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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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 …
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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 …
Sprache // Gendersternchen – auch ein Thema für die Sprachdidaktik?
Sprachdidaktiker*innen beschäftigen sich mit Fragen des Erwerbs und der Vermittlung von Sprache; meist mit Bezug zu unterrichtlichen Situationen. Im Unterricht geht es …
Power in the Face of Indian Surrogacy by Emma Abell-Selby
Introduction Power is in the air we breathe, and no matter where we are there are always individuals with more power over …
Single Shot: Laying an Egg
“She likes it in here,” he said. “Sometimes I have to catch the eggs so they don’t roll onto the floor.”
Engaged Anthropology Grant: William Lempert
Dr. William Lempert received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant in 2015 to aid research on “Broadcasting Indigeneity: The Social Life of
Are These the World’s First Baby Bottles?
Made in the shape of animals, these baby bottles, found in Austria, were constructed during the Late Bronze Age. Enver-Hirsch/Wien Museum This …
Apartheid in the global governance system
In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global …
An Ideal Direction? The Nobel Prize to Peter Handke
Last week, the Nobel Prize for Literature 2019 was awarded to the Austrian Peter Handke for “an influential work that with linguistic …
Author Interview: On the Threshold of Eurasia: Revolutionary Poetics in the Caucasus, by Leah Feldman (University of Chicago)
In this fourth and final installment of our author interview series, we are pleased to welcome Bruce Grant (New York University), in …
Recovery Adjourned: Curative Belonging between Cameroon and Germany
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Henriette Vogel The point of departure of my fieldwork and the cornerstone of my future Master’s …
Afrikanische Geschichte jenseits des Kolonialismus
In den Debatten um das Erbe des Kolonialismus schrillen die Alarmglocken, wenn die Kolonialherrschaft nicht ohne Wenn und Aber verurteilt wird. Doch …
Sprache // Pfeile zu Wörtern – Amazonen, Mütter und die Sprache des Patriarchats
Niemand hat die Klage darüber, dass mit der patriarchalen Sprache keine weibliche Stimme zu erheben ist, schöner gesungen als Ingeborg Bachmann in …
NYAS Lecture 10/21: Urban Centers: Surprisingly Sustainable?
On October 21st the New York Academy of Sciences lecture series returns when Dr. Monica L. Smith, Dept. of Anthropology,