Ode to Chagossian Zistwar
ByChrisyl Wong-Hang-SunMRes Anthropology, 2022-23 Down where the river meets the sea, An old man sits beside me.With his long white beard and skin, a rich Nwar[Black]He begins to share…
ByChrisyl Wong-Hang-SunMRes Anthropology, 2022-23 Down where the river meets the sea, An old man sits beside me.With his long white beard and skin, a rich Nwar[Black]He begins to share…
KRÖNIKA. Det skulle vara intressant med etnografiska studier av den svenska hälsoapparaten och hela dess beroende av invandrad arbetskraft på olika nivåer. Hur ser dessa inflyttare på Sverige…
Det skulle vara intressant med etnografiska studier av den svenska hälsoapparaten och hela dess beroende av invandrad arbetskraft på olika nivåer. Hur ser dessa inflyttare på Sverige och…
A visual anthropologist reflects on the history of cillíní, unmarked and mostly hidden burial sites in Ireland where loved ones continue to care for the dead. South of…
Content note: This piece centers an evolving journey with internalized ableism and accompanying feelings of virtue and shame, particularly around public transportation, driving, and accessibility. Rea…
Join us for a captivating conversation on neurodiversity in the workplace with Ludmila Praslova the author of ‘The Canary Code.’ I’m Adam, your host, and in this episode,…
The tradition of midsummer celebrations is widespread across many cultures, yet it is particularly strong among people of the northern and eastern Europe. Not an exception are Izhma…
Over the years many popular magazines have published articles by visitors to Palestine. In a 1919 issue of the periodical The Century there was an article by Joseph…
https://www.routledge.com/The-Anthropology-of-Digital-Practices-Dispatches-from-the-Online-Culture-Wars/Postill/p/book/9781032370828 Katrien Pype: In this book you not only aim to describe the…
Archives often render marginalized people’s histories invisible. In response to such erasure, a poet writes a letter to explore the experience of historically enslaved African and Creole women…
This paper analyzes the depiction and promotion of the most recent escalation of the Israeli war waged on Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territory through social media by…
Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel talks with danah boyd, Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research, founder of the Data & Society Research Institute, and a distinguished visiting professor…
Cosmopolitan Elites: Indian Diplomats and the Social Hierarchies of Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2023) by Dr. Kira Huju narrates the birth, everyday life, and fracturing of a Western-dominated…
The unintended consequences of youth empowerment programs for Latino boys Educational research has long documented the politics of punishment for boys and young men of color in schools—but…
People before Markets:: An Alternative Casebook (Cambridge UP, 2022) presents twenty comparative case studies of important global questions, such as ‘Where should our food come from?’ ‘What should we…
In 2012, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review launched the Digital Editorial Fellows (def) Program for graduate students interested in enhancing their knowledge and ̷…
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and labor-saving technologies like self-checkouts and automated factories, the future of work has never been more uncertain, and even jobs requiring…
As Andrew M. Gardner explains in The Fragmentary City: Migration, Modernity, and Difference in the Urban Landscape of Doha, Qatar (Cornell UP, 2024) in Qatar and elsewhere on the Arabian…
In The Incarcerations, Alpa Shah unpacks the plight of the Bhima Koregaon-16, a group of human rights defenders who were imprisoned without trial for an alleged plot against…
Protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity present significant challenges for the majority of Africa’s urban population. Limited state capacity and widespread infrastructure deficiencies common in…
Today I talked to Benjamin Breen about his book Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science (Grand Central, 2024). The generation that survived…
So many great lines of parody and insight: “Did anyone ask John F. Kennedy if he … ate potatoes every night”. Excellent soundtrack… I am interested to discuss…
A new book chronicles a Palestinian family’s life and connections to their land over decades under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. Excerpted from My Brother, My Land: A…
In Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science (University of California Press, 2024), Duana Fullwiley has penned an intimate chronicle of laboratory life in the genomic age. She…