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Anthropologist in the Cane
A great of Caribbean anthropology, Professor Sidney Mintz has passed away… Last week one of the greats of North American anthropology, Prof Sidney Mintz, passed away. Mintz was…
2015 in Review: Geek Girls and Gender
By Emma Louise Backe For several years, TGA founder Marie-Pierre has been conducting research on the fraudulent phenomenon of “fake geek girls,” a category of women who ostensibly…
Intricacies of Universal Health Care
What are some of the primary concerns of Universal Health and access to quality health care? Among researchers doing studies in this area, these concerns have raised new…
The Making of Home
One of the strengths of this book—and part of its appeal to readers interested in archaeology and anthropology—is its long view, examining changes in cultural trends over the…
ISIS will fall
Stephen Walt has an astute analysis of the state of ISIS in Foreign Affairs.
Happy New Year!
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition wishes you a happy new year. May your 2016 be full of joy and delicious!
My top 5 trends of 2015 – and some predictions for 2016
With best wishes for a healthy and productive 2016! 1 – WHITE PRIVILEGE UNDER ATTACK Debates and struggles around race have taken centre-stage in 2015, with an intensity…
Web Roundup: 2015 by Lily Shapiro
As the year winds up, many publications around the web are doing “highlights of 2015”-type lists, so I thought I’d compile some of these to give a bit…
Top 10 of 2015
In 2015 I wrote on a wide variety of issues for a wide variety of outlets. I switched mostly to features from op-ed, since my op-eds on exploitation,…
Op naar 2016!
Het is de laatste dag van het jaar, een jaar dat voor velen van ons is omgevlogen. Het hectische leven op de universiteit, voor zowel stafleden als studenten, maakt…
2015: Just Another Year for Empire
This year saw so little published on this site, that presenting our “top 10 articles” would nearly exhaust everything we produced. Instead, we decided to produce a list…
Afaneh Najmabadi, “Professing Selves: Transsexuality and Same-Sex Desire in Contemporary Iran”
Afaneh Najmabadi View on Amazon In her fascinating new book Professing Selves: Transsexuality and Same-Sex Desire in Contemporary Iran (Duke University Press, 2015), Afaneh Najmabadi, Professor of Histo… Visit New…
Erik Linstrum , “Ruling Minds: Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire”
Erik Linstrum View on Amazon In Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire (Harvard University Press, 2016), Erik Linstrum examines how the field of psychology was employed in…
Sujey Vega, “Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest”
Sujey Vega View on Amazon In Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest (New York University Press, 2015), Sujey Vega Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies…
Interview with Tijo Salverda
By Madhukar Ramlallah, editor of the Mauritius Times [with permission from the Mauritius Times] ‘Franco-Mauritians have realised that their economic power is best served by staying away from…
State Intervention in Financial Markets: Why Geopolitics Matter
By Tijo Salverda There is not much new in the observation that markets are closely intertwined with political authority. In the past authorities guaranteed markets to operate, while…
State Intervention in Financial Markets: Why Geopolitics Matter
By Tijo Salverda There is not much new in the observation that markets are closely intertwined with political authority. In the past authorities guaranteed markets to operate, while…
State Intervention in Financial Markets: Why Geopolitics Matter
By Tijo Salverda There is not much new in the observation that markets are closely intertwined with political authority. In the past authorities guaranteed markets to operate, while…
State Intervention in Financial Markets: Why Geopolitics Matter
By Tijo Salverda There is not much new in the observation that markets are closely intertwined with political authority. In the past authorities guaranteed markets to operate, while…
Links & Contents I Liked 168
Hi all, Welcome to the final link review of 2015! This one is a bit longer (the Internet apparently does not have holidays…) with plenty of good reads for…
My development blogging & communication review 2015
Dear all, It only feels like yesterday that aidnography went live, but this is actually my fifth end-of-the-year reflection post after 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014! In the…