D B Giles
Biographic Data
| ID | 47174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D B Giles |
| GIVEN NAMES | D B |
| FAMILY NAME | Giles |
| SIGNATURE | GILES D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8556-0562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A place to call home
In, Of, and For the City
Big Data won’t feed the world
Anthropology and #MeToo
MeToo deals in the everyday ambiguous and intersectional, providing a space for discussion of the grey areas of sexual propriety. Since 2017, when the term was mobilised spectacularly in the US entertainment industry, other industries have undertaken an examination of their own practices and norms. In this paper we consider the implications of this political moment for the discipline of anthropology, and specifically the idea of ‘the field’ in th…
Conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective
This piece is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation with members of the Karrabing Film Collective – Lorraine Lane, Linda Yarrowin, Cecilia Lewis, Sandra Yarrowin, and anthropologist Elizabeth Povinelli – interviewed by anthropologists Melinda Hinkson and David Boarder Giles. The Karrabing Film Collective are a community of Indigenous Australians and their whitefella collaborators who make films that analyse and represent their contemporar…
Neutralizing homelessness, 2015
In this forum, I revisit Peter Marcuse’s influential essay, Neutralizing Homelessness (1988), to see what light his conclusions—now nearly 30 years old—can shed on the contemporary landscape of hom
The work of waste-making
The Anatomy of a Dumpster
This essay explores the cultural economy of commercial waste. Drawing from ethnographic research with Dumpster divers in Seattle, Washington, and other cities with comparable waste streams, it explores the ways in which waste may constitute a distinct cultural-economic logic with the capacity to produce value. In particular, I argue that massive quantities of unspoiled food and other discarded commercial goods with persistent use values constitut…
The Anatomy of a Dumpster
This essay explores the cultural economy of commercial waste. Drawing from ethnographic research with Dumpster divers in Seattle, Washington, and other cities with comparable waste streams, it explores the ways in which waste may constitute a distinct cultural-economic logic with the capacity to produce value. In particular, I argue that massive quantities of unspoiled food and other discarded commercial goods with persistent use values constitut…
Neutralizing homelessness, 2015
In this forum, I revisit Peter Marcuse’s influential essay, Neutralizing Homelessness (1988), to see what light his conclusions—now nearly 30 years old—can shed on the contemporary landscape of hom
The Anatomy of a Dumpster
This essay explores the cultural economy of commercial waste. Drawing from ethnographic research with Dumpster divers in Seattle, Washington, and other cities with comparable waste streams, it explores the ways in which waste may constitute a distinct cultural-economic logic with the capacity to produce value. In particular, I argue that massive quantities of unspoiled food and other discarded commercial goods with persistent use values constitut…
The work of waste-making
Neutralizing homelessness, 2015
In this forum, I revisit Peter Marcuse’s influential essay, Neutralizing Homelessness (1988), to see what light his conclusions—now nearly 30 years old—can shed on the contemporary landscape of hom
Conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective
This piece is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation with members of the Karrabing Film Collective – Lorraine Lane, Linda Yarrowin, Cecilia Lewis, Sandra Yarrowin, and anthropologist Elizabeth Povinelli – interviewed by anthropologists Melinda Hinkson and David Boarder Giles. The Karrabing Film Collective are a community of Indigenous Australians and their whitefella collaborators who make films that analyse and represent their contemporar…
Anthropology and #MeToo
MeToo deals in the everyday ambiguous and intersectional, providing a space for discussion of the grey areas of sexual propriety. Since 2017, when the term was mobilised spectacularly in the US entertainment industry, other industries have undertaken an examination of their own practices and norms. In this paper we consider the implications of this political moment for the discipline of anthropology, and specifically the idea of ‘the field’ in th…
Big Data won’t feed the world
In, Of, and For the City
A place to call home
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)