Battle Rock the First Colonization on the Southern Oregon Coast
In July 1851, Captain William Tichenor decided to begin his project to colonize and claim the Port Orford area. He envisioned that …
Remembering the Woman Who Was My Second Mother in Cuba
Caro in the terrace of her house in Havana, 2001. Ruth Behar When my cellphone rang on the morning of December 12, …
The Message(s) In the Bottle (or Keg)
Amy Trubek with Elisa Ascione and Manuel Barbato Why am I in Umbria spending time with craft brewers and tasting beers such …
„Freiheit als doppelseitige Klinge“? Eine Kritik der taiwanesischen Beobachtung zum Studieren an deutschen Universitäten
Alles in und aus Deutschland ist bekanntlich anderswo in der Welt sehr geschätzt. Zu diesem Phänomen kommen manchmal jedoch einige Reflexionen vor. …
Filmmaking as a way to document illness: The Good Breast and Unrest. by Cinzia Greco
We know that illness can be narrated but can it be shown? Feminist artists have been amongst the first to show the …
Links & Contents I Liked 316
Hi all, There has been a lot of terrible news since last week’s review and luckily things have been a bit quieter …
Claire Pamment, “Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Claire Pamment’s book Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) is a fantastic new book centered on the Punjabi folk …
White Saviours – Do They Really Matter?
by Anne-Meike Fechter Not least since the novelist Teju Cole launched a trenchant critique of what he called the ‘white saviour industrial …
Anthropology, Interrupted: Thank you, Vine Deloria
I was first introduced to anthropology at community college. It was…eye opening. Anthropology challenged the insufficient, limited political and historical education I’d …
168 – Lauren Berlant & Katie Stewart
Cymene discovers the joy of Bob Ross on this week’s edition of the podcast and your co-hosts take a moment to discuss …
2019 APLA Book Prize
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2019 APLA Book Prize competition. The association will recognize work that best …
Admissions Fraud and the SAT: Hidden Implications
As you are well aware, there is a huge college admissions scandal that has been brought to life. Forbes calls it “The …
Why I teach about Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in First-Year Anthropology
Content Warning: The following post discusses the importance of acknowledging one’s own bias and avoiding judgment of cultural practices. It also explores …
Heiko Henkel and Sindre Bangstad: The politics of affect: Anthropological perspectives on the rise of far-right and right-wing populism in the West
This is the first part of a panel held during the 2017 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The second …
Focaal Volume 2019, Issue 83: The anthropology of austerity
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Focaal – Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology has recently published and is available online at …
Dramatising the Future
This is the third in a series of posts by scholars who attended the Anthropocene Campus Melbourne, an event hosted in September …
Data Management in Qualitative Social Science: The Impact of the Leiden Statement
How do anthropologists go about data management? In the second contribution on our series on impact, Peter Pels reflects on the international …
Over de journopoloog (of antropoloog-met-durf)
Door Menno van den Bosch Nog nooit was er zo’n overvloed aan nieuws en informatie beschikbaar. Die overvloed verzadigt ons niet, maar …
Jessica Hardin, “Faith and the Pursuit of Health: Cardiometabolic Disorders in Samoa” (Rutgers UP, 2018)
Jessica Hardin‘s new book Faith and the Pursuit of Health: Cardiometabolic Disorders in Samoa (Rutgers University Press, 2018)explores how Pentecostal Christians manage …
Do animal livelihoods in the Arctic suffer from global warming?
This was one of the questions covered in an interdisciplinary exhibition on the effects of global warming and melting permafrost in Yakutia, …
The Fantasist of Calcutta has a plaque
Atrocities and alibi’s for dirty colonial deeds of the ‘robber baron’ Clive and his mates. Here is a plaque for John Zephania …
CfP (AAA 2019): Reworking the Cognitive Bias in and out of Biomedicine by Emily Yates-Doerr
This year, we at Somatosphere are trying an experiment in academic mentorship. Two of our regular contributors and editorial collaborative members, Emily …
Single Shot: Tractors on Kochi Beach
I was used to seeing the sand coated in washed up Styrofoam, thongs, coconut shells, and water hyacinth. However, on this day …