Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023) examines how fans worship film stars as deities. Focusing on temples dedicated to…
Authors’ Note: The following essay uses the words “women” and “girls” in order to mirror the phrasing and experiences of cited literature as well as the responses of…
Armani Stewart The 2024 Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student award goes to Armani Stewart for her project titled “Mapping Black Women’s Food Geographies: Exploring place, security, and w…
While explaining the origins of Gramsci’s definition of hegemony to an interviewer, the labour historian Michael Denning (2023) suggested taking a Jeopardy! approach to social theory, which is…
Decades ago, anthropologists dispelled the myth of biological race. Lagging behind in scientific understandings of human diversity, the medical profession is failing its oath to “do no harm.”…
What can social spaces tell us about social relations in society? How do everyday social spaces like teashops, reading rooms and libraries reify-or subvert-dominant social structures like caste…
Cosplay, born from the fusion of ‘costume’ and ‘play’, transcends mere dress-up by transforming enthusiasts of TV shows, movies, books or video games into living embodiments of their…
Epicurus and good coffee. Notes are a habititual mode of reading to help me push my thoughts through the pages, but its the pages that are the pleasure.…
Majeed Malhas We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2024 SAFN Student Research Award is Majeed Malhas. Malhas won with a project entitled “Arab Nationalism…
Conceptualizations of islamophobia should be formulated with greater attention to the lived experiences of Muslims and contextual variat…
Fifty years ago, the remains of an Australopithecus afarensis ancestor, named “Lucy” by archaeologists, rewrote the story of human evolution. This article was originally published at The Conversatio…
Around the world, millions are forcibly displaced by conflict, climate change, and persecution. Some cross international borders, while others are displaced within their own countries. In We Wait for…
This text explores the evolution of digital inequality, highlighting how emerging phenomena pose new challenges to digital inclusion, particularly with the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI…
Have you ever thought about the power of questions in shaping your relationships? In this episode of This Anthro Life, we explore how Emmy-winning filmmaker Topaz Adizes uses…
On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. This year’s topic is:…
https://punctumbooks.com/titles/speaking-with-the-dead-an-ethnography-of-extrahuman-experience/ Kristina Wirtz: Congratulations on this lovely book, Matt! It is a fascinating and empathetic ac…
Frédéric Keck How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics With a foreword by Michael M. J. Fischer HAU Books, 2023 …
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World brings together a selection of writings spanning two decades by the renowned anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber. According to Danny Dorling’s revie…
LECKHNA PARAS CHAJED Gillian Keegan Secretary of State for Education House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Dear Gillian Keegan, RE: A call to improve the quality of menstrual…
I happily share the following CMA announcement: 2024 COUNCIL FOR MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY AWARDS We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Council for Museum Anthropology aw…
Celebrating SAFN’s Fiftieth Anniversary this Year! AAA Annual Meeting 2024 Tampa, Florida SAFN + C&A Joint Reception Friday, November 22 | 7:30 – 9:30 Tampa Convention Center…
Susan GreenhalghHarvard University The 1990s were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health critics pointed to sugary soda as…
Our colleague Peter Finke will launch a new project on the production, processing and trade of food in Kazakhstan. The project offers a really generous 4 full years…
Japan SPOTLIGHT, November/December 2024 Issue (#158) Link: https://www.jef.or.jp/jspotlight/backnumber/detail/258/ Click the link above and scroll down to: Click, or follow the link below fo…