The vast majority of people who stream themselves playing videogames online do so with few or no viewers. In Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch (MIT…
SAR Moments: Revisiting the Language Warrior’s Manifesto AI Summary Anton Treuer and The Language Warrior’s Manifesto book cover. Photos courtesy of Anton Treuer. When some people think about…
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Introduction Soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in an earlier post on this blog (Hann 2022), I emphasized the geopolitical and economic interests of the west, especially…
In late January 2025, just under two months after the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria, I returned to […] The post Syria in transition: Impressions from…
. A small tube–house café near the edge of campus, the front ground floor open and front and back balconies clear on three sides, with people sitting reading…
How does perspective shape the choices we make? In Decisionscape, Elspeth Kirkman explores how applying artistic principles – distance, viewpoint, composition and framing – to decision-making can help…
Introduction Private health service delivery is becoming increasingly dominant in biomedical landscapes worldwide. In global health circles, private health services […] The post “You have to do …
By Romy de Vos – “Look, a piece of slate from the roof,” I say to my hostess Iris*, as I hold out a thin plate of darkish-grey…
This Women’s History Month, we are publishing an interview with Colombian anthropologist Alejandra Osejo-Varona (Rice University). Her ethnographic work is influenced by Latin American feminist …
Ego–posturing thoughts (not just mine) assail me, perhaps it is also a demented notion, but what if … that by necessity henceforth everyone had to write all the…
London Metal Exchange Week is Europe’s biggest annual gathering of actors in the metal sector — representatives of mining companies […] The post ‘What is sustainability if not…
Saito-san, known as perhaps the most popular deaf photographer in Japan, has been keeping a diary about his feelings about the upcoming exhibition. In one post he wrote:…
An anthropologist plunges into the world of Patagonian heavy metal music in Argentina to explore how the genre relates to language and cultural revitalization. ✽ I FIRST HEARD…
In figure 1, the pen in John’s hand points to a column on the computer screen. On the same screen […] The post Movement and Meaning for Oil…
Iconic as a novelist and popular cultural figure, Zora Neale Hurston remains underappreciated as an anthropologist. Is it inevitable that Hurston’s literary authority should eclipse her anthropological authority?…
Cast Your Vote (CYV), a civic education game, aims to teach conscious voter behavior to youth, simulating a fictional election campaign. Reflecting on the relationship between humans and technology, I…
Cristina Abbatangelo, Brendan Newton, Ellie Wan, University of Toronto, Canada The experiential learning course “FSC485: Professional Opportunity in Forensic Science” at the University of Toronto M…
There are many dimenesions of Nancy Cunard, born on this day, 10 March, in 1896. She wrote “These were the hours”, about her publishing imprint, through which she…
How does the environment figure in electoral politics in different parts of the world? Environmental politics is typically understood broadly as the policies and state negotiations focused on…
https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/feeling-machines Nick Seaver: Readers may have heard about care robots before, perhaps even within the context of the aging population of Japan, but your…
Using an ancient Arabic poetic form, a poet-archaeologist from Florida cycles through feelings of entrapment growing up queer in the U.S. South. But in the end, they celebrate…
Foreign Capital to Boost the Development of Africa Figure 1: Africa Finance Breakfast gathering in Paris in May 2019. Photo […] The post Foreign Investment for Domestic Development…
In the Anthro to UX podcast, Matt provides insights for anthropologists looking to break into user experience (UX) research through conversations with leading anthropologists working in UX. He…