Comedy
The times are those of distraction. Intensive scrutiny of slights and perceived hurts, while the libidinously ironic engage in rampant expressive display of mildly unacceptable comic-cum-outrageous tr…
The times are those of distraction. Intensive scrutiny of slights and perceived hurts, while the libidinously ironic engage in rampant expressive display of mildly unacceptable comic-cum-outrageous tr…
Image courtesy of the author. This essay is a collage of images and writing from an ongoing project “Reading the River: Yemayá and Oshun.” I am approaching it…
The destruction of forests contributes to widespread drought through atmospheric processes that can seem like sorcery. Pixabay/Pexels To Indigenous Marind communities living in West Papua…
https://matskut.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/1240/ZOOM0056.MP3 Carna Brkovic from University of Goettingen gave a talk on Friday the 17th of January 2020 ti…
A new pilot program allowed people who would normally be hospitalized to stay home. Getty Images A new study found that the home hospital model can potentially improve…
It took scientists 20 years to develop the Cosmic Crisp, a cross between the Honeycrisp and Enterprise apples. Getty Images A new crossbreed apple called the Cosmic Crisp…
Nearly 90 percent of people in the workplace say they’re unsure how much or what kind of emotional support to offer a co-worker who’s living with a chronic…
Though the benefits can vary widely from person to person, taking a monthlong break from alcohol can do your body good. Getty Images Cutting out alcohol if you…
Patricia G. Lange, California College of the Arts Mary Douglas, a key figure in the field of anthropology, once famously asserted that in small-scale societies, “the cycling…
Catherine L. Besteman‘s book Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine (Duke University Press, 2016) is an important contribution to our understanding of the process of remakin……
In this episode, Jana Byars talks with Rachel Chrastil, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and member of the history department at Xavier University, about her newest book,…
In the 21st century, game companies are expanding what can be done with 3D interactive tools and virtual spaces. Companies like Epic Games are increasing blurring the lines…
https://www.workman.com/products/a-death-in-the-rainforest Excerpted from original New Books Network podcast https://newbooksnetwork.com/don-kulick-a-death-in-the-rainforest-how-a-language-and-a-way-…
As 2020 started with the apocalyptic images of the Australian bush-fires, we at Allegra, felt there was an emergency to feature the work of environmental anthropologists so as…
The avowed purpose of policy, whether devised by a government, non-governmental body or an organisation, is to direct action to address an issue, event or interaction, with the…
How should we understand inequality? In A Sense of Inequality (Roman and Littlefield, 2020), Wendy Bottero, a Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester offers a detailed…
Someone in one of the my email lists was asking about the history of semiotics in anthropology, and that made me realise that I didn’t know very much…
Via The Conversation: Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power. But, as academics Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr have warned,…
Sangyoub Park and Sunyoung Cheong At the beginning of the new year, a variety of news outlets and food-related venues usually predict upcoming food trends. USA Today, for…
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In 1874, General Oliver Otis Howard, who had served in the Civil War was the Commander of the Department Columbia took command of any Indian conflicts in the…
Figure 1. “Residents want out of industrial ghetto.” Photo by Lloyd Fox for the Baltimore Sun, 1998. In April 1998, Jeanette succumbed to terminal cancer. She was only…
Birth cohort studies are characterized as longitudinal investigations of research subjects with at least one common characteristic, usually being born in the same time and place. Such studies…
From 2002-2013, the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona (MACBA) brought together professionals from the fields of psychoanalysis, art therapy, and anthropology to provide different services for a va…