Postsocialism, Governmentality, and Subjectivity: An introduction

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Notes

1. The session, organized by Andrew Asher, Junjie Chen, and Sarah D. Phillips for the 2003 meetings of the American Anthropological Association was entitled ‘Where Capitalism and Socialism Meet: Opening up a Comparative Anthropology of Post/ Late Socialism(s).’ We are grateful to the discussants who provided stimulating commentary on possibilities for such a comparative anthropology — Ann Anagnost, Daphne Berdahl, and Gerald Creed. This special issue also continues conversations initiated during a conference session at the 2003 American Ethnological Society meetings (organized by Junjie Chen and Sarah D. Phillips), entitled ‘Tunnel Vision: Re-envisioning the Ethnography of Post-and Late Socialism(s).’ We are grateful to Ralph Litzinger and Mayfair Yang for their insightful responses to the papers. Finally, the contributors would like to thank the editors, Nils Bubandt and Mark Graham, and also A.C. Lagercrantz, for their careful work and encouragement.