Sam Wilby
Biographic Data
| ID | 4971000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Wilby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilby |
| SIGNATURE | WILBY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-5131-0643 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Buffalo Politics
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Buffalo Politics
Public rituals of buffalo sacrifice have a prominent place in the political history of eastern India. They were productive activities in agrarian livelihoods, stages for intercommunal politics, unifying spectacles for regional kings, and justifications for colonial military interventions. While their historical scale is much reduced today, in parts of southern Odisha, they remain important political events. Drawing on historical research and long…
Tactile tensions
In the central highlands of Odisha, India, Kutia Kondh families navigate a precarious reality shaped by productive autonomy, decentralized authority, and material and relational uncertainty. Abundance and destitution are finely balanced in a world where humans, animals, ancestors, and spirits are co‐present and co‐dependent but also opaque and unpredictable. A significant amount of ‘tact’ is therefore required to create enduring links of mutualit…
Purity in Danger
What have advances in transplant science meant for our understandings of the human condition? Beginning with The Intruder , Jean-Luc Nancy's account of his heart transplant, I reflect on the realities of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. I argue that the substitutability of immunity, the uneasy cellular relations, and the curative role of sustained violence in these procedures unsettle symbolic frameworks of exclusive selfhood and sovereig…
Buffalo Politics
Public rituals of buffalo sacrifice have a prominent place in the political history of eastern India. They were productive activities in agrarian livelihoods, stages for intercommunal politics, unifying spectacles for regional kings, and justifications for colonial military interventions. While their historical scale is much reduced today, in parts of southern Odisha, they remain important political events. Drawing on historical research and long…
Purity in Danger
What have advances in transplant science meant for our understandings of the human condition? Beginning with The Intruder , Jean-Luc Nancy's account of his heart transplant, I reflect on the realities of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. I argue that the substitutability of immunity, the uneasy cellular relations, and the curative role of sustained violence in these procedures unsettle symbolic frameworks of exclusive selfhood and sovereig…
Buffalo Politics
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Buffalo Politics
Public rituals of buffalo sacrifice have a prominent place in the political history of eastern India. They were productive activities in agrarian livelihoods, stages for intercommunal politics, unifying spectacles for regional kings, and justifications for colonial military interventions. While their historical scale is much reduced today, in parts of southern Odisha, they remain important political events. Drawing on historical research and long…
Tactile tensions
In the central highlands of Odisha, India, Kutia Kondh families navigate a precarious reality shaped by productive autonomy, decentralized authority, and material and relational uncertainty. Abundance and destitution are finely balanced in a world where humans, animals, ancestors, and spirits are co‐present and co‐dependent but also opaque and unpredictable. A significant amount of ‘tact’ is therefore required to create enduring links of mutualit…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Sovereignty (3 works) · Publics (2 works) · Sacrifice (2 works) · Addendum (1 works) · Agrarian society (1 works) · Autonomy (1 works) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (1 works) · Dislocation (1 works)