Podcast with Luiz Alves Araújo Neto, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of History of Science and Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Brazil, in discussion with Shagufta Bhangu, Lecturer…
https://press.umich.edu/Books/L/Learning-to-Love2 Jiarui Sun:. Throughout the book you have emphasized that New Life, the psychospiritual self-development program you studied, did not “have an…
As moose populations multiply in the Southern Rocky Mountains, decision-makers are questioning whether the animals are endemic or invaders. Archaeology can offer answers—and potential solutions. ✽ Alo…
Tribe-state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East, and in particular in the Gulf States. However, the structures of governance built upon that…
What good is a good sense of humour especially when the humour may be ethically questionable? Although humour seems a valuable part of a good conversation and indeed…
To A. and O., for better or for worse. The story I want to tell might seem to be about […] The post Meet the smugglers. Decolonising the mind,…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the first part of our November edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everyth…
By hosting the UN’s global Climate Change conference COP29 in Baku (11-22 November 2024), Azerbaijan presents itself as a climate-responsible oil state and new political ally and donor…
The Burning Forest: India’s War Against the Maoists (Verso, 2019) by Nandini Sundar is an empathetic, moving account of what drives indigenous peasants to support armed struggle despite severe state repression, including…
As I became acquainted with social studies of science and technology, particularly through anthropological research, I realized it opened new doors for me, offering fresh perspectives and…
Hey everyone! In this episode of This Anthro Life, I’m thrilled to sit down with Dr. Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist, founder of Nest Labs, and author of Tiny…
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By Santiago Camara – Anthropologists are frequently told that “everything is data”, even the lack of data can be used to create an argument or come to conclusions.…
Critical scholars recognize humanitarianism as a racializing project rooted in colonial and imperial relations, in which classifications of aid workers as ‘international’, ‘expat’, ‘national’ and ‘loc…
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo214237970.html Interview by Bonnie Urciuoli Bonnie Urciuoli: What arguments in your book seem relevant right after Trump’s victor…
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In the latest edition of Ethnographic Marginalia, we talk with Roxani Krystalli about her new book Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question (Oxford UP, 2024). Roxani describes the…
Each of us is endowed with an inheritance–a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has…
An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods: Political Ideology and Insurrection in the Mayan Popul Vuh and the Andean Huarochiri Manuscript (University of Nebraska Press, 2024) is the first comprehensive comparison of two…
Our ideal candidate will be engaged in environmental change and/or coupled human-environment systems research. This hire is specific to applicants who are Black or a Person of Colour.…
The German governing coalition explicitly considers refugee integration to be a humanitarian project based on an obligation to care for others because of their shared humanity. Notably, however,…
Cornell University has been in the news for suspending the British-Gambian student Momodou Taal for his lawful involvement in protests […] The post Against racist blackmail on US…