– BY SIGRID VAN ROODE – The young man looked at me hesitantly. “Well, I don’t know….” he said. “I’ll have to ask my grandfather, but he’s praying right now. Would you like som...
DISTANT DOCTORS: A SURGICAL THEATER IN ROMANIA – BY CRISTINA A. POP – Someone has a fondness for purple decor, I decide, as I look around the examination room at a gigantic poster of bloo...
http://www.ethnography.com/2023/05/distant-doctors-a-surgical-theater-in-romania/
Ritual Shrine Offerings Among the Exotic Nacirema Tribe While it may seem that anthropologists have documented the most exotic rituals across the globe, the strangest rituals are still yet to be...
http://www.ethnography.com/2022/11/exotic-religious-ritual-at-the-credit-card-machine/
I lived many years in Thailand where a subject of fascination for outsiders is the “sex industry.” I have of course known many people who were involved at various levels, but have never tur...
http://www.ethnography.com/2022/11/alienated-labor-sex-work-and-intimacy-among-thai-sex-workers/
Thailand’s most famous and beloved writer– Rong Wongsawan’s work has been translated, edited and published in English for the first time. For admirers of Thailand and its culture, you can n...
http://www.ethnography.com/2022/11/thailands-most-famous-writer-finally-published-in-english/
Greetings Ethnography.com aficionados! My previous post “What Happens if Chinese Smartphones Teach English Lessons in Tanzania?” is now on Youtube . Keeping up with the times, Tony and I wi...
In Northern Burma there is a railway bridge, the Gokteik Viaduct . It was completed in 1900 by a Pennsylvania steel company under contract to the British government, which had recently conquered ...
http://www.ethnography.com/2022/10/british-colonialism-and-railways-to-nowhere-in-northern-burma/