
  • Between Utopia and Capitalism: Launching FLOATS, Venturing Beyond Terracentrism
  • Authority, Confinement, Solidarity, and Dissent Part III
Teaching Tools
  • The Role of Anthropology in Public Debates on Climate Transformations
    Video

    The Role of Anthropology in Public Debates on Climate Transformations

  • Brenneis on Translating Value and Emergent Academic Futures
    Video

    Brenneis on Translating Value and Emergent Academic Futures

  • Darian-Smith on Transnational Law in Context
    Video

    Darian-Smith on Transnational Law in Context

  • Merry on Firming Up Soft Power
    Video

    Merry on Firming Up Soft Power

  • Fassin on Humanitarian Reason
    Video

    Fassin on Humanitarian Reason

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New Issue of PoLAR: Volume 41, Issue 2

New Issue of PoLAR: Volume 41, Issue 2

Speaking Justice to Power Ebooks Available!

Speaking Justice to Power Ebooks Available!

A Pregnant Kid in a Cage: Jane Doe’s Fight for Reproductive Rights

A Pregnant Kid in a Cage: Jane Doe’s Fight for Reproductive Rights

“Donde lo tienen?” Working in an archive of the disappeared in Guatemala

“Donde lo tienen?” Working in an archive of the disappeared in Guatemala

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