Anthropologists, for one, have long been uncomfortable with the way in which the notion of ‘culture’ has been used in pernicious or problematic ways which can result in racism, essentialism, ‘othering’, exotification or simply a lack of precision. This discomfort is captured in James Clifford’s often quoted phrase in the introduction to The Predicament of…
Category: Swimming Inequality
Swimming Inequality
I was struck by the photo of the goggles in the dirt held together with rubber bands and string. It suggests a determination to swim no matter what. The photo is from the Dollar Street website which is a collection of images from around the world largely of families and individuals with their material items…
An Anthropology of Swimming 