Another Answer to the Question “What is Anthropology?”
Photo by David Barnas on Flickr By Matthias Teeuwen As a student of cultural anthropology you are invariably confronted with the question: what is anthropology? It can briefly…
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Banu Bargu, “Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons” (Columbia UP, 2016)
What is the relationship between state power and self-destructive violence as a mode of political resistance? In her book Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons (Columbia…
“The Value of Social Media” at the AAA conference
Daniel Miller talking at the AAA conference. Photo by Nell Haynes. From the Why We Post Team, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, and Daniel Miller attended the American Anthropological…
The Story behind “A World of Babies”
Interested in learning some behind-the-scenes stories about how “A World of Babies” came into existence? Check out a new interview with my co-editor, Judy DeLoache, and me in…
New Book by Jay Murphy on Antonin Artaud
This is it – Jay Murphy’s book is out. Use the pavement site because postage is included… Artaud’s Metamorphosis: From Hieroglyphs to Bodies without Organs by Jay Murphy…
Review: Chickenizing Farms and Food
Chickenizing Farms and Food: How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Farmers and Consumers. Ellen K. Silbergeld. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2o16. Ellen Messer (Tufts University) Silb…
Reader Letters #2: Call for Submissions (Due 12/20/16)
A few weeks ago we published our first installment of our new Reader Letters series. We want to hear more. Send us your letters! Please keep the following…
Review: What’s So Controversial about Genetically Modified Foods?
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two reviews I have planned of this important new book. What’s So Controversial about Genetically-Modified Foods? John Lang. Reaktion Publishers. 2016…
Run, Hide, Fight
On campus violence, language, and the climate of fear. Monday was my birthday. I was taking a walk along the river near my house when my phone buzzed. I…
Towards a Heterodox and Reflexive Economics
After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place…
Towards a Heterodox and Reflexive Economics
After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place…
Links & Contents I Liked 211
Hi all, One moment you are reading an interesting story-the next moment it’s already time for the Friday link review! Development news: UK reviews development consultant spending; Compassion…
Links & Contents I Liked 211
Hi all, One moment you are reading an interesting story-the next moment it’s already time for the Friday link review! Development news: UK reviews development consultant spending; Compassion…
Beyond Miracles: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Establishes Professional Legitimacy in Post-colonial Macau by Loretta I.T. Lou
[Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article appeared in Imponderabilia: The International Student Anthropology Journal (2014). This piece is updated with new data and photos collected bet…
Life In Trumpland: A Third Open Letter To Our Students
Dear Students, The meandering flow of Ms. Hughes’s comment speaks for itself. Is Trumpland destined to become the real world
Towards a Heterodox and Reflexive Economics
After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place…
Towards a Heterodox and Reflexive Economics
After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place…
Life In Trumpland: A Third Open Letter To Our Students
Dear Students, The meandering flow of Ms. Hughes’s comment speaks for itself. Is Trumpland destined to become the real world
Antiheroism: the underdog’s survival tactic #UniversityCrisis
“Where do you put your anger?” a precarious academic asked me poignantly the other day as we talked about the bad job market. The growth of precarious labor…