MILEN seminar: The three horsemen of the apocalypse
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen has been invited by MILEN to speak about humanity's biggest crisis and how researchers can contribute to an original and alternative pe…
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The keyed bugle
“We don’t develop in a box”, says Steve Dillon, referring to international music connections during the 19th century. The keyed bugle was invented in Ireland in 1810, around…
Research project on social media
Readers! I know this is very cheeky of me considering my serious lack of posts of late but I wondered if you would mind doing this short anonymised…
Three Cheers for Periwinkle: Ethnobotany, histiocytosis and Rare Disease Day
Just over seven years ago, my youngest son, then eighteen months old, woke up one morning with a lump exactly the size and shape of an olive behind…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
The Real News of Anthropology
These are hard times in the humanities and social sciences, times made much worse — at least in the world of the media — by the latest anthropological…
Los árboles de La Argentina Blanca
En la década kirchnerista se ha consumado la mayor devastación de árboles de la historia argentina. Sólo en el año 2012, más de cuarenta millones de árboles han…
Brass band fixations
The first episode of the Norwegian documentary series Korpsfiksert (Band fixated) was shown on NRK TV a few days ago, and is now available on NRK net-tv. The…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Future Conversations
Confronting an incredibly seductive array of “devices” we sometimes forget that the foundation of any society is the ability of its members to interact, communicate, and compromise for…
Anthro field gear review: Cocoons OveRx photochromic eyewear
A few months ago, I embarked on a series of posts reviewing online retailers of high index (read: strong) prescription eyeglasses. The result was an unexpectedly detailed 5-part…
Using art and audiovisual methods with migrants in Spain: an interview with Francesco Bondanini
Francesco Bondanini, a University of Kent alumnus, uses participatory visual methods to explore and empower the lives of migrants and detainees in Spain and Germany. In the interview…
EPIC 2013
EPIC 2013, London 15th-18th September EPIC 2013 is coming. The Call is out and can be found here. Tickets will be going on sale in March.
Who Do We Write For?
As anthropologists, who do we write for? Scholarly articles are typically written for one’s fellow academics. But what about books? Book-length ethnographies are the cornerstone of anthropology. These…