[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] Two main questions frame Sienna R. Craig’s beautifully written and carefully argued new book about Tibetan medical practices and cultures: How is…
Two main questions frame Sienna R. Craig‘s beautifully written and carefully argued new book about Tibetan medical practices and cultures: How is efficacy determined, and what is at…
The zeze is a spike fiddle from Tanzania – and a member of a fiddle family played all over Africa and Asia. The zeze is composed of a…
This article was printed in an abbreviated form on Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-o-beeman/does-iran-have-the-right-_b_4181347.html#es_share_ended Does Iran Have the Right to Enri…
Susana Narotzky Universitat de Barcelona Interaction among anthropologists from all over the world is becoming a reality facilitated by information and communication technologies and also by in…
‘Pols’ is one of the most prevalent dances in Central Norway. Like the mazurka, a pols is in 3/4 time, with a rhythmic change during the last measure…
Book orders are due for my anthropology course titled “Peoples and Cultures of Latin America.” I checked back to the May 2013 Anthropologists Studying Immigration in the United…
Mobile Health in Context: How Information is Woven Into Our Lives @SusannahFox @PewResearch Susannah Fox from Pew Review Research put together an excellent presentation of the latest…
I am a white, adult, Western middle-class man. These identifications mark constitutive features shaping my social and political life – in other words, my subjectivity. They are the…
The 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association are November 20-24 in Chicago. Whether you are going or are just interested in anthropology, take a look at…
Have you heard of Food Deserts? Food deserts are defined geographical areas in industrialized countries that lack retail stores with healthy, nutritious options. I just heard about the…
There is way too much stuff going on in my life and work these days. Most of it is really good stuff, but it is hard to keep…
I have not clearly understood yet what the difference is between self-promotion and the promotion of your own ideas and beleifs. There are a couple fixed boundary lines,…
Today’s links span a few intriguing areas of digital culture, from comedic consumer reviews and defining geeks/nerds to the annoyances of public cell phone chatter. Then there are…
I have started putting up papers, book reviews and some book chapters on http://uq.academia.edu/GerhardHoffstaedter, but not everyone is on the one platform, so I’ll build a repository for…
The nature and beautiful cereal offering a distinctive cultural java around the site is the initial impression when entering the tomb of the Kings of Java in the past.…
The nature and beautiful cereal offering a distinctive cultural java around the site is the initial impression when entering the tomb of the Kings of Java in the past.…
The nature and beautiful cereal offering a distinctive cultural java around the site is the initial impression when entering the tomb of the Kings of Java in the past.…
The nature and beautiful cereal offering a distinctive cultural java around the site is the initial impression when entering the tomb of the Kings of Java in the past.…
A discipline that is obsessed with cultural differences will be nothing but a burden to humanity, says Ronald Stade who is researching human waste and humans as was…
[Cross-posted from New Books in Philosophy] Social cognition involves a small bundle of cognitive capacities and behaviors that enable us to communicate and get along with one another, a…
Ferryboat between two islands, daily activities in the middle run economic life harder. The construction of the bridge has been famous not eliminate activity crossing from the island…