ANTHROPOLOGY FOR AN #AGEING PLANET

Post date 19th December 2016
Post author By Jason Danely
Post categories In English

When I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of us are ever going to be as young as we are right now at this very moment. It i…

Post date 19th December 2016
Post author By Jason Danely
Tags age, ageing, Care, dependence, illness, relationships, Stuff, Temporality, Thematic thread

A stubborn conundrum

Culture Matters

Professor Margaret Lock has published an exhaustive ethnography of Alzheimer disease research in her latest book, The Alzheimer Conundrum. I recently reviewed this book for The Australian Journal of…

Post date 3rd August 2015
Post author By Paul Mason
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Where are the ladies, Didier Fassin? #EASA2016 Keynote

Allegra

It’s hot and humid, and yet circa 1000 anthropologists are determined to enter the main conference room of U6 of the University of Milan & Bicacca. Fortunately the…

Post date 21st July 2016
Post author By Miia Halme-Tuomisaari
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The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani Politics

SAPIENS

Middle-class, conservative women in Pakistan have found a political voice as supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party—putting them at odds with the secular women’s movement their own daughters…

Post date 30th July 2024
Post author By Sana Malik
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EASA and European Anthropology: An Interview with Antonio De Lauri #easaelections2017

Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your academic path and interests?…

Post date 23rd December 2016
Post author By Allegra
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