Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
From February 13 to 29 May 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might […] The post WHAT is critique? EASA LAWnet…
On January 3 2026, after the strike on Venezuela, Trump called up what I assume is now his second most favourite programme Fox and Freinds to say: “I…
It would take a book to itemize and admire all of the vital tasks and key accomplishments that Amy Skillman realized during her year as American Folklore Society…
Written by John P. Ruehl The 2025 U.S. housing market presents a paradox. Home sales are down, and there are …
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, Another winter holiday season is upon us and it’s a time to reflect and prepare for a New Year. My family…
あけましておめでとうございます。 今年もよろしくお願いします。
by Peter Versteeg, and the SpW team When it’s dark, where do we go? Where can we stand? Are we looking back, searching for a light we once…
There have been big changes at our local shrine in the last year. The local elders, who have been in charge of preparations for most of the shrine…
Even before 2026 began, many American Folklore Society (AFS) members were already getting a first glimpse of Journal of American Folklore (JAF) 139 (551), the Winter 2026 issue.…
In April and May 1856 Joel Palmer hired 60 men to be the Grand Ronde Guards, to build a fence and control access and egress to the Grand…
This is Romeo, a friendly buck (breeding male goat). Photo by Amanda Kaminsky, 2025. Amanda KaminskyUniversity of Michigan Why don’t Americans eat more goat meat? I initially started…
My last post on community problems and this post on community collaborative problem solving have unintentionally come together as bookends and an appropriate way to ring out the…
Ives, Sarah. Steeped in Heritage: The Racial Politics of South African Rooibos Tea. Duke University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8223-6993-6 xv + 255 pp. Yingkun Hou (Southeast Missouri State Un…
The first three of the photos in this series were from July of this year at a park in my neighborhood. But maybe the timing might be better…
This year I taught my undergraduate course Anthropology for Liberation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington after a two year break. As readers of this blog will…
Just to add to the frenzy; RIP. see original at (h/t Neil D): https://youtu.be/ai2As4XFZDY?si=g3zLRAGS_yumwvyl See also: More marsten mats One more on Marston Mats (perhaps my fav…
Recently, I came upon a number of postcards of soldiers at the Grand Ronde Reservation. It was a common practice to turn photos into postcards. On Ebay these…
There’s been a lot of commentary written about the tragic Brown and MIT shootings the past two weeks. As we struggle to process the traumas, the anthropologist in…
Two left-over shops from x-mas shopping in Kyobashi. New taco and hamburger shop near work… Bonus Shots (w/ sources): https://www.facebook.com/mongolialive.org/posts/because-i-cant-wai…
Suspicion appears to sit largely in the nose: we might say that something ‘stinks,’ ‘smells off,’ that we ‘smell a rat,’ or perhaps ‘something fishy.’ Such suspicious smells…
Image 1: Gated community ‘Vila Ingles’ in São Paolo. Photo by Cornelius Kibelka In urban Brazil, portarias–entry halls and porters lodges–and their staff absorb the circulation of people…