Gold Glimmers in the Amazon – The Anthropology Newspaper

For centuries, explorers have searched the Amazon for treasures. Today, gold lures thousands who dream of finding their own fortunes, or at least a better life.
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Early in …

Ukrainian Volunteers Weave Camouflage and Care

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainians have been gathering to support the war effort by creating camouflage nets for fighters on the frontlines. ✽ On a hot…

Post date 8th October 2025
Post author By Maryna Nading

The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen

As practices associated with the use of ayahuasca grow in popularity, so do concerns about the appropriation of Indigenous traditions. Barbara Fraser Jens Kossmagk gazed into the darkness…

Post date 3rd August 2017
Post author By Barbara Fraser

Science as a Structure of Violence

The study of human diversity and subsequent racialisation of people has been examined and critiqued but has escaped interrogation as an institution by which structural violence is enacted.…

Post date 5th June 2018
Post author By Anthropology365

Webinar in Islamic Material Culture “The Rise of an Agricultural Empire”

Economy and Material Culture in the Early Islamic Empire Bi-Weekly, Wednesday, 4-6 pm CEST Starting April 6, 2016 Islamic Material Culture The Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), the Ludwig-Maximilian…

Post date 9th March 2016
Post author By tabsir

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