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Curated Collections highlight previously published articles from our AnthroSource archives that speak to urgent issues in the present, offering insight into current events unfolding around the globe. From movements for racial justice and Indigenous sovereignty to the social implications of climate change, technological transformation, migration, and public health, these contributions demonstrate anthropology’s enduring relevance and responsibilities.
This collection, on the criminalization of immigration, was put together amid increasing public violence against communities across the US. The authors featured here draw on their fieldwork and expertise to illuminate how individuals and communities navigate, resist, and reshape the forces impacting their lives. They engage with contemporary debates not only as scholars but as public intellectuals committed to accountability, justice, and praxis within and beyond the academy. By situating the headlines within broader systems of power and meaning, these articles challenge simplistic narratives and offer critical, human-centered perspectives.
“Putting Band-Aids on Things That Need Stitches”: Immigration and the Landscape of Care in Rural America
By Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Dispatches from Flyover Country: Four Appraisals of Impacts of Trump’s Immigration Policy on Families, Schools, and Communities
By Edmund T. Hamann, Cara Morgenson
Ghost Workers: The Implications of Governing Immigration Through Crime for Migrant Workplaces
By Sarah B. Horton
Enabling or Subverting Legal Violence? Expert Witnesses in Immigration Proceedings
By Lauren Heidbrink
The Juárez Wives Club: Gendered Citizenship and US Immigration Law
By Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz
