Newly Published: “Camp at the Salon: Anthropological Sense-Making with a Wink”
To camp is a mode of seduction – one which employs flamboyant mannerisms susceptible of a double interpretation; gestures full of duplicity, with a witty meaning for cognoscenti and another, more impersonal, for outsiders (Sontag 1999 [1964]: 54). “When Felix entered the hairdressing salon one morning and greeted me warmly, I was taken abac
Follicular Circulations: Race in the Global Hair Market
How is race done in the transnational circulation of hair for the production of wigs, extensions, and toupees? Or to put it differently: what happens
Exploring multiplicity: Photographing and blogging as method
Partial truths: Blogging as research method – What do our methods actually do if they cannot depict reality as it is? This is not a new question
Dick description: Writing sexy
Let’s start with an anthropological classic: Geertz’s thick description of the Balinese cock fight which sometimes reads like a dick description[1
Loss: The story of Dande and her hair
To Dande who was not given the chance to wear her afro after chemotherapy. I’m sitting in a cafe in Amsterdam on a Sunday afternoon. Slightly
