Childbirth in the Americas: Part Six
Examining Boundaries in Adolescent Birth in Mexico Adolescents as reproducers are often considered a problematic category because of their paradoxical duality as children who have babies. For women ou…
Author: Elyse Bailey
Childbirth in the Americas: Part Four
Humanizing Birth in Bahia, Brazil Big changes in birth care are underway in Brazil. Excessive rates of cesarean section delivery and persistently high maternal mortality have inspired a…
Achy Breaky Heart
This Valentine’s Day Anthropology News takes an alternative look at contemporary romance. Ilana Gershon shares her reflections on relationships and breakups, based on research for her 2010 book,…
Heritage Destruction in Cholula, Mexico
Heavy machinery working next to the Guadalupe psychiatric hospital at the base of the Great Pyramid of Cholula and sanctuary to the Virgen de los Remedios. Photo courtesy…
Childbirth in the Americas: Part One
Rumors, Threats and C-Sections in Rural Yucatan. Veronica Miranda, U Kentucky. Series Introduction by Eliza Williamson and Mounia El Kotni. Introduction Eliza Williamson Mounia El Kotni In her…
Rina Sherman and the Ovahimba
Exhibit Review Rina Sherman and the head man standing at the entrance of the exhibit. Photo courtesy Rina Sherman Approach the exhibit hall of the Francois Mitterrand National…
Cultivating Knowledge about Cannabis Legalization
Marijuana plants at 3D Cannabis Centers in Denver. There are many specialized strains of marijuana with names reflecting their cultivation heritage: Girl Scout Cookies, Sour Diesel Kush, Super…
Building Research Partnerships with Physicians and Patients
“At the last medical conference I attended, we were all told to find an anthropologist to work with on our research.” These were the opening words of a…
AN Call for Proposals
Anthropology News invites contributions for two series that explore anthropological research and perspectives related to key topical events in 2016. The short calls below are intended to spark…
Painting Anthropology
My skills as a portrait painter provide me with a helpful ethnographic way of getting to know my “informants” during fieldwork. I invite people to pose for a…
Two More Views on Anthropologists and Boycotts
Note from the editor: Anthropology News shares here two essays that discuss the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement (BDS) as it relates to current discussions among anthropologists. As a…
If Not Us, Then Who?
A Case for Paying It Forward in Anthropology A few months before starting a new job as president of a residential research institute that primarily supports anthropology and…