Jennifer Curtis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3616220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Curtis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Curtis |
| SIGNATURE | CURTIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5584-0099 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Introducing Directions Section
Failures of the Sociological Imagination
In 2016, Trump's presidential campaign and the Leave campaigns in the U.K. "Brexit" referendum used racist messaging strategies. This article considers how these messaging strategies exploited the politics of unfinished conflict in both the U.S. and U.K. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Springfield, Missouri and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the article considers how history shaped reception of this rhetoric in my fieldsites. It concludes that cyn…
Nongovernmental Organizations
Anthropological research on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) considers their proliferation since the late twentieth century and their frequent performance of statelike roles. This scholarship speaks directly to how anthropology understands political action and the production of states and subjects. Themes of this work are rooted in the discipline's history of development research and are also shaped by critical social theory, political–econom…
Quality Varies Across Health Insurance Marketplace Pricing Regions
BACKGROUND: Although consumers purchasing health plans in the new Health Insurance Marketplace will be provided information on the cost and quality of participating health plans, it is unclear whether the state-wide plan quality averages that will be reported will accurately represent quality at the pricing region level where care will be received. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether currently reported state-wide health plan quality scores accurately…
Human Rights as War by Other Means
Combining firsthand ethnographic reportage with historical research, Human Rights as War by Other Means traces the use of rights discourse in Northern Ireland's politics from the local civil rights campaigns of the 1960s to present-day activism for truth recovery and LGBT equality
Pride and Prejudice
In the summer of 2008, a Northern Irish politician began publicly denouncing homosexuality. Her remarks galvanized responses from a broad range of groups and individuals. New voices joined the discussion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) civil rights, including trade unions and political parties that had previously been silent. Notably, some Christian churches expressed their support for gay rights by participating in Belfast's ann…
Anthropology and the Political
Profoundly Ungrateful
In the 1980s, the Thatcher governments increased funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Northern Ireland. This was partly a consequence of neoliberal policies that subcontracted public services to private bodies; as a result, NGOs became more firmly incorporated into the welfare state. However, increased entanglements of NGOs and state did not create passive state subjects. Instead, NGO activity remained rooted in local communities, …
Community' and the Re-Making of 1970s Belfast
This article explores the fraught, shifting terrain of'community' as lived out in 1970s Belfast. Applying Raymond Williams' concept of 'structures of feeling,' it explores 'community' consciousness that is rooted in affection, sensation, and knowledge. It then considers campaigns against redevelopment in west Belfast at this time, and the ways they were inspired and limited by the contemporary experience of 'community.' Based on fieldwork, oral h…
Profoundly Ungrateful
In the 1980s, the Thatcher governments increased funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Northern Ireland. This was partly a consequence of neoliberal policies that subcontracted public services to private bodies; as a result, NGOs became more firmly incorporated into the welfare state. However, increased entanglements of NGOs and state did not create passive state subjects. Instead, NGO activity remained rooted in local communities, …
Failures of the Sociological Imagination
In 2016, Trump's presidential campaign and the Leave campaigns in the U.K. "Brexit" referendum used racist messaging strategies. This article considers how these messaging strategies exploited the politics of unfinished conflict in both the U.S. and U.K. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Springfield, Missouri and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the article considers how history shaped reception of this rhetoric in my fieldsites. It concludes that cyn…
Community' and the Re-Making of 1970s Belfast
This article explores the fraught, shifting terrain of'community' as lived out in 1970s Belfast. Applying Raymond Williams' concept of 'structures of feeling,' it explores 'community' consciousness that is rooted in affection, sensation, and knowledge. It then considers campaigns against redevelopment in west Belfast at this time, and the ways they were inspired and limited by the contemporary experience of 'community.' Based on fieldwork, oral h…
Pride and Prejudice
In the summer of 2008, a Northern Irish politician began publicly denouncing homosexuality. Her remarks galvanized responses from a broad range of groups and individuals. New voices joined the discussion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) civil rights, including trade unions and political parties that had previously been silent. Notably, some Christian churches expressed their support for gay rights by participating in Belfast's ann…
Community' and the Re-Making of 1970s Belfast
This article explores the fraught, shifting terrain of'community' as lived out in 1970s Belfast. Applying Raymond Williams' concept of 'structures of feeling,' it explores 'community' consciousness that is rooted in affection, sensation, and knowledge. It then considers campaigns against redevelopment in west Belfast at this time, and the ways they were inspired and limited by the contemporary experience of 'community.' Based on fieldwork, oral h…
Profoundly Ungrateful
In the 1980s, the Thatcher governments increased funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Northern Ireland. This was partly a consequence of neoliberal policies that subcontracted public services to private bodies; as a result, NGOs became more firmly incorporated into the welfare state. However, increased entanglements of NGOs and state did not create passive state subjects. Instead, NGO activity remained rooted in local communities, …
Anthropology and the Political
Pride and Prejudice
In the summer of 2008, a Northern Irish politician began publicly denouncing homosexuality. Her remarks galvanized responses from a broad range of groups and individuals. New voices joined the discussion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) civil rights, including trade unions and political parties that had previously been silent. Notably, some Christian churches expressed their support for gay rights by participating in Belfast's ann…
Human Rights as War by Other Means
Combining firsthand ethnographic reportage with historical research, Human Rights as War by Other Means traces the use of rights discourse in Northern Ireland's politics from the local civil rights campaigns of the 1960s to present-day activism for truth recovery and LGBT equality
Quality Varies Across Health Insurance Marketplace Pricing Regions
BACKGROUND: Although consumers purchasing health plans in the new Health Insurance Marketplace will be provided information on the cost and quality of participating health plans, it is unclear whether the state-wide plan quality averages that will be reported will accurately represent quality at the pricing region level where care will be received. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether currently reported state-wide health plan quality scores accurately…
Nongovernmental Organizations
Anthropological research on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) considers their proliferation since the late twentieth century and their frequent performance of statelike roles. This scholarship speaks directly to how anthropology understands political action and the production of states and subjects. Themes of this work are rooted in the discipline's history of development research and are also shaped by critical social theory, political–econom…
Failures of the Sociological Imagination
In 2016, Trump's presidential campaign and the Leave campaigns in the U.K. "Brexit" referendum used racist messaging strategies. This article considers how these messaging strategies exploited the politics of unfinished conflict in both the U.S. and U.K. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Springfield, Missouri and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the article considers how history shaped reception of this rhetoric in my fieldsites. It concludes that cyn…
Introducing Directions Section
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Irish and British Studies (4 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works)