Six books for understanding polarisation
In this reading list inspired by LSE’s discussion series, Universities in the Age of Polarisation, Kevin Wilson selects six books that explore different aspects of polarisation – f…
In this reading list inspired by LSE’s discussion series, Universities in the Age of Polarisation, Kevin Wilson selects six books that explore different aspects of polarisation – f…
If you have any interest in electronic music, classical, experimental, or just music, or humanity, in general, today is the day to listen again to the works of…
Since my father’s diagnosis of lung cancer, my life has been haunted by something I cannot see. When the biopsy reported “airway dissemination positive,” I became consumed by questions:…
While humanitarian organizations and media outlets often reduce Syrian refugees to statistics or brief anecdotes, the real story of displacement unfolds in the intimate spaces of family life.…
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The concept of ‘One Health’, coined…
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The concept of ‘One Health’, coined…
It’s this time of the year again, and Allegra will close shop for a much-needed period of rest (and some […] The post ‘TIS THE SEASON… appeared first…
Borrowing from the traditional alphabet book genre for children, An Alphabet for Dreamers: How to See the World with Eyes Closed (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Sharon Sliwinski provides adult…
Registration Now Open for 2026 Virtual Speaker Series, Curated by the School for Advanced Research and the Gilcrease Museum Santa Fe, N.M. — [December 17, 2025] — The…
A digital world in relentless movement—from artificial intelligence to ubiquitous computing—has been captured and reinvented as a monoculture by Silicon Valley “big tech” and venture capital firms. Yet…
Seems to be a perfect match for VAoJ! Sign language and home movies… The Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies (JISLS) held its first “Sign Language Research Seminar”…
In this text, we intend to revisit the well-known case of the Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Souza Santos, following its unfolding since the accusations that surfaced after the…
In SAPIENS’ final year of publishing new stories, the magazine honors 10 standout contributions that carried anthropology into the hearts and minds of readers worldwide. ✽ As SAPIENS…
Just Transformations: Reimagining Sustainable Food Systems and CulturesThe Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS), the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), and the …
“The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
An archaeologist studying 1,000-year-old dog burials reflects on the need for imagination in archaeology. ✽ WITH STEADY HANDS, a crouching archaeologist brushes away centuries of soil, revealing the…
In Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street (U California Press, 2022) Megan Tobias Neely, a former hedge fund worker takes an ethnographic approach to hedge funds. Manager? A greedy…
Bonus link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpXMy5GalI&list=RDlCpXMy5GalI
Between 1939 and 1945, the Nazis murdered nearly 300,000 disabled people: in gas chambers, by poison or overdose, or simply by leaving them to starve (Herzog 2025, 1).…
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/passport-entanglements/paper Dodom Kim: Passport Entanglements offers a vivid portrayal of the plights of the Indonesian caregivers and domestic workers in Hong K…
SAPIENS’ 2025 poet-in-residence situates her listening in Kashmir and Germany during and after her fieldwork, contextualizing her contributions to SAPIENS this year. If you missed Uzma Falak’s …