Encounters with art and design by an anthropologist and curious non-expert in visual culture. Since starting to work alongside an artist and a designer, I’ve become more aware…
We are spearheading an interdisciplinary project that looks at research methodologies and ethics in a permanently polluted world. We will be focusing on developing methodologies for participatory cit…
The fascination with the images of Pluto’s rugged topography recently captured by the New Horizons probe reminds us that terrain is…
The fascination with the images of Pluto’s rugged topography recently captured by the New Horizons probe reminds us that terrain is…
The project team filming a video for our online course Recently we have been filming a new online course on the anthropology of social media that will be available…
The inner workings of the Smithsonian are hectic and complex. However, it has been very clear to me that through all of the hustle and bustle of the…
Who were the Indo-Europeans? Were they all-conquering heroes? Aggressive patriarchal Kurgan horsemen, sweeping aside the peaceful civilizations of Old Europe? Weed-smoking drug dealers rolling across … Visit New…
Who were the Indo-Europeans? Were they all-conquering heroes? Aggressive patriarchal Kurgan horsemen, sweeping aside the peaceful civilizations of Old Europe? Weed-smoking drug dealers rolling across … Visit New…
Remember resistance to domination? This was a very popular theme in cultural studies in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Eventually it reached a saturation point where, like…
By Sean Carey Hollywood star Ben Affleck’s attempt to suppress a story about a slave-owning ancestor of his has caused something of a furore, especially in the U.S.…
The Editors of Anthropoliteia would like to welcome Greta Uehling for the latest in our continuing Forum, What’s Going on in Ukraine? As the war in Eastern Ukraine…
Updates from the Naval History and Heritage Command Ahoy! (No one at Naval History and Heritage Command actually says that, but I like to.) This week has been…
The daily life of Greeks in crisis For the past 10 days I have been staying in Athens to contribute to a summer school in Visual Ethnography at…
The daily life of Greeks in crisis For the past 10 days I have been staying in Athens to contribute to a summer school in Visual Ethnography at…
From the underground resistance under Franco to Podemos Vicente Navarro is a leading analyst of the history and origins of the financial crisis in Spain (and Europe in…
Trending: #BoycottGermany BBC News carried an article about the social media buzz on boycotting German products in protest of its position on Greece. #BoycottGermany was first mentioned on…
Hi all, This week’s regular link review (after last week’s ‘anniversary post’) focuses on the core themes of the blog, development, humanitarian and philanthropical topics. We start with a…
How do you communicate permanent pollution and toxicity to future generations? We held workshops with community members in Yellowknife and Dettah to make models about they would communicate…
Even if Mary Douglas’ Purity and Danger is the keystone text of Discard Studies, there are few scholars who work to extend, nuance, or contest the theory that…
Today we are very excited at Allegra – we continue our experimentation with serving you, dear readers, exotic and delicious slow food for thought. This time we created…
It was my birthday weekend, so I’ll just say “Here are some blogs. Enjoy!” Send me anything you’ve written or read at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com. The blog Sex and Psycholo…
