David Flood takes the page 99 test
My dissertation examines everyday interactions between two groups of white people in the US who to all appearances should get along but …
Soziologiemagazin 2/2019 – Parallele Welten – ist erschienen
Das Thema der Fake News hat Hochkonjunktur. Durch gezielte Desinformationen entwickeln Menschen ein verzerrtes Bild der Wirklichkeit. Die Folge ist, dass fehlinformierte …
Crafting a ‘critically-applied’ PrEP collaboration in Memphis by Matthew Thomann
Encountering PrEP I became interested in PrEP as an object of anthropological research on the L train between 1st and 3rd Avenues …
Hus och hem – eller hur hamnade en kristallkrona hemma hos mig
I lördags inträffade något som jag aldrig trodde skulle hända – jag köpte en kristallkrona av äldre modell. Jag och min man …
jimi adams, “Gathering Social Network Data” (Sage, 2019)
What is social network data and what are the issues associated with collecting it? In his new book Gathering Social Network Data …
La’tiwi, Northern Molalla, Placenames and Housing notes
Phillip Drucker’s field notes from the 1920s and 30s had him questioning many Native people from the region, from Grand Ronde and …
Public Anthropology in Changing Times
Public anthropology, a term initially coined by Robert Borofsky for a book series at the University of California Press, became popular in …
“It’s a lot of sand”: An anthropological take on Trump’s Syrian withdrawal
That Syria has “a lot of sand” is meant to stand in for its lack of value. As a place that is …
Charles Jencks und die postmoderne Architektur
Vor wenigen Tagen starb der Architekturtheoretiker Charles Jencks, der 1977 der modernen Architektur den offiziellen Totenschein ausgestellt und die Rede von der …
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WordPress started counting text downloads of articles in July this year. Interesting stat. So the books get quite a few 56 for …
Waiting for the Smuggler: Tales Across the Border
In September 2015, the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying on a beach after drowning while trying to reach Greece from Turkey …
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Hi all, Busy week with a special section on the Nobel prize for Economics; #AidToo featuring Mercy Corps, Myanmar & WFP; childhood …
Meet Our Wadsworth International Fellows: Tuya Shagdar
Tuya Shagdar received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Humanities – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as well as a Master
C40: Inkluderende klimaomstilling en hovedsatsing i C40’s ‘Global Green New Deal’
Om klimaendringene tas på alvor, må økonomien gjøres uavhengig av fossil energi. Det krever en enorm omstilling. Fordelene og ulempene ved en …
Social Media and Peacebuilding (Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies)
Social Media and PeacebuildingThis is a short entry from the forthcoming/evolving Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. You can also download a …
Valerie Olson, “Into the Extreme: U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics Beyond Earth” (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
Valerie Olson talks about why the idea of outer space as a “frontier” is giving way to one that frames it as …
Hongkong im Sommer 2019: Proteste und Plakatkunst
Während der Proteste in Hongkong im Sommer 2019 hat sich nicht nur eine spezielle Kommunikation über private Chatgruppen entwickelt, sondern auch eine …
199 – Bathsheba Demuth
Your co-hosts talk clonal trees and dispense important advice about relationships, breakups, and having “the conversation” with your children on this week’s …
C40: Kan byene bli klimaledere når statene mislykkes?
De internasjonale klimaforhandlingene har gått i stå, og mange stater inkludert Norge er langt fra å realisere internasjonale forpliktelser og nasjonale målsettinger …
‘Friendnography’ and the ethical questions it raises
Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she is currently undertaking a …
Rita Kesselring, “Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (Stanford UP, 2017)
Rita Kesselring’s important book Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Stanford University Press, 2017) seeks to understand …
APLA Book Prize Winners!
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Book Prize! After months of …