An Overview of Dialectics & Historical Materialism
MESSAGE TO READER FROM THE AUTHOR: Below is a summary of Karl Marx’s theorizations of dialectics and historical materialism that I put together. What I review is the…
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Help Crowdfund TAL’s Adam Gamwell’s Peruvian Quinoa and Future Food Stories Project!
Check out and help crowdfund this innovative new fieldwork project from TAL’s Adam Gamwell! Bringing more anthro-mindedness and stories to the public through Beacon Reader. Check it out…
Televised charismatic Christianity in Ghana
Here is another set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.) forthcoming,…
Visual/media/digital anthropology at EASA 2016
By Philipp Budka Source: Visual/Media/Digital Anthropology at 14th EASA Conference – Philbu’s Blog Here is a list of panels at the 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)…
Freddy’s Hair
Freddy Lim Campaign Photo A week before historic elections which swept Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) out of power, KMT candidate Lin Yu-fang (林郁方) asked voters not vote…
Visual/Media/Digital Anthropology at 14th EASA Conference
Here is a list of panels at the 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Biennial Conference entitled “Anthropological legacies and human futures” (Milan, 20-23 July 2016, #EASA2016)…
Gender rolls
Similar ascriptions befall the husband’s wife and children, he effectively confines them to the “feminine” role through purchasing them a solely vegetarian pizza, in which on…
Links & Contents I Liked 171
Hi all, This first link review of the new term gives me the pleasure to welcoming all our new & returning ComDev students! It just so happens that…
CFP: Pharmaceuticals out of Bounds
When birth control hormones are found in drinking water and fish in streams contain Prozac, it is time to acknowledge that pharmaceuticals have gone rogue. Conference: 4S, Barcelona.…
Humour: a threat to society?
Building stereotypes Humour is especially humorous for insiders. He who laughs last… didn’t understand the joke. According to Carty and Musharbash a sense of humour is the &ldquo…
Crime, crises and a competition: #EVENTS in a mad world!
You know us: we do not want to miss a single opportunity to publicise hot and exciting events on the anthropological calendar. And because times are dark (to…
Material/Digital Authenticity: thoughts on digital 3D models and their material counterparts
Post by Stuart Jeffrey and Siân Jones Colintraive and Glendaruel Community Woodland Trust recording cup-marked stones using photogrammetry and RTI Media forms are constantly calling into question each…
Genetically-Engineered Crops and Sustainability: Controversies and Commentaries for 2016 (Part 2)
Ellen Messer Tufts University (Part 1 of this 2 part series is here.) As a possible antidote or balance for someone seeking ways ag-biotech might contribute to sustainable…
Ethnographic presents and futures of ‘health’—a summary of the Ethnographies and Health workshop by Emma Garnett
In this report we offer an overview of a two-day workshop entitled Ethnographies and Health that was held in October at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical…
Cultivating Knowledge about Cannabis Legalization
Marijuana plants at 3D Cannabis Centers in Denver. There are many specialized strains of marijuana with names reflecting their cultivation heritage: Girl Scout Cookies, Sour Diesel Kush, Super…
Past Imperfect
Let’s start with some old dirt. Who were the first people to arrive in North America more than 12,000 years ago? Did these intrepid explorers originate in Siberia…
Monkeys All the Way Down
Everyone’s likely heard it or seen it written on a protest sign: “I didn’t evolve from a monkey.” It’s a well-worn refrain of those who resist the evolutionary…
Food Is Health
Food is health. I’ve known it since I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin. My dad was diagnosed with diabetes when I was a baby. His disease…
Wandering Among the Stars
We dedicate this post to the crew of the space shuttle Challenger, whose intrepid wanderings were tragically cut short 30 years ago today. Growing up in rural…
Conflict on the Plains
The images in this series represent my interpretation of the struggle of Native Americans throughout the Plains Indian Wars between 1855 and 1890. During this period, the U.S.…
The Water-Cooler Problem
George Macartney had a bad day at work. The deal he was sent to close was rejected, despite months of advance negotiation. He followed the agreed-upon protocols, though…
#Podcast Interview Round Up November-December: New Books in Anthropology- REDUX
Hi there, it’s time for the latest round up of interviews from by New Books in Anthropology. Long and luxurious discussions with authors about their new books can…