Black Swan
“Willem de Vlamingh was sent in 1696 to search for two VOC ships, Ridderschap van Holland (Knighthood of Holland), which had gone missing on its way to Batavia…
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When the Syllabus Collides With War
Lunch at Stella Maris Cafe, Arabi, Louisiana. Photo: David Beriss David Beriss In planning my classes this year, I did not count on war. I am teaching Food…
Futility of “Lest We Forget”
Remembering the great-uncle I never knew, Donald Young-Leslie, who enlisted Dec 30, 1914, served in the 24th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces’ “Victoria Rifles” (Infantry, Qu…
Alan R. Sandstrom and Pamela E. Sandstrom, “Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico’s Huasteca Veracruzana” (UP of Colorado, 2023)
An ethnographic study based on decades of field research, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico’s Huasteca Veracruzana (UP of Colorado, 2023) explores five sacred journeys to the peaks…
Laleh Khalili, “Corporeal Life of Seafaring” (MACK, 2023)
The body of the seafarer is a fulcrum upon which global systems of power, longstanding maritime traditions, and gendered and racialised pressures all rest. In this vital new…
Links & Contents I Liked 497
Hi all,Glad to be back with a fresh curation of #globaldev links! USAID with little impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City &…
Huwy-min Lucia Liu, “Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death” (Cornell UP, 2023)
Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death (Cornell UP, 2023) tells the story of how economic reforms and changes in the management of death in China have…
The politics of condemnation
As if he was, for the occasion of Halloween, joyfully embracing the figure of the grotesque, Hubert Aiwanger, former as well as designated minister of the economy in…
AAA/CASCA 2024: Panels from SAFN and Beyond!
Ariana Gunderson Here is a schedule of all the SAFN events, panels, and food-oriented panels sponsored by other sections. For your easy reference, our events are also listed…
A critique of humanitarianism on the brink of genocide
That humanitarian language, materials, and practice offer a space for politics to hide (Feldman, 2018, p. 131) can probably not be more clearly illustrated than through the fact…
Multispecies Anxiety in France’s Bedbug Autumn
In the final evening of an archival research trip across France last September, I was thrilled to see that a cinema in Quartier Latin was screening Atlantic City…
Dismantling the Walls in Our Heads
The Berlin Wall fell more than three decades ago—but political, social, and economic divides between East and West Germany continue to reverberate, even among those born after Reunification.…
Curtis Smith, “Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors” (Routledge, 2022)
Through compelling ethnography, Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors (Routledge, 2022) reveals the creative and ambitious methods that social service providers use to house their clients despite the…
Radical action for Palestine: Here’s what to do
Are you struggling to know what to do about Palestine right now? As an organizer, I have advice for you. Please share this article widely (here it is…
Interstellar Dreams vs. Earthly Realities: Rethinking Space Exploration With Savannah Mandel
Have you ever wondered if reaching for the stars is humanity’s most urgent priority? Is it the thrill of exploration, the endless possibilities, or our desire to ensure…
A Pedagogy of Care in Troubled Times
Many of us have likely seen a copy of the UBC’s new President’s statement on ‘respect and compassion’. I take this as an opportunity to reflect on…
NAPA Has Standards! Webinar
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hcm calls gandhi a reformer but marx, and darwin, revolutionaries
Toàn tập, tập 2, 1925/2011, p174 “Gandhi is a reformer, not a revolutionary. He called on the English to make reforms in their governance of India but he…
Join us for the 2023 Careers Exposition
Transcript 0:12 [NAPA Logo] 0:12 [40th Anniversary NAPA Logo Changing Size] [Toronto CN Tower] [On Screen Text] The NAPA Careers Expo is just days away! Join us to…
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Trashing an American Icon
Anthropologist Derek Freeman became Margaret Mead’s biggest critic, trying to undo her research in American Samoa and her reputation as a famed anthropologist. Who was Derek Freeman, and…
Paper: Media anthropology & the archives
Budka, P. (2023). Media anthropology and the archives: On exploring and reconstructing sociotechnical life, histories, and biographies. Paper at EASA Media Anthropology Network Workshop: “Theor…
Yasmine Musharbash: Monsters & Crises
On November third, 2023, Yasmine Musharbash joined us at the Anthropology Friday seminar to discuss her research on monsters and crises. https://blogs.helsinki.fi/anth…
For a Feminist Anthropology of Finance: Exemplifying the Gens Approach
In this blog post, I introduce the contemporary landscape of the anthropology of finance with a particular focus on the concept of financialization as viewed through the thought-provoking…