This is a re-post from our ComDev portal. I think it makes a nice addition to the Student advice section of the blog. As the autumn term was…
Researchers talk about our attachment to social media in terms of the fear of missing out (FOMO). We can’t look away from our mobile devices because we might…
Success or failure in local ecosystem preservation Community-conserved areas are popular in the Philippines; they mainly take the form of marine sanctuaries. Ideally, these conserved areas aim to…
People working in consumer finance who want to share perspectives across different sectors and disciplines face a communication problem: finding a shared language to talk about people and…
Huli i ka Muliwai by Liza Keanuenueokalani Williams I speak to the Muliwai. That murky place – that dark place, green with salt and pink with sweet waters greet…
When Guy Kawasaki was asked how to get internet famous, he had discouraging news. There is no easy answer, he seemed to say. You have to follow thousands…
The either celebrated or lamented Charter of the French Language (Bill 101, as it’s known by most) is one of the hallmark achievements of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution. The…
U.S. News Connecting civil rights, policy, and health, scholarly work on how immigrants’ health declines the longer they live in the United States suggests a policy need to…
U.S. News Connecting civil rights, policy, and health, scholarly work on how immigrants’ health declines the longer they live in the United States suggests a policy need to…
I went to a fascinating lunchtime talk last Thursday given by Dr Jane Anderson, a legal anthropologist at NYU who specialises in investigating the relationship between intellectual…
Photo credit: http://earlyed.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/articles/images/dad_reading_to_baby_0.jpg (with Lizzie Fagen and Kathleen C. Riley) [On the American Anthropolo…
Bill O’Connor was kind enough to send me an early comment on my recent blog post on Design and the corporation. He has given me permission to reproduce…
The institutionalisation of atomistic individualism over the need and necessity of social groups and relations – seen through Carnival It has become impossible today to describe the …
As an anthropologist, the first thought that comes to mind as we approach an upcoming holiday is typically, How do they celebrate this holiday in X?—X being a…
From designers and information architects to researchers and strategists, user experience practitioners must pay attention to the methods by which they communicate their ideas. As Marshall McLuhan fir…
Naar aanleiding van het rapport Eilanden in een zee van ongeloof – Het verzet van de activistische daʿwa in België, Nederland en Duitsland spraken onderzoekers, activisten, en vertegenwoordigers…
How does global capitalism influence our relations with other people and our perceptions of who we are? How do people cope with rapid changes in their surroundings? Which…
A Superman cartoon was able to bring some movement to the polarized immigration debate. What can social scientists learn from this?
February 16-17 2015, Thule room, Arctic Centre Arctic Centre (University of Lapland, Rovaniemi) organizes 3rd workshop in the series ‘Arctic Ocean and coastal communities’ on February 16-17, 2015.…
Call for Papers for Executive Session Submission: Policing, Estrangement, and Social Inequalities: Denaturalizing Law Enforcement and Police-based Governance 2015 American Anthropological Association …
Call for Papers for Executive Session Submission: Policing, Estrangement, and Social Inequalities: Denaturalizing Law Enforcement and Police-based Governance 2015 American Anthropological Association …
Hi all, As I was complaining on facebook about all-male panels I have to admit that my virtual panel of development commentators is also highly imbalanced this week…
Eva Jansen Welche Rolle sollte das Thema „Migration“ bei der Entwicklung universeller ethischer Prinzipien in Krankenhäusern spielen? Inwiefern ist es sinnvoll, kulturelle Hintergründe der Pati…