Sahlins biography update: September to November
The past few months have been very busy ones, but I wanted to write a quick update on my progress just to keep myself honest and provide a…
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Let’s Agree . . .
That the deaths of civilians killed by the IDF targeting Hamas leaders, command centers, and weapons caches are tragedies. That the continuing occupation of the West Bank and…
Episode 9: The humanness of humanity has a history
In the 9th episode of PUAN podcast, co-host Saumya Pandey interviews anthropologist Mark Goodale on the history of human rights. The humaneness of humanity has a history. And…
American Anthropological Association 2023 Talk: Making Pigs Dirty: Conflicting Perspectives on Javelinas and Hogs in Texas
I co-chaired a panel at the 2023 meeting of the American Anthropological Association titled “The America Animal.” Abstract: Other-than-human animals comprise a large part of the so…
Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) 2023 Conference at Meiji Gakuin University Shirokane Campus, December 2-3
Subtitle: アレ！VAOJ@AJJ 2023… Once again, the AJJ is meeting with a wide range of interesting participants, research topics and presentations. Of special note is a two panel first…
How popular are post-growth and post-capitalist ideas? Some recent data
Here is a list of studies, surveys and polling results that shed some light on popular perceptions of post-growth and post-capitalist ideas. I will seek to update…
Dealing with the Dutch Elections
by Freek Colombijn – Few people will have missed the fact that the PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid, Party for Freedom) has been the big winner of the…
Paper: Infrastructural disruption, entanglement, and change in Northern Manitoba, Canada
Budka, P. (2023). Infrastructural disruption, entanglement, and change in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Paper at American Anthropological Association (AAA)/Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) Annual M…
Anger on the move
24 November 2023. Gaza: at least 14,854 people killed, including 6,150 children and 4,000 women; and at least 36,000 injured. At least 6,800 missing. The Al Jazeera ‘Israel–Gaza…
Links & Contents I Liked 499
Hi all,Capitalism suggests that today is Black Friday in connection with another holiday in the US, so why not treat yourself to some free readings instead 🙂 ?!?News…
From Despair to Where? Anthropology, critique, political practice and the case for radical optimism
Allegra Lab · From Despair To Where? Anthropology, critique, political practice and the case for radical optimism TRANSCRIPT OF THE AUDIO ESSAY (listen if…
How to Dismantle Liberal Democracy: The Dutch Case and the PVV
In the aftermath of the landslide electoral victory of the far-right Party for Freedom, Postdoctoral fellow Iris B. Segers argues that Geert Wilders’s electoral gai…
Hanshin Tigers Victory Parade in Osaka (11/23/23); photos by Gern Blanston
As I, along with my fellow faculty, staff and students, were required to work on the Labor Thanksgiving national holiday, I was fortunate that my good friend, Gern…
Episode 8: Writing history beyond disciplinary constraints
In the 8th episode of PUAN podcast, co-host Saumya Pandey interviews anthropologist Jeevan Sharma on how to write a history and ethnography of the speedy transformations in Nepal.…
Toward Sick Futurity: Ill wisdom for liberation
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Americans became familiar with the idea that people with underlying conditions were at increased risk for severe COVID infections.…
Anthropology in the Public Sphere: Indigeneity, Social Justice, Sustainability and Global Peace
Prof. Kamal K. Misra Professor Emeritus, KISS (DU), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. E-mail: kkmssin@gmail.com Esteemed …
The Future is Speaking: Unveiling the Power of Voice Technology with Tobias Dengel
What new possibilities do you see emerging with voice technology? How might it influence our interactions with businesses and services in the future and what if your voice…
The Vibrant Worlds of Batuan Paintings in Bali
A new multimedia project connects the development of a Balinese regional painting style with anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, who began commissioning art in the region in…
The cats of Gaza, or why Nakba is a multispecies catastrophe
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I have been relying on the social media accounts of Gazan journalists, photographers, and others (some so young they could be…
Heresies and provocation. For a politics of urban justice
In search of urban heresies Wherever I glanced around Solomon’s office, I saw, plastered on the walls and spread over the desk, maps, reports, designs of buildings that…
High Costs, Entangled Politics: What All Comes Inside a Medication’s Packaging
On October 17th, 2023, two news articles about the Brazilian federal budget circulated on social media. One announced the freezing of R$116 million (US$23.3 million) from the budget…