Getting the Most out of EPIC2018
An EPIC Talk with MARTHA COTTON, ROGERIO DE PAULA, ABBAS JAFFER, and MEG KINNEY September 20, 2018, 10:00am–11:30pm PST Free online event, …
Monstrous possibilities: Kaiju as beauty and terror
By Esther R. Anderson Kaiju are giant monsters that can be seen causing filmic chaos without apparent cause or motive. As genetically-engineered …
Research and Rewards: An Update from AAA Intern Evan Olinger
I can and can’t believe it’s my last week here in DC. In one respect my time here has gone about as …
The Sacrifice Zones of American “Energy Independence”: Pipeline and Refinery Expansion in the Chicago Region
By Graham Pickren, Roosevelt University § The United States is seemingly on its way to “energy independence.” Since the oil price increases and …
Long Read Review: Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke
In Think Like an Anthropologist, Matthew Engelke offers a concise history of anthropology, drawing on a variety of ethnographic works and theoretical …
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The Reproductive and Carceral Politics of Ambiguity by Natali Valdez
Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women behind Bars Carolyn Sufrin University of California Press, 2017, 311 pages. Jailcare sheds light on …
Book Review: Cooking Data: Culture and Politics in an African Research World by Crystal Biruk
In Cooking Data: Culture and Politics in an African Research World, Crystal Biruk offers an analysis of the production of data within HIV-AIDS quantitative …
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Das Integrationsparadox
Buch zu Effekten von Integration Autor: Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani Aladin El-Mafaalani legt in seinem Buch eine Neubewertung der aktuellen Situation vor: …
Is Higher Education a “Family-Friendly” Career Choice?
At the end of a day of academic work, you may not want to talk to anybody else, and giving yourself that …
Anthropology in Brazil
Antropologia. Uma Introdução Professor Roberto Jarry Richardson sent me this excellent question: I am a Brazilian professor with a Ph.D. in International …
We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves: An Update from AAA Intern Sam Ropa
“We are the stories we tell ourselves” — Aja Monet Hello, Associated American Anthropologists! A dispatch from your cultural anthropologist in DC: …
Globalization has broken the chain of responsibility
In his new book, “Boomtown”, Thomas Hylland Eriksen investigates the ambivalence and conflict in Gladstone, Australia, a community that is struggling with …
Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship: Simone Mestroni
Dr. Simone Mestroni was awarded a Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2017 to aid filmmaking on After Prayers. We’re thrilled to announce
Is Your DNA You?
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS What does your DNA have to do with who you are? On a journey for answers, SAPIENS hosts Chip …
Don’t Lose Sight
I’ve been working on a different post but this one seemed more context-appropriate and I am giving another pass over Kinji Imanishi’s A …
System, Space and Ecobiopolitics: A Conversation with Valerie Olson About “Into the Extreme”
[This week we present excerpts of an interview with Valerie Olson conducted by Lisa Messeri focused on Olson’s new book, Into …
How an Archaeological Experiment Revealed California’s Ancient Past
San Nicolas Island, the most remote and one of the smallest of California’s Channel Islands, is more than 60 miles from the …
Christina Gish Hill, “Webs of Kinship: Family in Northern Cheyenne Nationhood” (U Oklahoma Press, 2017)
One summer evening discussion on a front porch sparked Webs of Kinship: Family in Northern Cheyenne Nationhood, Christina Gish Hill’s 2017 book …
John H. McWhorter, “The Creole Debate” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
John H. McWhorter is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He has written academic books on creole linguistics, …
Ende des Blogs – Fortsetzung der Diskussion
Nach 14 Beiträgen beenden wir nun diesen Blog und möchten uns noch einmal bei den Beiträger*innen bedanken für eine interessante und einsichtsvolle …
Check Your Syllabus 101: Disability Access Statements
The start of the semester is just about upon us, which probably means you are rapidly ditching your best laid plans to …
Thinking with dementia. An introduction to the series by Editorial Assistant
Thinking with dementia 14 stories This series is a collection of stories that are written to ‘think with dementia’. This thinking with …
anthro in the news 8/6/18 and 8/13/18
The three sisters: beans, corn, and squash. Credit: nativeamericans.mrdonn.org reclaiming Native food sovereignty The Santa Fe New Mexican carried an article about …
Miranda Weinberg takes the page 99 test for her dissertation
Page 99 of my dissertation, Schooling Languages: Indigeneity, Language Policy, and Language Shift in Nepal, is both representative and anomalous as part …