This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites-from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to Ajanta, Srivijaya and Osaka. It moves beyond usual focuses on a single fibre (such as cotton) or place (such as...

The limits of liminality : anthropological approaches to unemployment in the U.S. / Carrie M. Lane -- The limits to quantitative thinking : engaging economics on the unemployed / David Karjanen -- Occupation / Jong Bum Kwon -- The rise of the precariat? : unemployment and social identity in a...

High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the »source« countries make...