Do newborns think-do they know that ‘three’ is greater than ‘two’? Do they prefer ‘right’ to ‘wrong’? What about emotions–do newborns recognize happiness or anger? If they do,…
No Olympics Because of the money-suck, the corporate sponsorship (riotinto making the medals in London), the fake moralism about drugs, the ‘security’ policing, the clearing of the inner…
A couple of weeks ago, a coyote climbed the fence into my mother’s backyard and attacked one of her dogs, Cujo. The coyote only stopped its assault when…
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Losing a pet has always been a unique kind of pain. No set rituals exist to help provide closure when pets die, there are no readily shared passages…
What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic (ILR Press, 2024) goes beyond the stereotypes and captures the diverse ways Americans view work as a part of a good…
A horse goes into a bar… Bartender: “you’re in here pretty often. Do you think you might be an alcoholic?” Horse “I don’t think I am” – and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gmPrP93TRA For now, I am done with social media. Nobody seems to care or appreciate the effort. But I will continue, albeit in a reduced capacity, to post…
Is a green future possible? In Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation (Duke UP, 2023), Alice Mah, a Professor in Urban and Environmental Studies at the University of Glasgow examines the practices…
A social scientist goes behind the scenes at a breeding center in Portugal to explore the challenges and ethical dilemmas of reintroducing the Iberian lynx. ✽ Soon after…
Very different very the same – distraction is not just distraction, it is systematic and you probably miss the point of blaming the lower orders for rioting at…
Why is height a focal point for some politicians? An anthropologist explores the significance of height—explaining how cultural perceptions influence and distort political dynamics in the U.S. ✽…
Mainstream portrayals of ultra-Orthodox religious women often frame their faith as oppressive: they are empowered only when they leave their community. For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy…
If ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as it appears to be today then, Jason Blakely argues in his new…
There are Birds on the Wire In Mexican slang, “hay pájaros en el alambre” (there are birds on the wire), is an expression used to imply that a…
Kevin Aspaas, current Ronald and Susan Dubin Fellow and Native Artist in Residence at SAR, is a 29-year-old Navajo artist and sheep-to-loom weaver from Shiprock. Since his arrival…
If you aren’t following behavioral designer Nir Eyal, I highly recommend you do. He has written several books, and blogs regularly at ” the intersection of psychology, technology,…
ByFelix StephensBSc Global Humanitarian Studies This is a fictional piece about an ethnographer attending the funeral of a famous writer. It explores the power of different mediums, how…
https://www.dukeupress.edu/incommunicable Daniel Krugman: This book is clearly a cumulation of thinking throughout your career arriving at a generative and fruitful apex. When was the first mo…
In two poems, an anthropologist speaks to the timelessness and constant change of the minority language Griko in the Italian landscape. ✽ The story of the minority language…
Written by Keith Hart CLR James and the idea of an African revolution Events in Tunisia and Egypt have brought …
Prof Nikos Papastergiadis ISSH2024 4 parts – keynote presentation to ISSH2024, the 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities, at Ton Duc Thang University…
Dr Ken Fero ISSH2024 Session B12 An Obstinate Memory. Presented at Ton Duc Thang University on 27 July 2024, 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences…
The time is finally (FINALLY!) upon us! Outward Spirals, the guide to Shaligram interpretive traditions, will go on pre-order from TLS Press starting August 31st! As soon as…