JSTOR Books Directory
It’s very difficult to navigate the selection of publishers on JSTOR Books, so here are some links to common publishers which will …
Five Human Species You May Not Know About
We’re so used to the idea of being the only people around that it seems outlandish to think that not so long …
#PoliticalEngagements: Punctuation and Flow
The past two years have been marked by an ever-accelerating cascade of global “events”: once in a lifetime events, generational events, unexpected …
Webinar Sept. 28th: Proposal Writing for the Wenner-Gren Foundation: Dissertation Fieldwork and Post-PhD Research Grants
Join us on September 28th at 7AM and 7PM Eastern Time, for, “Proposal Writing for the Wenner-Gren Foundation: Dissertation Fieldwork
Lessons From Mars—and Jamaica—on Sovereignty
Maroons of the Sovereign State of Accompong make their home in mountainous Cockpit Country in Jamaica. Ted Eubanks On February 15, in …
Ruth Aylett and Patricia A. Vargas, “Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know” (MIT Press, 2021)
There’s a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two …
#PoliticalEngagements: Defiant Engagements
Working in political environments that run counter to our personal values and commitments, and with people who are challenging these contexts in …
Pre-registration NAFA Seminars
Pre-registration for the NAFA Seminars that will take place on 29/09 is now open. Those interested in securing a place please fill …
Naming Species in Colombia’s Biodiverse Landscapes
There is a unique pair of rules on Sattins Island, in Ursula K. Le Guin’s world of Earthsea. This pair is called …
The collective cognitive niche
Culture as a collective cognitive niche. I suspect that one of the problems is the idea that “science” – the method of …
Nick Harkness on his book, Glossolalia and the Problem of Language
Interview by Hyemin Lee https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo68655055.html Hyemin Lee: I am curious about how this book will circulate among a broader audience interes…
Situating our knowledge practices: a review of AusSTS2021 by Jaya Keaney
In June 2021, more than 180 early-career Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars and participants congregated at this year’s Australasian STS Graduate …
Algorithmic-based technologies’ impact on journalistic identities
Algorithm-based technologies increasingly impact not only what news we are seeing but also how journalists are evaluating themselves. In this blogpost, Tomás …
Advocacy Letters: Anthropological Calls for Public and Global Health Change
Series Introduction CARRIE RYAN For the next few weeks, the UCL Medical Anthropology blog will run a special series called ‘Advocacy Letters: Anthropological Ca…
Aleksandra Bartoszko, “Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical Other” (Routledge, 2021)
Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, Aleksandra Bartoszko’s book Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: …
#PoliticalEngagements: Introduction
Ethnography and Political Engagement This Thematic Thread emerged from a workshop organised (online) at the LSE in February 2021, entitled “In the …
EP# 80 Reborn Dolls & The Use of Social Sciences: This Month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · EP# 80 Reborn Dolls & The Use of Social Sciences: This Month on TFS This week we’re diving …
Check Out Museum Anthropology Review 15 (1)
I hope that everyone who follows along here at Shreds and Patches will go check out the new issue of Museum Anthropology …
Webinar Sept. 23rd: Toward Radical Humanism in Anthropology: Ethnographic Praxis, Relationality, Multi-Modality
On September 23rd, 12:00 PM Eastern Time, the Wenner-Gren Foundation will be hosting, “Toward Radical Humanism in Anthropology: Ethnographic Praxis,
Trailer 40th NAFA Film Festival 2021
The 40th NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival is getting ready to open its doors. 23 films will be screened from 29 September …
Goethe, as West embraces East
There is an interesting article on Qantara about the significance of the German poet Goethe’s famous West-Östliche Divan, first published 1819. To …
Links & Contents I Liked 416
Hi all, Another week is wrapping up and between friendly, collegial editorial meetings, teaching on topics I really enjoy & discussing literature …
Don’t Sell Yourself Short: How to Create a Career Plan
A job search strategy is essential, but what if you don’t even know what to look for or what you want to …
Karla Slocum, “Black Towns, Black Futures: The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West” (UNC Press, 2019)
Oklahoma’s Black towns aren’t just places of the past – they maintain an enduring allure, and look toward the future, argues Karla …