Changing the Landscape of Academic Publishing
A group of archaeologists and anthropologists have come together in a new publication to open up conversation about the state of academic publishing and how it can (and…
A group of archaeologists and anthropologists have come together in a new publication to open up conversation about the state of academic publishing and how it can (and…
By Gijs Koopman – Paired with the failure to explain to my grandmother what it exactly is, I still wonder why I really chose anthropology. But when I…
Ende November 2024 (29.-30. November 2024) fand die Interimstagung der AG Ethnologie & Bildung statt. Tagungsort war Bielefeld, wo wir einen Seminarraum im dortigen Welthaus nutzten. Der erste…
Men are not trash. Perpetuating that narrative helps normalize rape culture by making it seem like it’s just inherent to their nature. It’s not, and we’ve gotta stop…
This essay by Sina Knecht traces my experience as a student-participant in the performative piece laut&LAUTER, staged as part of a seminar at the University of Münster. The…
Auf unseren Vorschlag, die Anerkennung international ausgebildeter Lehrkräfte in Deutschland kompetenzorientiert zu reformieren, sind acht Kommentare eingegangen. Beteiligt haben sich Anna Aleksandra …
Vi har alle oppfatninger om ulike språk og dialekter. I dette innlegget skal vi grave litt mer i hvordan stereotypier om språk oppstår og virker. Det sentrale eksempelet…
Als Ergebnis jahrelanger aktivistischer Bemühungen trat im November 2024 das sog. ‚Selbstbestimmungsgesetz‘ in Kraft. Es vereinfacht den Prozess der Vornamens- und Personenstandsänderung, der zuvor un…
Fragments on Trees & Ireland
Warum der GEO-Shift PR-Arbeit für Geisteswissenschaftler:innen interessant macht Heute las ich in der aktuellen brandeins ein Zitat von Stefanie Söhnchen, GEO-Expertin von Piabo: ̶…
By Shahram Khosravi “What should we do when the heaven turns away from us?” I was asked this some years ago by a childhood friend from our village…
Over the past several years, menstrual and hormonal cycles have gained significant public attention across the US and Europe, concurrent with growing skepticism towards biomedicine and an idealization…
Foto: Carolin Maertens Trykk her for å se lese mer https://www.sv.uio.no/sai/forskning/grupper/nordisk-laboratorium1/arrangementer/26-v-landbruk-carolin-maertens.html The post LandBruk seminar …
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…