Fieldnotes - The Anthropology Podcast
Fieldnotes is a new initiative from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Each episode opens a window into the worlds our faculty move through – social, visual and cultural anthropology in all their messy, thoughtful, field-based forms. We sit with anthropologists as they reflect on their journeys, the moments that shaped them, the ideas that keep them awake at night and the questions they continue to carry into their research. From sensory encounters in the field to the politics of representation, memory and everyday life, Fieldnotes brings you conversations that are intimate, grounded and curious.
Episodes
Engaged Anthropology, Development and the Meanings of Violence with Dr Lyndsay McLean
In this episode of Field Notes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Sana Batool speaks with Dr Lyndsay McLean about engaged anthropology, international development, feminist research and social justice.Drawing on more than two decades of work across academic, practitioner and consultancy spaces, Lyndsay reflects on what anthropology can bring to development practice: a deeper attention to context, li
Visual Storytelling, Memory and Afghanistan with Moska Najib
In this episode of Field Notes, the Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Dr Syeda Sana Batool, Assistant Professor of Visual Anthropology at University of Sussex speaks with Moska Najib, a writer, photographer, editor and communications professional whose work moves across journalism, multimedia production, visual storytelling and public communication. Born in Afghanistan and educated in India and Switzer
Labour, Inequality and the Human Lives Behind Global Fashion with Dr Rebecca Prentice
In this episode of Fieldnotes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Dr Syeda Sana Batool speaks with Dr Rebecca Prentice, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex, about labour, inequality and the global garment industry.Drawing on her research in Bangladesh, Dr Prentice discusses what anthropology reveals about garment work that is often missed in
Field Notes: Bedel, Belonging, and Queer Kurdish Life with Dr Emrah Karakuş
In this episode of Field Notes, host Sam speaks with Dr Emrah Karakuş about queer and trans Kurdish life, intimacy and affect as political terrains, and the ethical stakes of ethnographic research. From a working-class Kurdish background to an interdisciplinary anthropological journey, Dr Karakuş reflects on how care, struggle, obligation, and belonging shape both scholarship and lived experience.
Listening to the Body: Health, Inequality and Anthropology with Dr Elizabeth Mills
In this episode of Field Notes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Sana Batool speaks with Elizabeth Mills, Associate Professor in Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex. Beth reflects on how she first found anthropology in South Africa during a time of HIV activism and political urgency, and how that experience shaped her lifelong commitment to understanding health,
Anthropology, Fieldwork & Global Challenges – A Conversation with Prof. Geert De Neve
In this episode, Dr Syeda Sana Batool spoke with Professor Geert De Neve, Head of the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Trained initially in economics before turning to anthropology, Prof. De Neve shares what drew him to the discipline and how it continues to shape his understanding of the world. Drawing on decades of fieldwork in South India, he reflects on the complex realiti
Faith, Feeling, and the Future: Exploring Spiritual Worlds with Dr Gareth Breen
In this episode of Fieldnotes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, host Dr Syeda Sana Batool speaks with Dr Gareth Breen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Gareth’s work moves fluidly between transnational religious networks, emerging spiritual academies in China, psychotherapy, and the speculative horizons of AI.They begin with Gareth’s long-term research on the global
Moving Worlds: Time, Trade, and Medical Travel with Dr Diana Ibáñez-Tirado
In this episode of Fieldnotes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, host Dr Syeda Sana Batool sits down with Dr Diana Ibáñez-Tirado, Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex and a beloved figure in the department. With research spanning Tajikistan, Russia, Turkey, and beyond, Diana shares the story behind her non-linear academic journey — from studying International Relations and Russian t
Travelling Through Frontiers: Global Lives, Local Worlds — with Professor Magnus Marsden
In the very first episode of Fieldnotes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, host Dr. Sana Batool, Assistant Prof. of Visual Anthropology speaks with Professor Magnus Marsden, Head of Anthropology at the University of Sussex, about his decades-long work tracing how people, goods, and ideas travel across borders.From the dusty roads of northern Pakistan to the global fur markets of Central Asia, Magnu
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