linguistic anthropology lab
@ucsd
Housed in Anthropology, the Lab is UCSD’s hub for research in linguistic anthropology; it welcomes not just specialists, but all those interested in linguistic anthropological methods and theories. It is located in the Social Sciences Research Building, Room 340 (see map).
All events are hybrid, unless otherwise noted. We usually meet on Fridays from 10-11:40am.
Congratulations to Micho Min-Torresdey (Hillyer) on winning this year's UC Human Rights Fellowship!
Our call for Kitchen Session presenters is open year-round. Kitchen Sessions provide a friendly, low-stakes setting where grad students and faculty can share raw ethnographic materials and collectively brainstorm directions for analysis. Presenters from any department are welcome. No background in linguistic anthropology is required, just an interest in exploring what this kind of approach to your materials can yield. Click here for more details.
Remember, grad students can get academic credit for attending the Linguistic Anthropology Workshop: 1 unit per quarter for up to 4 quarters. The course number is ANTH 241.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, Linguistic Anthropology is offering the following courses:
- ANTH 279F. Core Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (Yeh, winter)
- ANTH 4. Words and Worlds: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (DEI; Yeh, spring)
- ANSC 191. Selves & Stories (Yeh, spring)
Rihan Yeh has a new essay on "Ghost Deixis and the Public Secret in Tijuana, Mexico" out in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. This is a piece 100% conceived of and developed in the Lab--thanks to everyone who made it possible!
Drew Kerr has accumulated a nice set of author interviews, plus a book review:
- Interview with Shenila Khoja-Moolji on Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan- Interview with Moyukh Chatterjee on Composing Violence: The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities- Interview with Dan White on Administering Affect: Pop-Culture Japan and the Politics of Anxiety- Interview with Marina Peterson on Atmospheric Noise: The Indefinite Urbanism of Los Angeles- Review of Tarini Bedi's Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India
Damini Pant also has a couple book reviews out, with more on the way:- Review of Seeing Like a Smuggler: Borders from Below, edited by Mahmoud Keshavarz and Shahram Khosravi- Review of Tiruvalluvar's The Book of Desire, translated by Meena Kandasamy
All sessions this quarter will meet Fridays 10-11:40am; they will all be hybrid.
Welcome Back/Fall Writing Intentions
Fri, Oct 3
Nelson Flores, Penn
A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of the Self
Fri, Oct 17
Kitchen Session with Damini Pant (UCSD) + Co-Writing Session
Fri, Oct 24
Conversation + Co-Writing with Haleema Welji, UCSD Ling Anth alum
Fri, Nov 7
AAA Debrief + Winter Planning
Fri, Dec 5