J. D. RovinWhere do we come from? Where are we? Where are we going?(I hope I have not stolen Gauguin’s title for nothing)Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
J. D. Rovinbreakdown“Do you remember that one time at Sydney’s when we walked through the park all night and then we went to that terrible Italian place?”Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
J. D. RovinDniesterHe lives on OregAn 9. OregAn 9, a lustrous gray planet with sulphuric cinder cone volcanoes and an atmosphere so cold that even the clouds…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
J. D. Rovin“I had nothing to offer anybody but my own confusion”written in late 2018 for the Presidential Scholars Program at the University of Texas at Austin, this essay is a reflection on an…May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
J. D. RovinWhat I think about participant observation right nowIn this paper I will focus on the work of two intellectuals who participated in the Algerian War for independence, Frantz Fanon and Mahfoud…Apr 26, 2023Apr 26, 2023
J. D. RovinTHE YEPÂ-MASA AND THEIR LANGUAGEThe Tukano/Tucano, or Yepâ-masa as they call themselves, are a group of people whose traditional territory occupies much of the…Apr 26, 2023Apr 26, 2023
J. D. RovinTowards a New View of Folklore, Performance, and Textualization in American AnthropologyIn one scene from the documentary film Derrida (2002), the French-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida complains that the filmmaker’s…Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
J. D. RovinHow one milkshake changed everything…Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil! is rich with speedy, intricate prose which goes on and on like a fantastic column of black gold bursting from…Jul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022