Why the World Needs Anthropologists: Report of an engaged discussion
By Luisa Schneider and Maaike Matelski – The world keeps accelerating. Our tasks become more complex, we are expected to do more things more quickly, with new techologies…
By Luisa Schneider and Maaike Matelski – The world keeps accelerating. Our tasks become more complex, we are expected to do more things more quickly, with new techologies…
Written by Colin Greer; Eric Laursen Toxic societal polarization is the product of malignant bonding, scarcity mindsets, and trauma. However, …
Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli. 2026. Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives. London: […] The post Food, Culture and Society in…
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ByAbira PathakMSc Anthropology and Professional Practice Abundance Smells like fruit rot Sounds like buzzing bees Feels like a endless cycle of chores But only when it gives, you…
And Nissan huts – home for my family when they reached Australia (before my time, was exploring some in the Cantonment of Barrackpore recently though) Bardot with Marston Mats…
How do we read, write, and understand Black visual languages? The post READING BLACK MULTIPLICITIES AND BLACK VISUAL LANGUAGES appeared first on Allegra Lab.
Health interventions move across spaces and geographies that they themselves help to produce. I argue that health interventions organize relationships among places and people. They define where expert…
Page 99 falls at a transitional point in my dissertation. Up to this point, I focus primarily on the historical and political conditions that shaped contemporary debates about…
Review of Backway to Europe: Talking Borders and Migration with Gambians on the Move (Series 1) The post Of backways and legitimate concerns appeared first on Allegra Lab.
On this Episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica speak with Ester Gallo, an Associate Professor at the University of Trento. The post Support for Displaced Students and…
On this Episode of Displacing Universities Svitalna and Ian speak with Mariana Knaurd, Secretary General of the Global University Academy. The post Global University Academy with Marianne Knarud…
Concerns about declining sperm quality and male reproductive capacity have become increasingly prominent in scientific, clinical, and public discussions of fertility. Yet infertility has historically …
Somatosphere welcomes you to the September edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Technology…
A gripping exposé of deception, cult power, and the long shadow of Carlos Castaneda, the man behind the biggest literary hoax of the twentieth century. Twenty years in…
One day in November 2022, I was meeting with Carolina, one of the main activists of the gig worker union Frente de los Trabajadores de los Plataformas Digitales…
by Kieu Sanculotte – To have many homes and none at all is like not having a favourite colour. It is hearing those around you go on about…
Digital tools, such as WhatsApp, have offered methodological opportunities for connection, data collection, and the democratization of knowledge production, in part because they are easily accessible …
Located near the end of Chapter 2, Page 99 of my dissertation features an interview with Director Byul Yun, a prominent K-pop music video director. This conversation highlights…
Hasn’t the sheer abundance of chit-chat made criticism, and even journalism you pay for, obsolete? Articles that would bug most people aren’t even read because something else more…
By Bogumila Hall and Marina de Regt – Recent clashes between the Houthis and anti-Houthi forces in Yemen have led to hundreds of “casualties”, thousands of wounded and…
This reflective essay examines the author’s experience conducting fieldwork while managing chronic illness and disability. The post Unhealthy at the Health Fair: A personal account of chronic illness…
This article introduces The New Ethnographer’s call for a “compassionate turn” in anthropology, extending the reflexive turn by foregrounding how fieldwork impacts researchers as well as interlocutors…
In this article, Nieves Galera reflects on the practical and emotional challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork with infants and their families. The post Through the looking glass: learning…