Month: August 2024

Vasectomy, Futures, and Finitude

Vasectomy, Futures, and Finitude


Since 2019, a growing group of “anti-natalist” activists have been used as a foil to demonstrate rising anxieties regarding future prospects of life on earth. Writing for the New York Times, Ezra Klein (2022) has claimed that anti-natalists fear a dystopian future so much that bringing a new person into this existence is immoral for […]
Section 144: Fieldwork in a Curfew

Section 144: Fieldwork in a Curfew


Reflecting on the complexities of conducting research in a region gripped by administrative upheaval and political uncertainty, I write to open up this forum to fellow anthropologists and scholars to share personal experiences and emotional challenges and its impact on the well-being and safety of both the researcher and our interlocutors. Jammu City in the […]