In one of the oldest streets in Tehran’s city centre, an informal pharmaceutical marketplace unfolds amidst a crowded street, where ‘dalals’[1] (brokers) stand on the pavements, hands brimming…
This picture from Vellapallam on the Bay of Bengal coast tells a story. While the obvious one is a story on the invisible gendered labour aspects of fishery,…
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/bio/marx/eleanor-literature.htm From the ever useful Marx/Engels Internet Archive Marx Biography Biographical Notes on Marx’s Literary Interestsby Elean…
Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco. Rural Affective Economies: An Ethnographic Approach to Local Developmen in Rural Italy. Palgrave Macmillan. 2024. xiii, 223 pages. eBook ISBN 978-3-031-70826-8. …
Ich bringe das Thema mit, ihr bringt euer Mittagessen mit. Und das Thema ist: extern promovieren. 21. September, 12.30–13.30 Uhr | online | kostenlos Nicht jede Promotion findet…
Written by Deborah Barsky The famous American astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “You have to know the past to understand …
The Kafala System by the Saad Kassis-Mohamed Center examines the origins, human costs and gradual reform of the controversial, sponsor-based labour-migration system operating in the Gulf states, Leban…
In the history of the 19th century there was a tradition among scientists to collect human remains from burial sites. It was a large worldwide operation and was…
Hamaad Mahmood, Monte Vista High School and Las Positas College I started Atlas Research Institute when I was fourteen. The idea was initially simple: teach high school students…
Reminded of this from late last year and wonder if the algorithm throws up skynet referenced in late August because anniversaries still matter? Still? OK, happy 29th. Just…
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/experimental-times/paper Aditi Surie: Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (University of California Press 2025) is a compelling a…
Stafettpinnen går videre i Månedens antropolog! Dette er en spalte som løfter frem bredden, engasjementet og mangfoldet i norsk antropologi, både innenfor og utenfor akademia. Hver måned vil…
A few months ago, I underwent four surgeries to remove two wisdom teeth. Long and painful, they took from me solid parts with strange shapes — a friend,…
There were thunderstorms threatening to cancel the classic contest between the beloved Tigers and the dreaded Giants. But the rain stopped right before the ball game started and…
„Ich lass‘ mich nicht verurteilen!“ Solche Formulierungen ziehen sich durch aktuelle Song-Lyrics, hallen aber auch in Alltagsgesprächen, Ratgebern und Kommentarspalten wider. Warum meinen so viele, si…
By Noemi Arnaboldi – I love watching the leaves of trees on days like this. When at a superficial glance they might seem still, yet to anyone who…
The programme for the Anthropology Friday Visiting Seminar has been published! Welcome to the opening session with Professor Emerita Liisa Malkki on 4 September 2026 at 14.15-15.45. We…
Sessions led by: Kirin Narayan on writing ethnography (in-person) Suvi Rautio and Wah-Ming Chang collaborate to talk about sequencing images and text in visual storytelling (in-person) Solveig Qu-S…
I was clicking through a game studio’s website when an image caught my eye. In a warm, cozy office, several people sit in front of their laptops, heads…
Fåglarna kvittrar, bilarna brummar. Jag står i en korsning i centrala Köpenhamn. Trafikljusets röda gubbe slår om till grönt och signalerar att det är dags att ta sig…
ByEwan Martin-KaneMSc Social and Cultural Anthropology Dr. Jonathan Loh is a life enthusiast, that much is clear. He was one of the minds leading the WWF’s Living Planet…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the August edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Sociology…
Hva betyr det å drive jordbruk i Alaska i en tid preget av klimaendringer og matusikkerhet? I denne episoden av Antro-podden har vert Kenneth Bo Nielsen besøk av…
In Feeding the World as if People Mattered, Andrew Flachs critiques the capitalist global food system which commodifies agriculture, wastes food and leaves many hungry. He calls for…