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…
Category: English
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 –…
Zine-making in Leiden: workshops on experimental print publications
Can academia still be fun and experimental? Maybe it can with the printing, folding, and collage techniques of zines. In two hands-on workshops, Sander Hölsgens and James McGrail…
Ludovic Slimak, “The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature” (Pegasus Books, 2023)
What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. More recently, the pendulum swung the…
Social challenges for Vietnam
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 25, Issue 1 (2024) Issue1 Social challenges for Vietnam Introduction Introduction Introduction: challenging transformations for Vietnam John H…
SAFN Awards: Undergrad and Grad Award Deadline March 31, 2024!
Texas State Fair Awards. Photo: David Beriss Amanda Green, SAFN President Welcome to the new year SAFN members! We want to draw your attention to SAFN’s Awards, which…
How Ethnographic Research is Shaping the Future of Insight in Business and Technology
How can businesses effectively integrate insights from social sciences like psychology and anthropology to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior, and how might this integration impact decision…
Thank You!
Dear Readers, Over the years, some of us (the past and present members of the collective that runs this blog) have been fortunate enough to meet some of…
Gene Therapy’s Promise Meets Nigeria’s Sickle Cell Reality
Breakthrough treatments can now cure sickle cell anemia in the U.S. But the pricey therapies will hardly help in Nigeria, where social changes could do more for millions…
Fatih Tatari: Pasturing Dairy Technosciences in Northeastern Turkey
https://aoe.fi/api/v1/download/fatihtatarinewest-1706178793771.m4a This talk explores dairy infrastructures in rural Kars, a northeastern border province of Turkey. Ba…