Philip Y Kao
Biographic Data
| ID | 157224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Y Kao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Kao |
| SIGNATURE | KAO P Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Filming as a Care Practice
These are three distinct essays that interrogate what happens when the anthropologist studying aging and care envisions their fieldwork through the lens of the video camera and its outputs. The intersection between the anthropology of care/aging and visual anthropology has been a relatively under-theorized nexus, but these excellent essay contributions point toward some possible and productive directions. In short, these essays describe how filmi…
Participants and Observations
Shelling from the ivory tower
This article is a historical examination of several watershed episodes in the militarization of US social science. It off ers an assessment of the actual "science" underpinning such initiatives as Project Camelot, and traces how American anthropology in its reaction to Project Camelot and Cold War studies moved from certain kinds of scientific/knowledge production toward others. By critiquing the intellectual foundations of Project Camelot alongs…
The Unwanted Help? Enslaved African Americans and their Aging White Masters
This essay explores whether or not the enslaved African American provided caregiving to their aging white 'masters' and other elderly whites in early America. Although there is plenty of historical mention of the 'house slave', housework, and caregiving for the children of slave owners, there been very little mention of eldercare across racial lines before the 20th century. This essay does not provide any new historical data. Instead, it sketches…
When Frost Happens
This article draws from my time spent working as a caregiver in a 350-plus resident not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in the American Midwest. Caregivers working in CCRCs provide care and support to elderly residents who live out the rest of their lives in these transitional 'homes'. Yet even these organizations are transforming and changing the way care is being constructed and delivered. This paper examines how a long-t…
Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
Notes1. G. Lydon, On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 3.2. A.A. Ahmida, ed., Bridges Across the Sahara: Social Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2009).3. H.W. Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside (Whitefish, MT: Kessin…
Ta' Pinu
This article explores the miracles and ex-votos (votive offerings) associated with the Ta' Pinu shrine on Gozo, Malta's northernmost island. Drawing from ethnographic data, analysis of various personal accounts, and observations of people's interactions with the bricolage of Ta' Pinu ex-votos, I seek to show that Gozitans perform a highly personal yet ritualised form of empathy in the context of miracle worship. The miracles associated with Ta' P…
Giving and Receiving Care
Much has been written about the practice of caregiving and care for the elderly, especially in places like the traditional nursing home (e.g. Diamond 1986, Savishinsky 1991, Stafford 2003, Gass 2004). In the United States caregivers commonly refer to those professionals that constitute a cadre of nurses, nursing assistants (both certified and uncertified), therapists, palliative care/ hospice workers—and very often—family members, who help the el…
How Do Anthropologists Promote Peace
Shelling from the ivory tower
This article is a historical examination of several watershed episodes in the militarization of US social science. It off ers an assessment of the actual "science" underpinning such initiatives as Project Camelot, and traces how American anthropology in its reaction to Project Camelot and Cold War studies moved from certain kinds of scientific/knowledge production toward others. By critiquing the intellectual foundations of Project Camelot alongs…
How Do Anthropologists Promote Peace
Giving and Receiving Care
Much has been written about the practice of caregiving and care for the elderly, especially in places like the traditional nursing home (e.g. Diamond 1986, Savishinsky 1991, Stafford 2003, Gass 2004). In the United States caregivers commonly refer to those professionals that constitute a cadre of nurses, nursing assistants (both certified and uncertified), therapists, palliative care/ hospice workers—and very often—family members, who help the el…
Ta' Pinu
This article explores the miracles and ex-votos (votive offerings) associated with the Ta' Pinu shrine on Gozo, Malta's northernmost island. Drawing from ethnographic data, analysis of various personal accounts, and observations of people's interactions with the bricolage of Ta' Pinu ex-votos, I seek to show that Gozitans perform a highly personal yet ritualised form of empathy in the context of miracle worship. The miracles associated with Ta' P…
When Frost Happens
This article draws from my time spent working as a caregiver in a 350-plus resident not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in the American Midwest. Caregivers working in CCRCs provide care and support to elderly residents who live out the rest of their lives in these transitional 'homes'. Yet even these organizations are transforming and changing the way care is being constructed and delivered. This paper examines how a long-t…
Trans-Saharan Africa in World History
Notes1. G. Lydon, On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 3.2. A.A. Ahmida, ed., Bridges Across the Sahara: Social Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2009).3. H.W. Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside (Whitefish, MT: Kessin…
The Unwanted Help? Enslaved African Americans and their Aging White Masters
This essay explores whether or not the enslaved African American provided caregiving to their aging white 'masters' and other elderly whites in early America. Although there is plenty of historical mention of the 'house slave', housework, and caregiving for the children of slave owners, there been very little mention of eldercare across racial lines before the 20th century. This essay does not provide any new historical data. Instead, it sketches…
Shelling from the ivory tower
This article is a historical examination of several watershed episodes in the militarization of US social science. It off ers an assessment of the actual "science" underpinning such initiatives as Project Camelot, and traces how American anthropology in its reaction to Project Camelot and Cold War studies moved from certain kinds of scientific/knowledge production toward others. By critiquing the intellectual foundations of Project Camelot alongs…
Participants and Observations
Filming as a Care Practice
These are three distinct essays that interrogate what happens when the anthropologist studying aging and care envisions their fieldwork through the lens of the video camera and its outputs. The intersection between the anthropology of care/aging and visual anthropology has been a relatively under-theorized nexus, but these excellent essay contributions point toward some possible and productive directions. In short, these essays describe how filmi…
Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works)