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Immigrants, fear, and media spectacles (yes, we have been here before)
This post was written and published in October 2024. It discusses the work of UC Irvine anthropologist Leo Chavez. His ideas are as relevant as ever here in 2025. Oh look, immigration is once again one of the big issues this election cycle. This is so shocking. Oh, right. It’s not shocking at all. Immigration… — read more
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Shadowed Lives: On immigration and anthropology
Here is a slightly updated excerpt from a piece I wrote as an introduction for the anthropologies project back in 2011: The year was 2005. I was a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working on my BA in anthropology. This was my second year, I think, and I was taking a class… — read more
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