Generating Queers
An embodied intergenerational pedagogy sheds light on the possibilities of bringing together diverse LGBTQ+ cohorts to strengthen our sense of value and …
Government Peace Pedagogy in Colombia
In a bid to counter disinformation surrounding the peace process, the Colombian government embarked on an ambitious public education campaign. But their …
Interdisciplinary Co-teaching Takes on Wicked Problems
A course about COVID-19 innovates pedagogy to guide students in conceptualizing the pandemic and collaborating to address complex situations. Smack dab in …
Craving to be heard but not seen – Chatbots, care and the encoded global psyche by Claudia Lang
Mounica Tata, Doodleodrama. “How are you today?” Wysa starts the conversation. “Not well,” I reply. “Sounds like today didn’t go well. I’m …
Giulia Dal Maso: The Landing of a Chinese Green Bond in Portugal
This post is part of a feature on “The Political Power of Energy Futures,” moderated and edited by Katja Müller (MLU Halle-Wittenberg), …
How Cellphones Make and Break Human Connections
Cellphones have become an integral part of many people’s lives. Towfiqu Barbhuiya/EyeEm/Getty Images Cellphones have come to occupy increasingly important roles in …
In the Journals, March 2021, Part 2 by Shoshana Deutsh
Part 2 of “In the Journals” for March 2021 includes a special issue in New Genetics & Society, “Organizing Precision Oncology” and …
Special Issue: “Embodied Belonging” by Shoshana Deutsh
This special issue of Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, edited by Dominik Mattes and Claudia Lang, proposes the notion of “embodied belonging” which …
In The Journals, March 2021, Part 1 by Gabrielle Hanley-Mott
BioSocieties Sportswomen as ‘biocultural creatures’: understanding embodied health experiences across sporting culturesHolly Thorpe, Marianne Clark & Julie Brice Over the past decade, …
Lost in the supermarket
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Lisa Björkman, “Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories” (Association for Asian Studies, 2020)
Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai’s Other World-Class Histories (Association …
Celebrating the International Humanitarian Studies Association’s first newsletter anniversary-A few reflections on curating humanitarian content
A few reflections on curating humanitarian content & the limits of virtual knowledge repositoriesMy colleagues of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) …
Tropical cyclones and ocean heat energy in the Southwest Pacific
PhD candidate Ashneel Chandra offers a brief outline of his recently published paper, co-authored with his Master’s degree advisor at The University …
Cargo Ships and Comrades: On the Occasion of the Beached Ever Given
In 2018, we took a cargo ship from Barcelona to New York City and made a short film called Slop Chest [1] …
Running on Borrowed Life by Marie Kofod Svensson
On a cold January afternoon in 2018, 18-year-old Sara locates me in the crowd at the train station. Together we take the …
The masked and the unmasked
Standard issue mask from Kaiser Permanente. Photo: Ryan Anderson 2021. Before 2020 and COVID-19, I never thought much about masks. Now I …
Chronic living against all odds in Honduras by Nancy Worthington
Yesenia was born with congenital heart disease in 2000, a time in Honduras when heart defects meant certain, if not sudden, death …
Cultural Contexts of COVID-19: Improving Pandemic Responses
Cultural context of health is critical in responding to pandemics, new research shows: While populations’ access to health care is crucial to …
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NYAS Lecture 4/26: Anthropological Perspectives on Race, Nation and for Whom Is American Great?
On Monday, April 26th, 6:30 PM (EST), the New York Academy of Sciences webinar series returns with Dr. Yolanda T.
Sheena Kalayil discusses her book, Second-Generation South Asian Britons
Interview by Kim Fernandes https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498580038/Second-Generation-South-Asian-Britons-Multilingualism-Heritage-Languages-and-Diasporic-Identity Kim Fernandes: In your book,…
Waste and Recycling in Cold War Eastern Europe
This short study analyzes the professional and political discussions of post-industrial and post-consumer waste, discards and recycling in state-socialist Hungary and connects …
Holding Belief in Suspense
Some months ago, I went for an early morning run with a mate at my fieldsite. After a short trot together, she …
Announcing the new amysantee.com
April 1st, 2021 was the one year anniversary of my decision to pivot from design research consulting to career coaching. I slowly …