Web Roundup: A busy month for Pharma… by Jane Roberts
This month it was hard not to pay attention to what was happening in the world of Pharma, where several cases came to light illustrating just how murky…
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Undying: the life and death of an indigo cloth
Nantong China indigo-dyed cloth shoes and calico cloth Elizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC The Nantongese Granny was angry. She believed her grandson was bringing a potential bride, not a…
Undying: the life and death of an indigo cloth
Nantong China indigo-dyed cloth shoes and calico cloth Elizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC The Nantongese Granny was angry. She believed her grandson was bringing a potential bride, not a…
Healthy Pregnancy Spacing
What is the “ideal” spacing of pregnancies? Socially, there may be a wide range of opinions on the subject of how far apart your children should be. Theories…
Healthy Pregnancy Spacing
What is the “ideal” spacing of pregnancies? Socially, there may be a wide range of opinions on the subject of how far apart your children should be. Theories…
Healthy Pregnancy Spacing
What is the “ideal” spacing of pregnancies? Socially, there may be a wide range of opinions on the subject of how far apart your children should be. Theories…
Healthy Pregnancy Spacing
What is the “ideal” spacing of pregnancies? Socially, there may be a wide range of opinions on the subject of how far apart your children should be. Theories…
The Vampire Pipeline: Unhealth and undevelopment in the lower Urubamba
The Vilcabamba mountain range, last holdout of the Inca empire in the 16th century, looms in the distance as a man in a cotton tunic and baseball cap…
The Vampire Pipeline: Unhealth and undevelopment in the lower Urubamba
The Vilcabamba mountain range, last holdout of the Inca empire in the 16th century, looms in the distance as a man in a cotton tunic and baseball cap…
The Vampire Pipeline: Unhealth and undevelopment in the lower Urubamba
The Vilcabamba mountain range, last holdout of the Inca empire in the 16th century, looms in the distance as a man in a cotton tunic and baseball cap…
News Round Up In-Brief
US News 430,000 Immigrants have lost their health insurance because the US Department of Health and Human Services sent confusing document requests on what to provide in order…
News Round Up In-Brief
US News 430,000 Immigrants have lost their health insurance because the US Department of Health and Human Services sent confusing document requests on what to provide in order…
Sharing Syllabi: The Anthropology of Superheroes
Jamon Halvaksz, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), shares the syllabus for his Fall 2015 course, ANT 4843:…
Books for review by Eugene Raikhel
A new crop of books has arrived and they need to be reviewed! We are now asking reviewers to complete their pieces within four months of receiving a…
Top of the Heap: Michael M.J. Fischer by Hannah Gibson
For this instalment of the Top of the Heap series, I spoke with Michael M.J. Fischer, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Anthropology and Science…
The Vampire Pipeline: Unhealth and undevelopment in the lower Urubamba
The Vilcabamba mountain range, last holdout of the Inca empire in the 16th century, looms in the distance as a man in a cotton tunic and baseball cap…
George Mason University Job Announcement
George Mason University Department of Nutrition and Food Studies – Term Assistant Professor The George Mason University, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Nutrition and Food…
Mandate of the Intellectual
Recently, a PhD educated, cultural researcher for a Canadian magazine contacted me about Perspectives’ focus on “open-access publishing, public accessibility and seeking a broad readership while maint…
Jonathyne Briggs, “Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980”
Jonathyne Briggs View on Amazon “Pop pop pop pop musik” -M Jonathyne Briggs‘ new book, Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980 (Oxford University Press, 2015) makes……
PhD studentships in Cognitive Science at Central European University, Budapest
The Department of Cognitive Science at CEU invites applications for doctoral student positions starting in September 2016. This is a research-based training program in human cognition with social…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
The French surrealist Antonin Artaud liked to claim that we journey through life in an open-eyed sleep that condemns us to the deadening realities of routine life. In…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…