This article considers how anthropologists and other social scientists examine biosecurity as
an object in the making. It suggests that scholars encountered this object in research …

When soldiers at Fort Carson were charged with a series of 14 murders, PTSD and other"
invisible wounds of war" were thrown into the national spotlight. With these events as their …

In the wake of Europe's so-called refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016, even traditionally open
countries such as Sweden and Germany adopted hostile policies on refugees, closing …

Ports are the vital hubs of the maritime transport industry, and crucial to the flow of global
trade. The protection of this global supply chain from crime and terrorism is a fundamental …

Security is a vital subject of study in the twenty-first century and a central theme in many
social science disciplines. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which …

“This edited book is central to the main currents of anthropological work on politics, and to
the understanding of discourses of security. It addresses these bodies of literature, uniquely …

This article seeks to convey some of the theoretical frameworks and commitments that
characterize how anthropologists have approached the ethnography of resistance. Using …

This volume contributes to a new anthropology of militarism that has crystallized since the
end of the cold war. Unlike scholars in mainstream security studies and political science …

In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that
hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the …

Science and Technology studies (STS) scholars have long argued for a deeper appreciation
of the way technologies embody political, moral, and social choices along with their specific …