Laughter is Social Glue
“Humor Versus Color” by Mita Roy ~ This cartoon was created in the spirit of generativity similar to the Raagmala paintings of India, in which visual art was…
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Snow goggles and rotten pears
Field records: Read early books and travel diaries Hundreds of American librarians and curators have put together the Digital Public Library of America, which lets you sea…
Paper: Interactive technology enhanced learning for social science students
Budka, P., Schallert, C., Mader, E. 2011. Interactive technology enhanced learning for social science students. In M. E. Auer & M. Huba (Eds.), Proceedings 14th International Conference on…
Lessons from a King
For El Señor On January 8 I followed – along with perhaps most of the world’s population connected to the net – the coverage of the recapture of the man…
“D.C. is Mambo Sauce”
Early in my fieldwork, I met Kameron (pseudonym) at Denny’s, the only sit down restaurant in Ward 7 at the time. Our conversation spanned several topics, but when…
Top of the Heap: Alexander I. Stingl by Hannah Gibson
For this installment of the Top of the Heap series, I spoke with Alexander I. Stingl, who is a sociologist and a research consultant for Medical Humanities and…
anthro in the news 1/25/2016
Eritrea landscape. Source: Creative Commons Misguided U.K. asylum policy As described in an article in the Guardian, John Campbell, reader in the anthropology of Africa and law…
Representation of aid in/and pop culture: Reading Living Level-3
Similar to J. who already posted some reflections on the WFP-sponsored graphic novel Living Level-3: Iraq my first impressions of the novel (or the first four parts that…
Uneven Earth Writing Grants
Uneven Earth, a website that hosts articles, interviews, and other information about environmental and social justice conflicts around the world, is offering a writing grant “to fund two…
Tussentijd
Door André Droogers Waarom vonden de Keulse aanrandingen juist op Oudejaarsavond plaats? Een antropologisch antwoord. In alle culturen worden overgangen ritueel begeleid. Denk aan een bruiloft, bij …
Intergenerational Experiential Technologies
Post by Christine Finn, as part of the Analog/Digital series The photo was taken at the dawn of the new year, 2016. It is a snapshot taken at…
1.000.000 views! Blogging, sharing, and countering clichés
Blogging from Leiden and beyond When the Leiden Anthropology Blog came into life halfway through 2013, we didn’t know what to expect. Leiden University was encouraging faculties and…
Response to Daniel Münster’s review of ‘The Darjeeling Distinction’
The Darjeeling Distinction, as Daniel Münster notes in his thoughtful review on Allegra Lab, is about both a place and a product. Darjeeling is nestled in the Himalayan…
How BDS Risks Going over to the Dark Side; or, Why I am Ashamed of My Association
I get the logic of boycotts. In high school, I stopped buying grapes to support Cesar Chavez’ protest of the slave-like working conditions of Mexican farm workers in grape vineyards.…
Around the Web Digest: Week of January 17
Greetings from the heart of a city ravaged by Snowzilla! Send me anything that should be included here at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com. This Decasia post argues that half-formed, abandoned and…
What Food Anthropology Is Reading Now: January 24 Edition
January 24, 2016: Hello FoodAnthropology readers. Doubtless, some of you are getting buried in the East Coast snowpocalypse, and others are closely following the political race in caucus…
Women on the market: Internet romance in Cameroon
I am currently posting on this blog some notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S.…
The Morning After: Ethnologie mit Ebola-Kater
Anne Menzel und Anita Schroven Ebola Behandlungszentrum in Forécariah, Guinea | Anita Schroven, Januar 2016 Jahreswechsel sind traditionell die passende Zeit für Rückblicke und Katerstimmung. Allerdi…
Making Connections Through Simulation
F-5N Tiger II Simulator at NAS Fallon. Photo Courtesy Joseph K. Robinson The simulator operator warned me that I might get sick. I stepped down from the platform…
Sam Beck’s book frames anthropology as a means of change
By Susan Kelley, Republished with Permission from Cornell Chronicle Sam Beck, senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology, has co-edited a new volume on the theory and practice…
Anna Hedlund: Sharp lines, blurred structures: Politics of wartime rape in armed conflict
Whenever there is armed conflict, sexual violence and rape, often against women and girls, soon emerge as central concerns in the global public. This is an important topic,…
A Geek Anthropologist’s First Time: Geek Themed Restaurants
By Rayna Elizabeth Geek culture has become more popular than ever before. A new superhero movie seemingly premieres every week and merchandising is ubiquitous, including clothing, games, action…