Anne Schiller, Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University Fostering classroom community is a goal to which most instructors aspire, although building trust and camaraderie in high enrol…
‘What is it like to work with Roma?’ I asked the police officer. He gestured widely, shaking his head and raising his arms and shoulders, suggesting that words…
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…
Indigeneities in the 21st century is featured on the CORDIS website for research results.
What might we learn by studying science and technology through the lens of stuckness? Stuckness is a ubiquitous experience in the everyday work of science and technology. Scientists…
Written by James Murray, Staff Writer Neil Turner’s writings explore the intersection of power, biopolitics, and social identity, primarily through the …
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/atmospheric-knowledge/paper Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr on their book, Atmospheric Knowledge https://www.ucpress.edu/books/atmospheric-knowledge/paper …
Allegra Lab · Education Pathways Ireland at The University of Galway with Andrew Flaus A transcript with links and references […] The post Education Pathways Ireland at The…
The second episode explores the material and symbolic motivations for Gambian youth choosing the backway to Europe, contrasting the modern, […] The post SEMESTERS appeared first on Allegra…
Japanese police arrested a man in his 90s Thursday for allegedly defacing a sign at a prosecutor’s office in the city of Osaka, a local officer said. A…
Jennifer Jo Thompson (University of Georgia) Each summer since 2014, I’ve taught anthropology on the road with the University of Georgia’s Interdisciplinary Field Program (IFP)—a domestic field pr…
When governments declare a climate “emergency,” they rarely name the real emergency at play – colonialism. Crisis-oriented language transforms centuries of dispossession, extraction, and ecological de…
John Tolan’s Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present offers a sweeping account of Islam’s evolution, highlighting influential figures, sectarian divisions, and global expansion. Though it…
With all the difficult geopolitical news related to Greenland, the obvious anthropological gaze on autonomy is from the ground, based on people’s lived experience on land and sea.…
Introduction In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Reddit user shared an unusually intimate post about their relationship with Replika, an AI chatbot[1] designed for companionship: “I…
Political mobilisation against trans people has escalated exponentially since the pandemic. This serves a clear far-right and reactionary agenda, but as demonstrated by the ca…
The Modern has seen better days. Astronomical sums would buy it. Raju is caretaking, but, well, unlike most of Kolkata which has a certain sheen of relevance and…
Allegra Lab · The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial This is […] The post The Hilde Domin Training Programme…
Performing Power by Marcus Morgan develops a comprehensive theory of social performance, showing how it shapes the exercise of (and struggles over) power, in politics and beyond. Analytically…
By the time panic buttons were installed in buses, taxis, and autorickshaws starting in 2012, their deployment in Delhi’s public transit vehicles had already been under discussion for…
Abstract Deadline: April 1, 2026 The Anthropology and Environment Society of the American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce the 2026 Rappaport Student Prize competition. Appli…
Based on a unique survey of the Norwegian LGBTIQ+ population following the Oslo Pride terrorist attack, Birgitte P. Haanshuus and Øyvind Bugge Solheim examine the consequences…
Settler colonial terror in a question Amidst arranging a backpack with her family during a short trip away, an inquisitive […] The post Go to Palestine—And Go with…