Remiss About Remission
Last week millions of television viewers watched the Ken Burns production of Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies. It is a magnificent documentary film that is based largely…
Category: English
More thoughts on vocal fry
Thanks to Laura Fullton, I have a clearer fix on vocal fry. Laura found the very interesting work by Ben Trawick-Smith on the topic. Ben calls it a “creaky…
Anthropologists on deported migrants, unusual bureaucrats, and the thriving solidarity economy in Greece
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
Anthropologists on deported migrants, unusual bureaucrats, and the thriving solidarity economy in Greece
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
A review of new brick-and-mortar product feedback platform Sampling Lab
A few months ago, I read about this place called Sampling Lab, a brick-and-mortar consumer feedback “platform/store” opening in Portland. As a research geek who loves free stuff…
Hartwick Anthropology Courses – Fall 2015
Teaching Hartwick Anthropology courses is what launched and sustains Living Anthropologically. For more information, visit the Hartwick Anthropology webpage and sign up for some great fall 2015 Hartwi…
Unearthing the Past: Interview w/ Ryan Collins – This Anthro Life
Ever wanted to know what its like to be an archaeologist? Can you really dig a whole and interpret the past with the materials you find? Is anything…
Unflattening Scholarship with Comics
Graphic Adventures in Anthropology This is the eighth post in a blog series called Graphic Adventures in Anthropology. For several weeks now, guest contributors have been writing about…
Unflattening Scholarship with Comics
Graphic Adventures in Anthropology This is the eighth post in a blog series called Graphic Adventures in Anthropology. For several weeks now, guest contributors have been writing about…
IV CONGRESS ON LATIN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY – Call for Papers
In addition to the call for panelists on the co-hosted sessions, The IV Congress on Latin American Anthropology’s call for papers is currently open until April 30th. Details…
Guest Blog: The Sociality of Suicide: Shared Life and Shared Death in a “Virtual” World
You may have noticed the Anthsisters have been very quiet lately.. spending all our time writing and finishing our Master’s thesis’ hasn’t left much time for blogging! However,…
Guest Blog: The Sociality of Suicide: Shared Life and Shared Death in a “Virtual” World
You may have noticed the Anthsisters have been very quiet lately.. spending all our time writing and finishing our Master’s thesis’ hasn’t left much time for blogging! However,…
Guest Blog: The Sociality of Suicide: Shared Life and Shared Death in a “Virtual” World
You may have noticed the Anthsisters have been very quiet lately.. spending all our time writing and finishing our Master’s thesis’ hasn’t left much time for blogging! However,…
Guest Blog: The Sociality of Suicide: Shared Life and Shared Death in a “Virtual” World
You may have noticed the Anthsisters have been very quiet lately.. spending all our time writing and finishing our Master’s thesis’ hasn’t left much time for blogging! However,…
From economic crisis to solidarity economy
Economic crises can lead to a rise in xenophobia. But the opposite can also be true. At the next Overheating seminar, anthropologist Theodoros Rakopoulos will talk …
From economic crisis to solidarity economy
Economic crises can lead to a rise in xenophobia. But the opposite can also be true. At the next Overheating seminar, anthropologist Theodoros Rakopoulos will talk …
From economic crisis to solidarity economy
Economic crises can lead to a rise in xenophobia. But the opposite can also be true. At the next Overheating seminar, anthropologist Theodoros Rakopoulos will talk …
From economic crisis to solidarity economy
Economic crises can lead to a rise in xenophobia. But the opposite can also be true. At the next Overheating seminar, anthropologist Theodoros Rakopoulos will talk …
IV CONGRESS ON LATIN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY – Call for Panel Participants
AAA will be co-hosting two panels at the IV Congress on Latin American Anthropology on October 7-10, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. The panels are: Public Space Symposium/Simposio…
Links & Contents I Liked 142
Hi all, Welcome back from the Easter break that most of you enjoyed in one way or another! There are quite a lot of Development news items this…
Honor Among Thieves (book review)
As more and more great reviews come in for J.’s latest installment of his aid work(er) romance novel, I am pleased to share some of my reflections on…
Un-doing awareness: do smart watches make dumb humans?
There's a difference between technologies that seek to augment versus those that seek to replicate or replace human processes. Kārlis Dambrāns I think I have successfully talked my…
Un-doing awareness: do smart watches make dumb humans?
There's a difference between technologies that seek to augment versus those that seek to replicate or replace human processes. Kārlis Dambrāns I think I have successfully talked my…
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#6)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks (recently renamed from “What I’…