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Narrative and the Future of the Social Sciences
The power of anthropology and the social sciences is found, at least for me, in the narratives we put forward about the social conditions of people living in…
Narrative and the Future of the Social Sciences
The power of anthropology and the social sciences is found, at least for me, in the narratives we put forward about the social conditions of people living in…
A Cultural Epidemiology of Monsters?
A new book by the archeologist David Wengrow: The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton U.P.)The blurb: It has often been …
The Phylogeny of ATU 333 (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood)
An interesting, methodologically innovative paper by Jamie Terhani in PLoS One on the phylogeny of “Little Red Riding Hood.”Abstract: Researchers have long been fascinated by the strong continuit…
David Novak, “Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation”
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] Thinking about “Noise” in the history and practice of music means thinking in opposites. Noise is both a musical genre, and…
David Novak, “Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation” (Duke UP, 2013)
Thinking about “Noise” in the history and practice of music means thinking in opposites. Noise is both a musical genre, and is not. It both produces a global…
‘That full complement of riches’
For those who attended the “Why the world needs anthropologists” symposium in Amsterdam yesterday here are the slides. For those that didn’t attend I hope the notes with…
The origins of the spatial segregation of Roma in contemporary Italy
[Qui in Italiano] Why do nomad camps exist? One of this blog’s initial goals was to account for my 2007-2008 ethnography of nomad camps in Florence. In fact,…
Hungary wants to become regional hub for Chinese railway construction
Hungarian radio reported that the government’s spokesman said it was “not a secret” that Hungary wanted to become the regional hub for Chinese railway construction. Negotiations were…
Eugene Raikhel and William Garriott, “Addiction Trajectories”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Science, Technology and Society] Addiction has recently emerged as an object of anthropological inquiry. In a wonderful, focused volume of ethnographies of addiction in……
Eugene Raikhel and William Garriott, eds., “Addiction Trajectories” (Duke UP, 2013)
Addiction has recently emerged as an object of anthropological inquiry. In a wonderful, focused volume of ethnographies of addiction in a wide range of contexts, Eugene Raikhel and…
Iran Has a Right to Enrich—And America Already Recognized It (Muhammad Sahimi–The National Interest)
Published on The National Interest (http://nationalinterest.org) Source URL (retrieved on Nov 25, 2013): http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/iran-has-right-enrich%E2%80%94-america-already-recognized…
The Iran Accord — Profoundly, and Primarily, Symbolic–(Huffington Post–William O. Beeman)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-o-beeman/iran-nuclear-program_b_4332182.html?utm_hp_ref=tw HUFFINGTON POST The Iran Accord — Profoundly, and Primarily, Symbolic November 24, 2013 William O. …
Kim TallBear, “Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Native American Studies] Is genetic testing a new national obsession? From reality TV shows to the wild proliferation of home testing kits, there’s ample evidence it…
Kim TallBear, “Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science” (University of Minnesota Press, 2013)
Is genetic testing a new national obsession? From reality TV shows to the wild proliferation of home testing kits, there’s ample evidence it might just be. And among…
Being a Curious Potential — #AAA2013 Presentation
This is the presentation I gave at the 2013 American Anthropological Association meeting in Chicago. Turn up on your speakers or headphones because audio is included. Enjoy!
Now THAT’S a Big Baby!
I stumbled across this blog post of Hyper Realistic Sculptures today and just had to share. Next time you talk about fear of/induction/c-section for “big baby,” I hope you…
With bulldozers against minorities
China’s economic growth does not always benefit its national minorities. Instead, it strains ethnic relations.
AAA 2013 SAC Events
Check out the Soceity for the Anthropology of Consciousness’ Up Coming Panels and Meetings in Chicago this week at the AAA Conference. AAA 2013 SAC Events. Tagged: #AAA2013,…
Understanding the Iranian Perspective in Nuclear Negotiations–Huffington Post by William O. Beeman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/search.php/?q=Beeman&s_it=header_form_v1 Understanding the Iranian Perspective in Nuclear Negotiations …
The Eye of the Needle: On jaguars and transformation
The path was too dangerous: she might encounter the enemy. She crawled through a maze of roots and vines and branches that clawed and grappled from her blind…
The Eye of the Needle: On jaguars and transformation
The path was too dangerous: she might encounter the enemy. She crawled through a maze of roots and vines and branches that clawed and grappled from her blind…
The Eye of the Needle: On jaguars and transformation
The path was too dangerous: she might encounter the enemy. She crawled through a maze of roots and vines and branches that clawed and grappled from her blind…