Sorcery As History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands
In Betes Noires, Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions between the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shapeshifting spirit demons called baka/baca. Drawing on interviews and life stories of residents in a central Haitian-Dominican frontier town, Derby contends that bacas - hot spirits from the sorcery side of ......
Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar
When spirits guard forests, conservation becomes revolution--and liberation grows from the soil In 2011 Myanmar emerged from what was by some counts the longest ongoing war in the world. Amid the flurry of ceasefires and constitutional reforms, Indigenous communities moved to reterritorialize land that was fiercely contested in the preceding ......
Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar
When spirits guard forests, conservation becomes revolution--and liberation grows from the soil In 2011 Myanmar emerged from what was by some counts the longest ongoing war in the world. Amid the flurry of ceasefires and constitutional reforms, Indigenous communities moved to reterritorialize land that was fiercely contested in the preceding ......
Sorcery As History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands
In Betes Noires, Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions between the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shapeshifting spirit demons called baka/baca. Drawing on interviews and life stories of residents in a central Haitian-Dominican frontier town, Derby contends that bacas - hot spirits from the sorcery side of ......
Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States
Ethical and moral concerns about food and diet commonly feature in individuals' religious identities and expressions. These concerns extend beyond what one should eat to include how food should be prepared and produced. As Adrienne Krone demonstrates in this ethnographic study, participants in alternative food movements are developing new ways to ......
Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States
Ethical and moral concerns about food and diet commonly feature in individuals' religious identities and expressions. These concerns extend beyond what one should eat to include how food should be prepared and produced. As Adrienne Krone demonstrates in this ethnographic study, participants in alternative food movements are developing new ways to ......
Infrastructure and the Making of Neoliberal Yucatan
In 2022, journalists announced the impending economic death of a small Mexican town. Piste, gateway to the famed Chichen Itza archeological site, would be circumvented by the Tren Maya commuter rail megaproject, depriving it of the promise of steady tourist traffic. Instead of ruminating with frustration, locals set to work on negotiations with ......
Infrastructure and the Making of Neoliberal Yucatan
In 2022, journalists announced the impending economic death of a small Mexican town. Piste, gateway to the famed Chichen Itza archeological site, would be circumvented by the Tren Maya commuter rail megaproject, depriving it of the promise of steady tourist traffic. Instead of ruminating with frustration, locals set to work on negotiations with ......
A comprehensive catalogue of every known figurine from the Fremont culture, complete with in-depth analysis and interpretation of the significance of the figurines to the Fremont people.
