Cool viewpoint, very interesting.
Struggled to get through it, the style of writing was difficult for me to understand, still not sure I understand the book entirely but she does have good concepts

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

the book is (by purpose) a puzzle out of many - sometimes ethnographic, sometimes analytical - parts. it is therefore not a very pleasant read. nothing is ever really summarized either. i wish tsing ... Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Was reading this book on-and-off for a few weeks now, and it's been a few weeks since. I was hoping this would be a more academic, focused book than Friedman's The World is Flat, whose focus on ... Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Actual rating: 3.5 stars I was probably one of the only people in my class to like reading this book, then again a lot of the other students in my class have not encountered a lot of scholars who are ... Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Serious, compelling anthropology that 1. does not assume the unassaible superiority and invincibility of the european philosophical tradition and 2. occurs in a language that is supple, human and ... Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Interesting read about the problems of globalization and the friction that is created by it. Dense reading but worth the challenge if globalization/ anthropology/ ethnography are of interest to you. Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Read this with "In the Realm of the Diamond Queen;" it provides a profound portrait of change and the dynamics of globalization. Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

This book lacks a good editor, but the substance is there, though it asks for a lot of patience and attention to see it. Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

one of the best books i read in college. Read full review

Review: Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection

Tsing is an anthropologist who uses interrelated ethnographies of 1990s Indonesia to discuss how what she calls "universals"--namely capital, knowledge, and social justice movements--are always ... Read full review