This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important field of urban anthropology.
This is a critical area of study, as more than half of the world's population now lives in cities …

As one of the densest cities in the world, Manila suffers from constant population overflow.
Hardly any spot in the urban landscape is unpopulated. Successive governments argue that …

Using images, video, and text, I weave together two walks and several conversations on the
senses, migration, and memory. I focus on echoes or resonances as a method to attend to …

Recently, local governments have been interested in revitalizing urban spaces impacted by
overpasses, considered degraded and violent. However, the daily lives of the surrounding …

Violence has shaped the city of Ahmedabad like no other urban centre in India. Beginning in
the 1960s, the Hindu Right made the economic and de facto political capital of Gujarat the …

This thesis investigates the relationship between urban infrastructure and sociotechnical
change. Drawing on 10 months of field research in the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, the …

Anthropologists of the state have highlighted citizens and noncitizens' complex and
multifaceted representations of the State, and their relationships shaped by these …

Violence has shaped the city of Ahmedabad like no other urban centre in India. Beginning in
the 1960s, the Hindu Right made the economic and de facto political capital of Gujarat the …