Author Archives: lfearnley

Recently, avian influenza has returned to public attention, by coincidence appearing at the same time in three different settings: a Hong Kong poultry market; a Shenzhen bus driver; and laboratories in the Wisconsin and the Netherlands. Though the timing of … Continue reading →

I have been working through Boltanski et al with a friend at Beijing University sociology department.  I very much enjoy the elegance with which they approach the disciplinary laws of sociology and economics, not in order to denounce them as … Continue reading →

This post begins from a persistent feeling of insincerity that has accompanied many of my fieldwork interactions. When I first started noticing the feeling, I attributed it to a particular aspect of the setting where I am doing fieldwork. Working … Continue reading →