Key Words for Understanding the Germany Economy
We often speak of “capitalism” or “the market” as if they are singular things. We are comfortable talking about how the economy is doing, if “it” is up…
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From Beyoncé to Markets – Anthropologists Studying Elites
Suits, ties and going native Erik: During fieldwork I was invited by a business elite to join them for dinner at the most luxurious hotel on Cape…
“It is [the anthropologist’s] task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed…”
“It is [the anthropologist’s] task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to…
Corporate Mortality and the Culture of Failure
Sizes of some 30,000 companies traded publicly on US markets from 1950-2009, measured by their sales (controlling for inflation and GDP growth). The relatively rapid growth of smaller…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation
These are my slides from a talk I gave at Dr. Jeremy Spoon‘s undergraduate Applied Anthropology class at Portland State University on May 20th, 2015. In the presentation,…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Review: Unmasking deep democracy: An anthropology of indigenous media in Canada
Budka, P. 2015. Review of Unmasking deep democracy: An anthropology of indigenous media in Canada, by S. B. Hafsteinsson. Aarhus: Intervention Press, 2013. Social Anthropology, 23/2: 240-242. In…
Healing the City: Sufi Prayers in Berlin’s Towers
Nasima Selim Sufism in Berlin and Material Healing When little spots of roadside space are claimed, memorials constructed and maintained, mourning rituals performed, the separated space defende…
The Sexual Lives of Others
The sexual lives of others. It may seem a new and tantalizing topic for an ethnography, yet this particular genre has a long history in anthropology. In the…
Finding My Forest Feet
The beautiful Lefini Reserve The first time I ever walked properly in the Congo Basin rainforest was two years ago. I felt like a huge, clumsy elephant –…
Chin Refugee Community Annual Report 2012
In 2013 the Chin Refugee Community organisation published an annual report documenting the work they do over the year and how they perform the varied tasks of looking…
Pushed offshore, the ‘boat people’ crisis demands regional response
In recent days, some 2000 refugees and migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar have come ashore in Aceh, Indonesia, and Langkawi, across the Strait of Malacca in Malaysia. Thousands…
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own….”
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we…
Anthro in the news 5/25/15
The non-science (and more) of virginity testing of women Sherria Ayuandini, a doctoral candidate in medical anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, published an op-ed in The…
Indie anthropology magazine Peeps brings public anthropology together with photojournalism and design
Peeps Magazine is an independent magazine that delivers stories from around the world written by anthropologists immersed in different cultures to bring new perspectives and experiences to your…
The Bridge over Islamophobia
John Esposito at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service has just provided a unique website to chart the pace of islamophobia…
literary-ethnography: A good visual for talking about…
literary-ethnography: A good visual for talking about ethnographic methods. This certainly would have been useful for my Thesis, although we did have very good guidance at the University…
Anthropologists expose the side-effects of mining
Coal for power, iron ore for steel girders, minerals for our smart phones: the mining business is booming. More and more anthropologists are uncovering effects of this develo…
Anthropologists expose the side-effects of mining
Coal for power, iron ore for steel girders, minerals for our smart phones: the mining business is booming. More and more anthropologists are uncovering effects of this develo…
Anthropologists expose the side-effects of mining
Coal for power, iron ore for steel girders, minerals for our smart phones: the mining business is booming. More and more anthropologists are uncovering effects of this develo…
Anthropologists expose the side-effects of mining
Coal for power, iron ore for steel girders, minerals for our smart phones: the mining business is booming. More and more anthropologists are uncovering effects of this develo…