More marsten mats
Just a few of a growing collection to accompany the article here – these are the ones that did not fit in the article in Inter Asia Cultural…
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Elemental structures of memory: Marston Mats in Vietnam and beyond – preprint
This is a postprint of the article – The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 2024, at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/1…
Anthropology’s Seen and Unseen
In 1866, Alfred Russel Wallace sent a breathless letter to his friend and colleague, Thomas Huxley, inviting Huxley to join him in exploring a “new branch of anthropology”:…
Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Help Solve Our Problems – review
In Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Help Solve Our Problems, David Edmonds curates a selection of interviews with social science researchers covering the breadth of human life and society,…
Water Scarcity, Hydropolitics, and the Importance of Materiality at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
How is growing water scarcity experienced by livestock producers? And to what extent does the materiality of water and the infrastructures on which users rely influence social relations…
Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber: The Return of Fascism?
This discussion paper offers two contributions to our collective discussion on the theme of fascism: (a) an integrated set of elements comprising our definition of the concept; and…
Strange Future
A Nigerian eco-activist and poet wonders what future lies ahead in the face of climate change impacts and resistance to large-scale emission reductions. “Strange Future” is part of…
Poems of Witness and Possibility: Inside Zones of Conflict
Anthropological poems from around the globe speak to people’s creative will, resistance, and resilience—and the significance of our shared humanity. ✽ In July 2023, SAPIENS put out a…
Bamboo
A bit sad that this airline is not doing the very economical UK run anymore, but then maybe those extra luggage loads (was 45kg per pax) risked tipping…
David Griffin discusses page 99 of his dissertation
Members of the Sovereign Citizen conspiracy movement have been described as “paper terrorists” because of the way that they attempt to intimidate their enemies with mountains of nonsensical,…
A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going – review
In A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going, Michael Muthukrishna contends that the core issue affecting Western societies is increasing energy…
Granola Nazis: Fascism in the World of Health, Fitness, and Nature
Granola Nazis are a part of the contemporary 'dissident right', with a particular interest in health, wellness, and nature. Though a fringe ideology, it is criticall…
William R. Jankowiak, “Illicit Monogamy: Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community” (Columbia UP, 2023)
Angel Park is a Mormon fundamentalist polygamous community where plural marriages between one man and multiple women are common. Based on many years of in-depth ethnographic research, in Illicit…
Wired! Walking to the printer’s shop on a crisp sunny day to pick up our photo panels…
We have photos to be exhibited! The photos have been blurred so as not to ruin your Photo Exhibition Experience. Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February…
Repair: AES / APLA Spring Conference 2024
April 4-6, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh In the face of compounding harms—mass extinctions, settler-colonial dispossession, gentrification, displacement—what does it … More
Article: Elke Mader obituary (1954-2021)
Together with Ulrike Davis-Sulikowski, Anita Krainer and Gertraud Seiser, I have written an obituary of my long-time mentor and teacher Elke Mader for the journal Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal…
Damien Sojoyner, “Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice” (Fordham UP, 2023)
Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice (Fordham UP, 2023) is a meditation upon what author Damien M. Sojoyner calls the “carceral archival project,” offering a…
Suzanne Oakdale, “Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects” (U Nebraska Press, 2022)
In Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects (U Nebraska Press, 2022), Suzanne Oakdale focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders,…
Alka Vaid Menon, “Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards” (U California Press, 2023)
Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As this surgery has become more accessible worldwide, changing…
When A Woman Is Married to Multiple Brothers: Land, Climate and Cultural Changes in Western Himalaya
Aghaghia Ra…
April, 2023
Vol. 15, Issue 1 – April, 2023 Features A Case Study …
Extreme Arctic weather impacts for animal husbandry
Florian Stammler and Erik Kielsen Much has been written already about the losses of reindeer due to icing-over, or rain on snow events, among reindeer herders in Siberia…
Florida 2024 Annual Meeting: APLA Calls for AAA Transparency
This statement is a call to action from the board of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. The Association … More
Only 2 Weeks Until… / まであと2週間…
Photo Exhibition 写真展 Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 –…