At home. But the soul finds its own home if it has a home at all. —Marilynne Robinson, Home In Marilynne Robinson’s Home (2008), Jack, the principal character of the story, goes back to his dwelling place after twenty years of absence. By
Representing the Sensory Home
Ethnographic Experience and Anthropological Hypermedia
Sarah Pink
In this article I draw from my research about gender, identity, and the home, to discuss the visual and the other senses in ethnographic experience and anthropological representation. First, I discuss how visual ethnographic research might appreciate the sensory nature of experience. Seeing the home as both the context and subject of field- work, I shall introduce the idea of the ‘sensory home’. This refers to the home as a domain composed of different sensory elements (smell, touch, taste, vision, sound) that is simultaneously understood and created through the sensory experience and manipulation of these elements. I then explore how such visual and sensory research might best be represented as text that is conversant with mainstream anthropology. I shall suggest that while film and writing have both tackled this theme, hypermedia offers new possibilities that might bridge the gap between written and visual anthropology.
Home as a Model for Sociality in Danish Children's Homes
A Question of Authenticity
Susanne Højlund
Based on fieldwork in Danish children's homes, this article examines how the idea of 'home' has emerged and become integrated in institutional practices. The ideal of hominess serves as a positive model for sociality in the institution, but at the same time it also produces dilemmas, paradoxes, and contradictions for both children and social workers. These dilemmas stem from the conflicting values of institution and home. Nevertheless, the two spheres should not be seen as spaces with incompatible logics; rather, they should be viewed as mutually dependent but competing ideas (and practices) that are inherent in the institutional value hierarchy. The article argues that the ideal of authenticity plays a central role in the way that hominess is perceived as a positive value in children's homes—and perhaps in institutions in general.
In Social Analysis
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2011
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 106–120 (15 total)
Suranjana Choudhury
Introduction The Partition of 1947 is one of the most defining moments of the history of the Indian subcontinent. Maps were redrawn along religious lines to displace millions on both sides of the border. People lost their homes, their loved
Anthropology from Home
Advice on Digital Ethnography for the Pandemic Times
Magdalena Góralska
discuss the obstacles some of the more offline-trained researchers can encounter. Proposing the term ‘anthropology from home’ in the last section of this article, I share my worries on the future challenges and adjustments that anthropologists will be
Nell Gabiam
concurrent exile through the prism of everyday life and especially through the notion of home . The analysis focusses on Al-Nur, a community centre in Istanbul catering to Syrian and Palestinian Syrian refugees. 2 Al-Nur was founded in 2014 by Khaled, a
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 32–48 (17 total)
Making Multitemporality with Houses
Time Trickery, Ethical Practice and Energy Demand in Postcolonial Britain
Roxana Moroşanu
that originated in, or are aesthetically suggested by, multiple times provided the background for imagining the future rather than being an obstacle to its emergence. Making multitemporality in and with one’s home reveals agency in creating
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 113–124 (12 total)
Thebes Troutman as Traveling Tween
Revising the Family Story
Margaret Steffler
apart. Both characters are vulnerable as they search for love, home, and a place to belong. Ostensibly upbeat and outgoing, Anne and Thebes also experience dark moments of feeling unloved, misunderstood, and unwanted. Anne contributed to stable notions
In Girlhood Studies
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- 01 Mar 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 126–140 (15 total)
Giving Aid Inside the Home
Humanitarian House Visits, Performative Refugeehood, and Social Control of Syrians in Jordan
Ann-Christin Wagner
refugees who had just survived the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean. In Mafraq, however, Syrians’ exile had long turned into protracted displacement. Inside their humble homes, Syrians spent many days waiting for aid workers to come and visit
In Migration and Society
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- 01 Dec 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 36–50 (15 total)
Home Away from Home
Ethnography of an EU Erasmus+ Project
Terry Lamb and Danila Mayer
data from ethnographic approaches. Figure 1: Wishes for the training project Home Away from Home (© Danila Mayer, July 2018). The Home Away from Home (HAFH) pilot training project was designed as a response to the present situation across
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2019
- Article Type:
- Other
- Pages:
- 115–129 (15 total)