Understanding Mass Killings
Media commentary on Micah Johnson, the African-American who killed five police officers in Dallas on July 7, has focused on his animus against white police and his interest…
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Teaching AAA 2016: Finding evidence for slow destruction
This is the third post in our blog series designed to help you link your teaching with the 2016 Annual Meeting theme, Evidence, Accident, Discovery. The series offers relevant teaching resources…
In the Journals July 2016 – Pt. I by Christine Sargent
Check out the first instalment of this month’s In the Journals! Critical public health Global mental health and its critics: moving beyond the impasse (open access) Sara Cooper…
Unapologetically Black?
Savannah Shange on shapeshifting, state violence and ritual regret after a week of shootings. The vigil in Baton Rouge. Photo courtesy L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith Twelve white seven-day…
The Sociocultural Impact of Pokémon Go in Observations, Images & Memes
During @susie_c‘s dad’s toast pic.twitter.com/hSzaLg30VO — pokemon only account (@sarahjeong) July 18, 2016 After the fall, white people were forced to search for pokemon with primi…
CFP: Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery, ASLE Biennial
by Amy McIntyre Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Twelfth Biennial Conference June 20 – 24, 2017, Wayne State University, Detroit,…
One person’s trash…
One person’s trash is another’s treasure… or data, if you are an archaeologist or anthropologist working in a landfill. Places where trash builds up can provide archaeologists important…
Susan Reynolds Whyte’s Second Chances: Surviving AIDS in Uganda by Jason Johnson Peretz
Second Chances: Surviving AIDS in Uganda Susan Reynolds Whyte, editor Contributions by Godfrey Etyang, Phoebe Kajubi, David Kyaddondo, Lotte Meinert, Hanne Mogensen, Jenipher Twebaze, Michael A. Whyte …
Ivory Tower #Slow
From the poetic notes written this morning for today’s opening lecture – I communicated this but not as ‘poetically’: A PhD today is an anachronism. It is hard…
Course Workload Estimator tool
With syllabus prep now underway for many university instructors, we share this interesting tool from Rice University’s Center for Teaching Excellence: Course Workload Estimator. As the tool’s crea…
An Interview with Hannah Davis, Regional Folklife Survey and Program Development Consultant for the New York Folklore Society and the New York State Council on the Arts
Hannah Davis earned her MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University and a BA in Folklore and Ethnomusicology from Indiana University. While at Indiana, she served for…
Derrida on complacency and vulgarity
In Benoît Peeters’ biography of Jacques Derrida, there is an intriguing interview with Derrida that was never published. Peeters writes: In 1992, Jacques Derrida gave Osvaldo Muñoz an…
The Return of the Witch
Before I was old enough to go to school- before I was stupid enough to believe ‘there’s no such thing as witches’… I knew one. She haunted every…
An Interview with Alexander Betts, Curator at the Ohio History Connection
Alex Betts is a Curator at the Ohio History Connection based at the OHC’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a MA with distinction in Museum and Artefact…
Anthrogeekology: Matthew Wysocki
Nick here: In this new series we will be introducing you to geektastic scholars from around the world. Know someone you think we should feature? Drop us a…
The Flipside of Counterfeit Goods
Although they are often illegal, counterfeit electronics such as these fake iPhones continue to be manufactured in China and distributed widely due to high demand for inexpensive products.…
5 Homophobic Myths Destroyed by Anthropology
After the horrific mass murder in June focusing on the LGBTQ community at an Orlando club, the only thing worse than the massacre has been the thread of…
Summerholidays!
The editorial team of Standplaats Wereld would like to wish you all a great summer, with lots of new experiences, a break…
Every sperm is sacred? (Re)productive struggles in the quest for sustainability
After the pre-publication of an article on the oversight and even denial of population growth, Haydn Washington and I received a surprising number of reactions, notably from anthropologists.…
Every sperm is sacred? (Re)productive struggles in the quest for sustainability
After the pre-publication of an article on the oversight and even denial of population growth, Haydn Washington and I received a surprising number of reactions, notably from anthropologists.…
Sarah Richardson’s Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome by Paula Martin
Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome Sarah Richardson University of Chicago Press, 2013, 320 pages In Sex Itself: The Search for…
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Hi all, Even if I may sound a bit repetitive, but this week once again features some most excellent food for weekend thoughts! Development news: More dignified fundraising…