Machine Culture
- Post date 21st November 2023
- Post author By Alberto Acerbi
Category: English
James Slotta on his book, Anarchy and the Art of Listening
Cornell University Press Ilana Gershon: What does focusing on listening and ideologies of listening among people living in Yopno Valley in Papua New Guinea allow you to examine? …
4th Conference of the Scientific Network Anthropology and China(s) „Co-Constructions of Ethnographic and Academic Regions,“ University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, 21-23 November 2023
The DFG-funded Scientific Network Anthropology and China(s) will convene its 4th conference on „Co-Constructions of Ethnographic and Academic Regions“ at the University of Erlangen–Nurembe…
Footnote
‘The bookbinding trade in the city of London employs very many young girls from 14 to 15 years old, and that under indentures which prescribe certain definite hours…
Anthropology after Twitter and the power of old things in new hands
Esoteric caption: The power of old things in new hands. Practical caption: This is one image I have on hand while I’m here at the airport that I…
Lament for Yemen
Yemen,your body lies crushedbeneath the rubble that was the homewhere you were bornyour blood floods the landwhere sorghum supplied every needyour breath is a raging wind,a gasp in…
Andrew Brandel, “Moving Words: Literature, Memory, and Migration in Berlin” (U Toronto Press, 2023)
In the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin has re-emerged as a global city in large part thanks to its reputation as a literary city…
Sloganize this…
Against descriptive abstracto-clerical abstentionism, Down with soft-time precariosectionallerationism, Forget hard core solidarnozaprojevognosticism, Exotico-vanguardianistas running remedi…
2011, January.
Must have been somewhere warm. These notes from January 2011 and a slogan I think borrowed from Vague or Foreign Agents circa 1993 It would be grand to…
Book Fetish
A detail from Yasmine Seale’s annotation of pages of Edward Lane’s 1838 translation of 1001 Nights – Sleepless 2022, Mirage 2022, Of the Sea 2022 – seen in…
180 years of fashion. RIP Mary Anne Walkley.
as reported in the Sterling Observer (2 July 1863).
Circumpolar Arctic Anthropology? Seminar Series addressing the pasts and prospects of an again-divided field
Half of the People and the Land in the Arctic are in Russia. Quo Vadis Arctic Anthropology? Many of us who have worked for years, decades or their…
Links & Contents I Liked 498
Hi all,A truly global set of readings from Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Tuvalu, Myanmar, India, Kenya, on topics such as influencer well-building to long term effects of baby…
Terah J. Stewart, “Sex Work on Campus” (Routledge, 2022)
Terah J. Stewart’s book Sex Work on Campus (Routledge, 2022) examines the experiences of college students engaged in sex work and sparks dialogue about the ways educators might develop a…
Konstantinos Retsikas, “A Synthesis of Time: Zakat, Islamic Micro-finance and the Question of the Future in 21st-Century Indonesia” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
In A Synthesis of Time: Zakat, Islamic Micro-finance and the Question of the Future in 21st-Century Indonesia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Konstantinos Retsikas has anthropological investigation into the different forms the economy…
Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Contingent Labor
Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology The seventh episode of Hiring Rituals focuses on contingent labor in … More
Maria Kastrinou: Looking at ethnic cleansing in Palestine from the occupied Syrian Golan
The unfolding genocide in Palestine today is a continuation of Israel’s 75-year-old occupation and ethnic cleansing. This article provides a perspective on the ongoing tragedy from the vantage…
Navigating the Unreal: Virtual Reality in Psychiatric Treatment
“Three men are constantly speaking to me behind my right ear,” says Pia Oxenvad, a young woman experiencing auditory hallucinations. “It feels like they are standing right behind…
Laurence Ralph Reckons With Police Violence (EF, JP)
In the third episode of our Global Policing series, Elizabeth and John spoke back in 2020 with anthropologist Laurence Ralph about The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence (U Chicago Press, 2020). The book…
Gaza and the coming age of the ‘warrior’
‘Is it ethical to write something ‘interesting’ about a massacre as the massacre is unfolding?’ I keep asking myself. ‘Is this not a form of exploiting the dead…
The Power of Collective Identity: Brad Deutser on Building Human-Centered Organizations
What is the importance of belonging in the workplace according to research? And what are some key actions that business leaders can take to create a fantastic work…
Ancient Pollen Is Hiding in a Surprising Place
A paleoecologist explains what pollen in fossilized mammal urine can reveal about past ecosystems and environmental change. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been repu…
Briana L. Wong, “Cambodian Evangelicalism: Cosmological Hope and Diasporic Resilience” (Pennsylvania State UP, 2023)
The Cambodian Civil War and genocide of the late 1960s and ’70s left the country and its diaspora with long-lasting trauma that continues to reverberate through the community.…
Stefan Tanaka, “History without Chronology” (Lever Press, 2019)
In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan’s Orient: Rendering…