Turning Wounds into Wisdom: The Power of Storytelling with Sussi Mattsson
Have you ever pondered how acknowledging and reframing past trauma could be transformative? In this riveting episode of This Anthro Life, we delve into the profound impact of…
Have you ever pondered how acknowledging and reframing past trauma could be transformative? In this riveting episode of This Anthro Life, we delve into the profound impact of…
In Contesting Moralities: Roma Identities, State and Kinship, Iliana Sarafian challenges established scholarly practices that attempt to define Romani identity, instead exploring how individuals navig…
“[T]he climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination.” Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2015), p.9. “We are…
Ledizioni Publishing Interview by Nicco La Mattina Nicco La Mattina: In Surfers Paradise, you describe how the figure of the surfer is characterized as a risktaker, emblematic of a…
Between February 8 and 9, 2024, two fleets arrived in Brindisi, a port city in the southern Italian region of Puglia. The first came by land: a parade…
Through a creative focus on skin, in Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam (Duke UP, 2021), Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of…
On the podcast today, I am joined by Mai Corlin, who is researcher at the department of cross-cultural and regional studies in the University of Copenhagen. Mai will…
AAA invites members to join a Town Hall on Tuesday, February 27th from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. EDT, for a discussion of … More
Andrew MitchelPhD CandidateThe Ohio State University What does it mean to be an expert on food? This piece will argue that my scholarly work and the knowledge and…
In Sexuality and the Rise of China, sociologist Travis Kong examines the experiences of post-1990s gay men in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Through interviews and historical analysis,…
Asian Perspective, vol. 48, no. 1 2024 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/919884 I have, for personal use only, a pdf copy of this article, which appears in Asian Perspective, vol. 48, no….
The DOPE Conference is back in person this year and I’ve put together a little zine (“Bacteria Farmers”) for a session on “Speculating on an Multispecies Urban Future”:…
How is the delicate balance between recording Micronesian cultural heritage, addressing community needs, and gaining international acknowledgment for preservation endeavors managed? Ashley in Micronesi…
“I cannot listen to the sound of the warplanes anymore, it sounds like they are flying over our roofs,” as a resident of a south Lebanese border village…
I. 22nd century, another planet In an unfinished science fiction novel by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski, the hero of an earlier novel travels to an empire that in…
Much of the water that enters homes in metro Guadalajara, Jalisco is toxic. Water from the tap is used to wash dishes and water plants, but for decades…
Forty years ago, four hippos arrived in Colombia. Drug trafficker Pablo Escobar illegally imported them as part of his project to build an open-door zoo at Hacienda Naples,…
Each night and day in the industrial port of Ciudad del Carmen (Campeche, Mexico), dozens of Pemex oil platform workers roll their small suitcases across the concrete as…
July is part of the heavy rainfall season of South America’s northernmost savannas, known since colonial times as the Llanos (Plains/Grasslands) and, more recently, from a biogeographical perspe…
Inspired by Feld’s (2015) work on sound, in this collection of essays, we bring five ethnographers from Latin America to think about their research through the sounds of…
***Note: Originally published on EFH in 2017*** INTRODUCTION On February 22nd, 2017 Agent Orange’s administration revoked the transgender protection guidelines on Title IX in a “Dear Colleague” letter…
***Note: Originally published on EFH in 2017*** INTRODUCTION On February 22nd, 2017 Agent Orange’s administration revoked the transgender protection guidelines on Title IX in a “Dear Colleague” letter…
Natsuko Tsujimura. Food, Language, and Society: Communication in Japanese Foodways. Lexington Books. New York. 2023. ISBN: 9781498571333. pp. 287. Richard Zimmer (Sonoma State Universi…
By Romy de Vos – For my bachelor’s thesis, I conducted research among individuals and groups who are involved in initiatives to grant posthumous rehabilitation for people who…