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Hi all, This is really a busy time of the semester, so the blogging work has to take a bit of a backseat these days…however, I am reading…
Category: English
REDUX: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights in Occupied Palestine – by Lori Allen
When Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was – of course – a book of timely…
Israel BDS — Why I Signed…Reluctantly
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions is pleased to present this thoughtful reflection on the boycott by James Ferguson. The American Anthropological Association will be vot…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
Somatosphere readership survey by Eugene Raikhel
Are you a regular reader of Somatosphere who would like to help us make the site even better? Are there certain topics or issues that you’d like to…
Making #AAA2015 Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 30
It’s that time of year again, when anthropologists start gathering on Twitter, finish writing their papers, and pack their scarves for the annual AAA pilgrimage. (Given the extended…
When Research Bleeds into Real Life: Studying Reproductive Ageing while Ageing Reproductively by Carrie Friese
In a book chapter addressing feminist research methods and women’s health and healing, Rayna Rapp (1999) wrote about the complicated ways in which everyday life is embroiled in…
New book – Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice
Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice Sarah Pink – RMIT University Heather Horst – RMIT University John Postill – RMIT University Larissa Hjorth – RMIT University Tani…
Niccolo de’ Conti (and others) on the Lontar Palm
Yesterday I put up a post about Niccolo de' Conti, one of the more interesting Europeans to visit Indonesia before the sixteenth century. His account…
The 59th Street Bridge Song
Slow down, you move to fast You got to make the morning last (Paul Simon, Feelin’ groovy/The 59th St Bridge Song) I grew up with vinyl. My family was…
Connected Capitalism?
“The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist—McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15. And the hidden fist that…
Rewind and Fast Forward, Part 2
In Part 1, I compared traditional fieldwork in a South Indian village with my unexpected and forced relocation to a U.S. treatment center for heroin addicts. Now, in…
Overflowing landfills, unwanted humans, and a new anthropology of waste
Why has the largest man-made structure on earth, until recently, been a landfill? Are waste pickers environmental heroes, or is their work first and foremost inhuman? Do we…
Overflowing landfills, unwanted humans, and a new anthropology of waste
Why has the largest man-made structure on earth, until recently, been a landfill? Are waste pickers environmental heroes, or is their work first and foremost inhuman? Do we…
Overflowing landfills, unwanted humans, and a new anthropology of waste
Why has the largest man-made structure on earth, until recently, been a landfill? Are waste pickers environmental heroes, or is their work first and foremost inhuman? Do we…
Overflowing landfills, unwanted humans, and a new anthropology of waste
Why has the largest man-made structure on earth, until recently, been a landfill? Are waste pickers environmental heroes, or is their work first and foremost inhuman? Do we…
Overflowing landfills, unwanted humans, and a new anthropology of waste
Why has the largest man-made structure on earth, until recently, been a landfill? Are waste pickers environmental heroes, or is their work first and foremost inhuman? Do we…
Myths and Facts About the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions is pleased to extend its original series on this blog in light of a boycott vote at the November 2015 American Anthropological…
Knowledge from an Object
Considering the material culture aspect of art conservation, this column is a continuation from my April 2015 column, Preserving Visual Culture and my tour of the U of…