Sweeping Away Agbogbloshie. Again.
By Josh Lepawsky & Grace Akese On 20 June 2015 Ghanaian authorities, including military personnel, entered the infamous Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie site in Accra and began violently dispersing the…
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“Slow” Medicine in Fast Times
Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians. —Rudolf Virchow When Gyatso called to give me the list…
physical and metaphorical journeys through #fieldnotes
This week, we’re sharing some of our recently-acquired fieldnotes with you, dear reader, in addition to two installments from our reviews section. Journeys can be single or multi-fold,…
No communication without reputation, no reputation without communication
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) I chose to organise an ICCI book club around…
Cultural attraction, “standard” cultural evolution, and language
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.)Speaking Our Minds (SOM) was a great pleasure to …
Manissa Maharawal: Shut it down: Notes on the #blacklivesmatter protests – Part 2
Part 2. Breaking windows and broken windows policing: “Do we have the same level of outrage when a young black person gets killed as we do when a…
White + Word Gap = Wrong!
The following post was written by AAA members Susan D. Blum, Netta Avineri, and Eric J. Johnson in response to a recent article in the Washington Post. Read…
Iranians Overwhelmingly Favor Lausanne/Vienna Accords
I have just returned from a three-week trip in Iran in which I interviewed hundreds of Iranian citizens. I have written several reports of my trip. They are…
McKenzie Wark on Molecular Red: theory for the anthropocene
I found Wark’s recent book quite good, and it has produced some interesting conversation between Zizek and Wark as well. Here is a recent talk:
Key notions in the study of communication
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) I am enthusiastic about Thom Scott-Phillips’ bo…
It’s not just about Chinese migrant workers
Chinese female migrant workers working in a local reflective vest workshop. Photo by Xinyuan Wang A question always strikes me as I write up ethnography and prepare for…
Siblings and Disability – Part I
Disrupting Assumptions and Digging Deeper Growing up with a sister who had CHARGE syndrome and was deafblind, there were many times when I felt alone in my experience.…
Autophony: Listening to your eyes move by Anna Harris
This post is part of our new series, The Ethnographic Case. One doctor, seven medical students and an anthropologist crowd into the patient’s very small hospital room. The doctor…
A few comments on ‘Speaking Our Minds’
By Paulo Sousa and Karolina Prochownik We would like first to thank the ICCI team for the invitation to participate in the book club around Thom Scott-Phillips’ Speaking…
Rights and Responsibilities: Anonymous Peer Review
Anonymous peer review has the power to transform. It can turn trust into suspicion; it can be uplifting or leave you without a leg to stand on. It…
Why do children but not apes acquire language?
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) In his introduction to Thom Scott-Phillips’s Spea…
Around the Web Digest: Week of June 14
This week either the anthroblogosphere was quiet, or I was too distracted by the hoopla surrounding Rachel Dolezal to keep up… help me out by sending me links…
Exporting livestock
I recently wrote an Op Ed piece on government and industry failure to adequately communicate with New Zealanders about live export. It was published in the Dominion Post,…
Anthro in the news 6/22/15
Hate in America In the wake of the shooting in Charleston, many wonder what drives a person to commit a hate crime and whether hate groups have influence. …
Mass Extinction, Security & Intervention in the Anthropocene
Originally posted on synthetic zero: “No Promises: Mass Extinction, Security and Intervention in the Anthropocene The concept of ‘security’ is paradoxical. It acknowledges the fragility of life and…