Why and how do social and cultural anthropologists make comparisons? What problems do
they encounter in doing so, and how might these be resolved? What, if anything, makes one …

According to many visions for smart grids, consumers will come to play a more 'active'role in
the energy systems of tomorrow. In this paper, we examine how the future 'flexible electricity …

Renewed anthropological attention to money and finance is welcome. However, recent
attention to the ghosts in the financial machine neglects the infrastructures of payment that …

Cet article se propose de reconsidérer l'histoire et l'état actuel de la comparaison en
anthropologie, en établissant une distinction entre deux heuristiques comparatives: la …

This essay discusses the complex relation between the knowledges and practices of the
researcher and his/her informants in terms of lateral concepts. The starting point is that it is …

Introduction coMparison has Been an iMportant, perhaps even deFining, Methodological
and conceptual preoccupation in fields ranging from anthropology and history to linguistics …

How can we imagine and perform an anthropological practice with business, that is, not from
a distanced perspective but through a mutual infolding and engagement? How might such …

In a combined analysis, we investigate how the movie Minority Report can inform and
nuance the vision of technological capacities that we identify in event detection literature …

Why, despite repeated critiques and self-critiques, do anthropologists persist in invoking
radical distinctions between an exoticised 'them'and a familiar 'us'? How can a form of …

As her title indicates, Marianne de Laet suggests that social epistemology could be thought
of as anthropology, in terms of how this mode of knowing has helped flesh out the social …