Jobs We Had: Reflections on the Work of Anthropology

On the Responsibilities of Babysitting
By Rachel Howard

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Published On: May 30, 2025
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Student Athlete: Full Time Unpaid Labor
By Sarah G. Grant

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Published On: March 5, 2025
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My First Two Jobs, in Heaven and in Purgatory
By Alice Kehoe

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Published On: February 17, 2025
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Rapid Rituals: Reflections of a River Guide
By Sebastian Jackson

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Published On: December 3, 2024
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(Farm)work as/of Participant Observation
By Susannah Chapman

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Published On: January 2, 2024
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My Time as a Care Worker and How It Made Me an Anthropologist
By hagwil hayetsk / Charles Menzies

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Published On: January 2, 2024
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Reworking the Script: Education, Ritual, Catharsis
By Keith Egan

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Published On: December 8, 2023
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Jobs, Work, Class, and Public Education: The Work to Become an Anthropologist in Argentina
By Mariano Perelman

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Published On: December 8, 2023
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Anthropology in Customer Service
By Jessica Sujata Chandras

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Published On: December 8, 2023
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Academic Underbelly Grad School Jobs and Academic Underbelly Realities
By Karen Stocker

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Published On: December 8, 2023
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Working on a Tourist Train
By Pamela Runestad

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Published On: September 30, 2023
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Pursuing Anthropology Illegally: A Labor of Love, Hurt, and Rage
By Ana Ivasiuc

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Published On: September 30, 2023
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Those Were the Days, My Friend: Student Jobs When College Was More Affordable
By Jim Weil

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Published On: August 16, 2023
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The Wedding Harpist’s Lament: Or, How I Became an Ethnographer
By Janet Vertesi

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Published On: August 16, 2023
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The Work I’ve Done
By James Loucky

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Published On: June 16, 2023
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The Jobs We’ve Had: An Introduction
By Carrie Lane

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Published On: June 16, 2023
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In the Name of Love: How Invaluable Work Rarely Pays but Can Make Life Worth Living
By Melissa Zavala

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Published On: June 16, 2023
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Impermanent Work In and Out of Academia
By Maureen Meyers

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Published On: June 16, 2023
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Doing the Right Thing
By Jong-Bum Kwon

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Published On: June 16, 2023
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Another Job for Another Crisis
By Ben Slightom

Categories: Jobs We Had: Reflections on the Work of Anthropology
Published On: June 16, 2023
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On the Responsibilities of Babysitting

Student Athlete: Full Time Unpaid Labor

My First Two Jobs, in Heaven and in Purgatory

Rapid Rituals: Reflections of a River Guide

(Farm)work as/of Participant Observation

My Time as a Care Worker and How It Made Me an Anthropologist

Reworking the Script: Education, Ritual, Catharsis

Jobs, Work, Class, and Public Education: The Work to Become an Anthropologist in Argentina

Anthropology in Customer Service

Academic Underbelly Grad School Jobs and Academic Underbelly Realities

Working on a Tourist Train

Pursuing Anthropology Illegally: A Labor of Love, Hurt, and Rage

Those Were the Days, My Friend: Student Jobs When College Was More Affordable

The Wedding Harpist’s Lament: Or, How I Became an Ethnographer

The Work I’ve Done

The Jobs We’ve Had: An Introduction

In the Name of Love: How Invaluable Work Rarely Pays but Can Make Life Worth Living

Impermanent Work In and Out of Academia

Doing the Right Thing

Another Job for Another Crisis

Society for the Anthropology of Work