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Anthropology and anthropologists in times of crisis
Noel B. Salazar
In Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
- Published (Print):
- 01 May 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 346–347 (1 total)
Key figures of mobility
An introduction
Noel B. Salazar
Figures of mobility, from nomads to flâneurs and tourists, have been used to describe both self and other in the social sciences and humanities for a long time. They act as a conceptual shorthand in contemporary scholarly debates, allowing social theorists to relate broad‐scale phenomena to the human condition. This repeated usage highlights how these figures have become ‘keywords’, in the sense given by Raymond Williams, which typify much of the vocabulary constituting the study of human mobility today. In this general introduction, I lay out the overall conceptual framework behind the various contributions to this special issue.
In Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
- Published (Print):
- 01 Feb 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 5–12 (7 total)
Immobility
The Relational and Experiential Qualities of an Ambiguous Concept
Noel B. Salazar
Abstract
In this article, I discuss immobility as both an analytical concept and a lived experience. I review contemporary scholarly understandings of immobility and disentangle the unavoidable relational dynamics with its positive linguistic opposite, mobility. Concrete illustrations from migration studies and the global coronavirus crisis illustrate how immobility, at various scales of analysis and experience, is not only theoretically but also socially, economically, and politically relevant. Together with the in-depth review of existing scholarship, these examples confirm that the conceptual distinction made between immobility and mobility is often purely heuristic. In the messiness of people's lives, mobility and immobility are not mutually exclusive categories but, rather, two dynamic sides of the same coin.
Transfers at a Crossroads
An Anthropological Perspective
Noel B. Salazar
Abstract
In this short article, I offer a personal reflection on my own mobilities and how these influenced my academic interest in human movement and brought me in contact with mobility studies and Transfers. On the special occasion of the journal's tenth anniversary, I look back at how the journal has fared. I remind readers of the initial plans and expectations that were expressed by the founding editors, with a focus on issues that are important from an anthropological point of view. I complement this critical and constructive analysis with a brief look into the future. In which direction should Transfers ideally be moving? What are the implications of societal developments such as the ones surrounding the coronavirus pandemic for the journal and its thematic focus?
Contemporary ethnographic practice and the value of serendipity
Isabelle Rivoal and Noel B. Salazar
In Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
- Published (Print):
- 01 May 2013
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 178–185 (7 total)
Book Reviews
William Nessly, Noel B. Salazar, Kemal Kantarci, Evan Koike, Christian Kahl, and Cyril Isnart
On politics and precarity in academia
David Loher, Sabine Strasser, Daniel Monterescu, Esra Dabağcı, Ester Gallo, Cris Shore, Akhil Gupta, Chandana Mathur, Lorena Anton, Rodica Zane, Annika Lems, Shahram Khosravi, Zeynep Sarıaslan, Noel B. Salazar, Ainhoa Montoya, Marta Pérez, Uroš Kovač, Alice Tilche, Giacomo Loperfido, Patricia Matos, Kiri Santer, and Eli Thorkelson
In Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2019
- Article Type:
- Letter
- Pages:
- 97–117 (20 total)