John Danaher, “Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World without Work” (Harvard UP, 2019)

The future is a constant focus of anxiety, and we are all familiar with the pressures that come distinctively from automation – the transformation by which tasks formerly assigned to humans c…

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Ramesh Sunam: The Precariousness of Migrant Workers in Japan amidst COVID-19

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Ramesh Sunam, Waseda University, Tokyo Suraj (name changed), arrived a year ago from Nepal to study at a Japanese language institute in Nagoya, Japan. He was working part-time…

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Hi all, It’s really starting to feel like autumn as all of my favorite pet/animal/zoo social media accounts feature mammals munching on pumpkins…groundhogs, otters, red pandas, beavers, possums,…

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Giulia Zampini on Researching Drug Taking

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Today I talked to Giulia Zampini about her research into drug taking, and particularly about the “People and Dancefloors” project. Based on a participatory action research methodology, People… Visit New Books in Anthropology…

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Joseph Kony and the Other Africa

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So Africa is not a country and Africans don’t speak “African.” What about the most pernicious stereotype — that in the face of ongoing civil war and unending…

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