Shaming fascists: Not enough, or too much?
I can’t stop thinking about anthropologist Michael Taussig’s book Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man about the terror of the rubber trade in Colombia. In it, he describes…
I can’t stop thinking about anthropologist Michael Taussig’s book Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man about the terror of the rubber trade in Colombia. In it, he describes…
Welcome back to a new year!Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in…
Mich interessieren Transformationen. Wie Systeme sich verändern, welche Hebel funktionieren, welche Barrieren überwunden werden müssen. Darum war es wunderbar, bei einem Projekt mitzuwirken, …
We are delighted to welcome Vaia (Yioula) Sigounas as the new co-chair of the Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies (ARHE) SIG. Yioula brings deep experience and insight into…
(Foto fra filmen Arrival fra 2016, Kilde: IMDB) Av Knut Rio, Universitetet i Bergen. Vi er nå kommet dithen at vi faktisk opplever de dramatiske klimaendringene som har…
Simmons, Dana. 2025. On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic. University of California Press. ISBN: 9780520412989 xiii + 234 pp. Acknowledgements, notes, bibliograp…
By Dr. Mahesh Chandra Pal, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, National Post Graduate College, Lucknow, India How might we teach epic narratives like the Ramayana in anthropology class…
Geschätzte Lesedauer: 4 Minuten Foto von Dom J auf Pexels Angehörige des Instituts teilen ihre Empfehlungen für Bücher die bewegen, inspirieren und zum Nachdenken anregen. Katabasis …
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/borderland-circuitry/paper Shulan Sun: How would you introduce the main arguments of Borderland Circuitry in 2026, especially in light of the U.S. gover…
Als Migrations- und Rassismusforscher*innen sind wir zunehmend mit Einschränkungen der Wissenschaftsfreiheit durch autoritäre Politiken konfrontiert. Der RfM hat im letzten Jahr mehrere Mitglieder dab…
Du hast einen Job, und vielleicht forschst du nebenbei. Die Quellen liegen in einem Ordner auf dem Desktop, die Fragestellung kreist im Kopf, und irgendwann steht die Frage…
Gideon Levy. 2024. The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe. New York: Verso. In The Killing of Gaza: Reports on […] The post The Killing of Gaza: Reports…
America-the United States, is a multicultural, multi-ethnic country composed of Indigenous peoples and peoples who have emigrated here from every other country and land in the world. For…
Written by Jehron Muhammad West Africa’s “coup belt” widens as the continent confronts a striking resurgence of military attempts at …
We received a box of daikon (大根) from my wife’s brother in rural Aichi Prefecture… I documented the worn handicapped parking spot at our locl convenience store… I…
A.A. Dhand und Saima Mir sind in England für ihre Krimis bekannt, die in Breadford spielen, einer ehemaligen Textilmetropole mit einer großen Community muslimischer „british asians“. Ihre Literatur…
A set of news clippings from the 1870s is helping to hone in on where the Indian encampment was in Albany, OR. Previously, it was said to be…
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…
Invitation to join a series of (virtual and in-person) gatherings Exhausted by academic writing that mistakes joyless seriousness for rigour? […] The post Ethnographies of Joy: A Definitionless…
NAF is celebrating the European Anthropology Days with the release of a digital panel discussion! Date: 19 February 2026 (Thursday) – European Anthropology Day Location: Online, published here…
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