Mpu Prapanca and the ‘Desawarnana’
It was my birthday yesterday, and my lovely girlfriend bought me a copy of Stuart Robson's translation of the Desawarnana, the famous Old Javanese kāvya, or poem,…
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Mpu Prapanca and the ‘Desawarnana’
It was my birthday yesterday, and my lovely girlfriend bought me a copy of Stuart Robson’s translation of the Desawarnana, the famous Old Javanese kāvya, or poem,…
Blame it on Ebola
Since the 7th of November Sierra Leone is officially Ebola-free. Even if the outbreak lasted far too long and it was far too painful, there is reason now…
What war? Whose war?
Internal changes must come about. © Cindy Cornett Seigle, via creative commons. By Thijl Sunier The day after the attacks in Paris, the French President François Hollande declared…
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Hi all, A busy week on aidnography featuring two new posts on conferencing in the digital age and media representation of development in the context of CNN’s Hero…
Anthropologies #22 Call for Submissions: The anthropology of food
Burgers, Plate 4. Photograph by Thomas Hawk, 2009. Everyone eats, and there are cultural and social meanings embedded in the food that we consume. This issue of anthropologies…
Allegra TV: Tsing and Descola in videos! #CFAS
Allie’s conference week has been packed full of interesting reads from the Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society. Tired of reading already? We conclude the week with…
“It’s All in the Name: Undiagnosis in a Diagnostic Age”
Here is the link to the paper I will present at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Lewis_2015_AAA Paper Please do not use, cite, or…
The second Helsinki Knots Symposium: 23 October 2015
Relations and Dependencies, the second Helsinki Knots Symposium, tackled how two disciplines, anthropology and sociology, deal with the interplay between the intellectual and political/economic condit…
Do Brands Have The Power To Change The World?
Here is the one true thing I know about humans having studied them in action and been one myself for many years: we are essentially “good”. Whether…
Justyna Kajta & Adam Mrozowicki: The new Polish parliament: Between the Right and the radical Right
The new parliament in Poland resembles in its makeup the one in Hungary, almost completely dominated by right-wing political parties. The Law and Justice party beat the Civic…
Phillip Roscoe, “A Richer Life: How Economics can Change the Way We Think and Feel”
Phillip Roscoe View on Amazon So many of our social questions are now the subject of analysis from economics. In A Richer Life: How Economics can Change the Way…
Philip Roscoe, “A Richer Life: How Economics Can Change the Way We Think and Feel” (Penguin, 2015)
So many of our social questions are now the subject of analysis from economics. In A Richer Life: How Economics can Change the Way We Think and Feel (Penguin, 2015), Phillip…
Devils, Angels, Spanking, Lice, a See-through Nighty, and a Prayerful Principal. Welcome to Ethnography.com Bill Rich!
“Any kind of downer is pretty much forbidden for school administrators. Got to be upbeat and positive all the time. Can do, no problem, got it all under…
Verkiezingsuitslag Myanmar in perspectief
Door Maaike Matelski. Precies vijf jaar na het einde van haar huisarrest is bekendgemaakt dat de partij van oppositieleidster Aung San Suu Kyi een absolute meerderheid heeft behaald…
CNN Hero of the Year event offers a glimpse into today’s depoliticized charity industry
To be honest, I am not expecting much from CNN these days – certainly not much in terms of critical journalism. But it is still a fixture in…
Landscapes: Panel Selection #CFAS
Today our coverage of the Biannual Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society continues with selected notes from panels – brought to you by Maija Lassila and Aleksis Toro,…
Guest Blog: Performing Identities on Facebook: Young Bhutanese Women and ‘Selfie’ Photos
I met Jessica about a year ago, at a mutual friends 21st Birthday when we discovered we were both completing our Master’s degrees in Anthropology – we met…
Guest Blog: Performing Identities on Facebook: Young Bhutanese Women and ‘Selfie’ Photos
I met Jessica about a year ago, at a mutual friends 21st Birthday when we discovered we were both completing our Master’s degrees in Anthropology – we met…
Guest Blog: Performing Identities on Facebook: Young Bhutanese Women and ‘Selfie’ Photos
I met Jessica about a year ago, at a mutual friends 21st Birthday when we discovered we were both completing our Master’s degrees in Anthropology – we met…
Guest Blog: Performing Identities on Facebook: Young Bhutanese Women and ‘Selfie’ Photos
I met Jessica about a year ago, at a mutual friends 21st Birthday when we discovered we were both completing our Master’s degrees in Anthropology – we met…
AAA 2015 Melanesia Interest Group Business Meeting
As Convener of the AAA’s MIG (Melanesia Interest Group), I want to extend an invitation to all those attending the AAA 2015 meetings in Denver with an interest…
Return of the Anthro/Zine
Last May I introduced you to Anthropozine, a new undergraduate venue associated with the journal Anthropology Now. The concept behind the zine was to get college students interested in…