Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…
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Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…
Pauline Turner Strong, “American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries”
Pauline Turner Strong’s new book American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries (Paradigm Publishers, 2012) traces the representations of Native Americans ac… Visit New Books…
What editing is
Editing is a lot of things, but one of them is an endless series of minor improvements in phrasing. While I was in the field, I often wished…
Dissertation writing scene
This is the roof of the library where I’m writing a first draft of the introduction to my dissertation. The sunshine is always encouraging. In writing the…
How international investments change rural Sierra Leone
What happens when international companies develop large-scale projects in poor rural areas in Sierra Leone? How do people respond to the changes? Who gains and who loses? That…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
The said and the unsaid
When the FT Magazine did a special issue on visual design anthropologist Gillian Tett opted to highlight the influential thinking of Pierre Bourdieu and his concept of doxa…
"Iran’s Plan B for the Bomb" (NY Times–Yadlin and Golov) is erroneous and misleading
Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov of the (non-governmental) Institute for Israeli Security Studies have written an op-ed piece for the New York Times entitled “Iran’s Plan B for…
John Osburg, “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich”
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] John Osburg’s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in…
John Osburg, “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich” (Stanford UP, 2013)
John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that incl……
A letter of protest: In defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional populations in Amazonia
We, the researchers, professors and technicians in Anthropology and Linguistics at the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Goeldi Museum/Brazilian Ministry of Science and Tech…
A letter of protest: In defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional populations in Amazonia
We, the researchers, professors and technicians in Anthropology and Linguistics at the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Goeldi Museum/Brazilian Ministry of Science and Tech…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…