Megan Steffen
Biographic Data
| ID | 122359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Steffen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Steffen |
| SIGNATURE | STEFFEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tsinghua University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9046-5033 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Fruits of Demolition
Drawing on over twenty-four months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between March 2013 and January 2018 in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, this article identifies neglect as a generative process. It demonstrates three related points: (1) that neglect generates new economic, social, and aesthetic forms; (2) that neglect in the PRC is marked by a historically informed temporality that presumes the state's continued interference; (3) th…
A Mystery in the Archives
In July 1931, a young student of anthropology at Columbia University named Henrietta Schmerler was raped and murdered while researching the White Mountain Apache in Arizona. Although anthropologists have for decades repeated a received narrative that uses idealized fieldwork tropes to blame Schmerler for her own rape and murder, a careful historiographical analysis reveals most scholarly work on Schmerler's case relies on archival sources that ha…
Disciplinary Violence
The Disavowal of Henrietta Schmerler
Willful times
On the basis of more than twenty-four months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between March 2013 and March 2016 in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, this article examines the reasons why three different generations of entrepreneurs continue to make what appear to be risky economic decisions in the face of what they admit is an economic downturn. I argue that in Zhengzhou, recent historical experiences of sudden, unexpected outcomes hav…
A Mystery in the Archives
In July 1931, a young student of anthropology at Columbia University named Henrietta Schmerler was raped and murdered while researching the White Mountain Apache in Arizona. Although anthropologists have for decades repeated a received narrative that uses idealized fieldwork tropes to blame Schmerler for her own rape and murder, a careful historiographical analysis reveals most scholarly work on Schmerler's case relies on archival sources that ha…
Disciplinary Violence
The Disavowal of Henrietta Schmerler
Willful times
On the basis of more than twenty-four months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between March 2013 and March 2016 in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, this article examines the reasons why three different generations of entrepreneurs continue to make what appear to be risky economic decisions in the face of what they admit is an economic downturn. I argue that in Zhengzhou, recent historical experiences of sudden, unexpected outcomes hav…
Willful times
On the basis of more than twenty-four months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between March 2013 and March 2016 in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, this article examines the reasons why three different generations of entrepreneurs continue to make what appear to be risky economic decisions in the face of what they admit is an economic downturn. I argue that in Zhengzhou, recent historical experiences of sudden, unexpected outcomes hav…
Disciplinary Violence
The Disavowal of Henrietta Schmerler
A Mystery in the Archives
In July 1931, a young student of anthropology at Columbia University named Henrietta Schmerler was raped and murdered while researching the White Mountain Apache in Arizona. Although anthropologists have for decades repeated a received narrative that uses idealized fieldwork tropes to blame Schmerler for her own rape and murder, a careful historiographical analysis reveals most scholarly work on Schmerler's case relies on archival sources that ha…
The Fruits of Demolition
Drawing on over twenty-four months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between March 2013 and January 2018 in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, this article identifies neglect as a generative process. It demonstrates three related points: (1) that neglect generates new economic, social, and aesthetic forms; (2) that neglect in the PRC is marked by a historically informed temporality that presumes the state's continued interference; (3) th…
Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)