Closed fists of Ebola, by Diana Szántó
The arrival is always a shock. When the door of the aeroplane opens, there is a sudden rush of heat, of odours and colours. It does not take…
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PACSA Bi-Annual Meeting | September 2-4, 2015: #Report
Over the last decades, ‘moving subjects’ have captivated—if not demanded—more of anthropologists’ attention. As one of the forefront communicators of social phenomena as they are lived ‘elsewhere’, we…
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I've been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
Terrorism: A Challenge for the Social Sciences
We live in dangerous times. Our mean streets have become killing fields. During the past year police officers have shot and killed many unarmed African- American men. During…
anthro in the news 12/7/2015
A view of Mauna Loa taken from a Pu'u near The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station at Mauna Kea. source: Wikipedia Saying no to…
Special Issue of Biosocieties: Neurosciences beyond the laboratory by Michelle Pentecost
Tanja Schneider and Steve Woolgar introduce us to Neuroscience beyond the laboratory: Neuro knowledges, technologies and markets, in this special issue of Biosocieties. Neuromarketing in the ma…
An open letter to Prime Minister Turnbull: What would research and work look like if I was in charge?
Dear Mr Turnbull, If I was in charge of research I would always include children on the research team. Instead of talking about fresh perspectives, I would build…
Writing as Cognition
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this essay by guest author Barak Kalir as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Barak is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of…
Saba Mahmood, “Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report”
Saba Mahmood View on Amazon It is commonly thought that violence, injustice, and discrimination against religious minorities, especially in the Middle East, are a product of religious fundamentalism…
PLAN’s Plastic-Free Campus Manual
The Plastic Free Campus Manual includes not only consumer alternatives to disposable plastics, but more importantly, organizing advice on running campaigns, working with administration, facilitating c…
In defence of our universal double standards
The two series of terrorist attacks that hit Paris this year, have given rise to a series of debates and mutual accusations about grief, identity, and double standards.…
What FoodAnthropology is Reading Now: December 6 Edition
December 6, 2015: For the Paris climate talks this week, an article in The Conversation argues that food–production, consumption, and everything in between–must be part of the climate…
Hell is not in the Hereafter
My latest post in Lund…