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Hi all, As my post on the Dancing Missionaries disaster approaches 6.000 hits, another Friday arrived all too quickly and fresh links are due! Development news: More on the…
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Live Digital Anthropology Lecture by Prof. Daniel Miller of UCL
On Monday the 24th October at 1pm Twitter, in partnership with Periscope, will begin broadcasting selected university lectures. The first will be from Prof. Daniel Miller as part…
Multimodal Ethnography and the Possibilities for Engaged Anthropology
In our scholarship, we strive to strike a balance between anthropological theory-building and social engagement. To do so we use digital technology – inexpensive cameras and social media…
Links & Contents I Liked 204
Hi all, As my post on the Dancing Missionaries disaster approaches 6.000 hits, another Friday arrived all too quickly and fresh links are due! Development news: More on the…
Sonya E. Pritzker’s Living Translation: Language and the Search for Resonance in U.S. Chinese Medicine by Miao Jenny Hua
Living Translation: Language and the Search for Resonance in U.S. Chinese Medicine by Sonya E. Pritzker Berghahn Books, 2014, 228 pages By: Miao Jenny Hua Chinese medicine names…
Slam that #ethnography! – Imagine further
After a week of performed ethnographic poetry, Robert Desjarlais and Eileen Moyer wrap things up in their concluding remarks. If you haven’t read the posts yet, go back…
Neoliberalism, Brexit, and Higher Education
Is Brexit bad for UK universities? This appears to be the question at the centre of an article from the Times Higher Education titled “UK researchers face uncertainty…
‘American Antiquities’ by Terry A. Barnhart
Terry A. Barnhart. American Antiquities: Revisiting the Origins of American Archaeology. 594pp., illus., bibl., index. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. $75 (hardcover) The ancient inhabit…
“Is your phone ruining your skin?” Notes from a teen magazine in 2016
When I was a teenager from 1999 to 2005, I ogled my fair share of teen fashion and pop culture magazines. Strangely, over the past couple months, I’ve…
On Solidarity and Molecules (#MakeMuskratRight)
Deferring to molecules rather than social movements when it comes to contamination is a case of power relations.
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Ethnography & Tourism: Part II
Part of the blog-writing duo had the opportunity to travel from Canada to Japan for one short week. During this time, blogger Jennifer Long wanted to explore the…
Ethnography & Tourism: Part II
Part of the blog-writing duo had the opportunity to travel from Canada to Japan for one short week. During this time, blogger Jennifer Long wanted to explore the…
Mining, Environments and the role of Anthropologists
By Lorenzo D’Angelo, University of Milano-Bicocca The continued economic and ecological crises of recent years have again shown how economists and international leaders have overestimated the ability …
Critical Thinking Series: Education & Colonial Assimilation
Introduction Critical inquiry is understood as a means through which you built and articulate an argument. Morrow & Weston actually do a great job of taking on some…
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Slam that #ethnography! – It is what it is
Here’s yet another round of ethnographic slamming with contributions by Kristine Krause, Lex Kuiper, Marije de Groot, and Carola Tize. You should also check out the first and…
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Striking For The Public Good
Should a world class education be reserved for children of the rich?
Myths of American Democracy: Contradictions, Troubling Numbers, and Searching for Sense in the System
Debate Prep! Do you find yourself increasingly frustrated at the lack of real conversations between candidates and politicians? Are you confused about why someone who doesn’t walk to…