In which John buys a mushroom to try and understand capitalism. 

Transcript; https://notesfromthefielddesk.tumblr.com/post/656153340142632960/episode-6-tsing-part-1

This episode references "The Mushroom at the End of the World" By Anna Tsing

The sounds were;

Tsukiji market by Marec https://freesound.org/people/Marec/sounds/14280/

OimachiExcelsiorCafe120 by Markeystar
https://freesound.org/people/markystar/sounds/42194/#

Huge thank you to Kerry Candaele for use of his audio for the auction scene. His Youtube is;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP8mrHH_Tc6lCpNEWgwuUtQ 

I really recommend checking out the trailer for his documentary Ivotopia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YajIWtzpD8 

Our theme music as always was Dark side of my students;
freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/341770/

Additional music 
Something is Going On by Godmode

Episode 6 - Notes from the Field Desk - Anna Tsing Part 1

John gets haunted, lost and found in the forest.

Transcript; https://notesfromthefielddesk.tumblr.com/post/656153499120304128/episode-7-tsing-part-2 

Thanks for listening to notes from the field. It was written by me, James McGrail

This episode references; 

Tsing Anna - The Mushroom at the end of the world and
Tsing Anna - The Global Situation

The follower was played by James Sheehan. 

All the sounds were all recorded in a forest in Hertfordshire. 

Our music, as always, was “dark side of my students.” freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/341770/ 

and Madam Wahalla beat.

Visit us on twitter instagram and soundcloud at notes from TFD for full links!

Episode 7 - Notes From The Field Desk - Anna Tsing Part 2

in which John floats another idea for research to Susan. But this time he did some fucking reading. 

The finale of Notes from the Field Desk releases on July 28th.

This episode references 

Awoonor, Kofi (1972) This Earth, My Brother

Oteng-Ababio, M., & Agyemang, E. (2012). Virtue out of necessity? Urbanisation, urban growth and Okada services in Accra, Ghana. 

And 

Ntewusu, S. A. (2012). Settling in and holding on: a socio-economic history of northern traders and transporters in Accra's Tudu, 1908-2008. African studies.

The music was “dark side of my students.” 

The sounds are from field recordings in Accra Ghana by me.

Episode 7.5 - Notes from the Field Desk - The Proposal

What happens when you aren’t a teenager anymore but you haven’t quite made the transition to adulthood just yet? Listen to the finale of Notes from the Field desk to find out! In this episode we take a trip through Accra’s streets, discuss all the theorists we’ve covered so far and John makes a confession. This episode includes field recordings from my actual research in Ghana including interviews with young Uber drivers from Accra. As I said on my twitter this episode is also a love letter to anthropology! 

The cast in order of appearance; 

James McGrail 
Lucy Hansen 
Julie Karremans 
Lexy Matthews 
Fatimah Momtaz 
Georgia Armstrong 
Shajeela Shawkat 
And Zareef Karim 

Thank you for listening to Notes from the Field Desk, this episode references;

Malinowski, Bronislaw (1922) Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Evans-Pritchard, E.E., The Nuer, 1940, Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Asad, Talal (1973) Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter

Butler, Judith (1990) Gender Trouble

Tsing, Anna (2015) The Mushroom at the End of the World

Ference, M. (2016). “Together We Can”: Redefining Work in Nairobi’s Urban Transportation Sector.

Gaibazzi, P. (2015). The quest for luck: Fate, fortune, work and the unexpected among Gambian Soninke hustlers.

Honwana, Alcinda (2012) The Time of Youth: Work, Social Change and politics in Africa.

Ntewusu, S. A. (2012). Settling in and holding on: a socio-economic history of northern traders and transporters in Accra's Tudu, 1908-2008.

Quayson, A. (2014). Oxford Street, Accra : City life and the itineraries of
transnationalism.

The sounds were;

Hammer on Metal Fence by GammelsMurfen https://freesound.org/people/Gammelsmurfen778/sounds/474005/

traffic heavy dense boulevard Dakar, Senegal, Africa by Kyles https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/450668/

rbh Ouaga traffic scooters by RHumphries https://freesound.org/people/RHumphries/sounds/982/

agbogbloshie by Ikbenraar https://freesound.org/people/ikbenraar/sounds/457227/

Thailand Truck Minibus by Kyles https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/177749/ 

Wind inside car by ra_gun https://freesound.org/people/ra_gun/sounds/82267/

Ghana bus station megaphone by Jakabvalenta https://freesound.org/people/jakubvalenta/sounds/367174/

Market in Africa by Felix Blume https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/173153/ 

And my own field recordings. 

Our theme music was dark side of my students » newageisz_tadeusz by miastodzwiekowmaszewski https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/341770/

Episode 8 - Notes from the Field Desk - Waithood

Notes From The Field Desk

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