One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism (Cornell UP, 2023) shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People’s Republic of China pointed over…
In this episode, our host, Niki Alsford, invites Prof Scott Simon, the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa, to share his thoughts and reflections on…
Emma Lindblad: Forskningsfrågor inom hälso-och sjukvård kommer ofta från personer som i sin professionella roll har sett något som antingen rör den egna professionen eller som rör patienter.…
Trauma is a concept with wide-ranging impact, moving out of limited psychiatric fields into the popular imagination and policy (Fassin 2009). Psychologists now accompany medical doctors in the w…
At the Arctic Circle in Finland, Rovaniemi, we are frantically putting the finishing touches to the programme of the biennial conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, from 21-23…
Perhaps no category of people on earth has been perceived as more endangered, nor subjected to more preservation efforts, than indigenous peoples. And in India, calls for the…
Ideas discussed in this contribution were first presented at the Solidarity, Displacement & the University workshop that took place on October 13-14, 2022, in Berlin and focused on…
Each body is a system within a system—an ecology within the larger context of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors. This is one of the lessons of…
Archaeologists can help communities retake what colonialism and racism tried to erase through a new goal of “archaeological reclamation.” The following individuals co-authored this essay: Lindsay M. M…
Introduction When I asked my aunt back in 2014 if my old Game Boy Color was still around, she handed it to me, but confirmed that the A…
Paolina Lu Call for participation in a panel for AAA/CASCA 2023: Multispecies Labor in Emerging Agricultural Practices. In recent years, ethnographers have looked to agricultural settings, i…
Claudia Liebelt, Free University of Berlin Professor Pnina Werbner, 3 December 1944 – 17 January 2023 Pnina Werbner was a British social anthropologist, a brilliant thinker and engaged…
It’s common to feel that technology removes the magic of the world, but Hindu worshippers in Bangalore have shown that it’s all in the approach. Guest Tulasi Srinivas, associate…
Nomadic Pastoralism among the Mongol Herders: Multispecies and Spatial Ethnography in Mongolia and Transbaikalia (Amsterdam University Press, 2021) is based on anthropological research Charlotte Marchina carried out between 2008 and…
Inspired by pop culture depictions of cavepeople, an archaeologist searches for elusive evidence of ancient wooden clubs. ✽ Growing up in the 1990s, I first encountered the ancient…
“Throw us what you’ve got!” Photo by Ariana Gunderson. Ariana Gunderson Call for Pitches – SAFN’s Anthropology News Online Articles As the new Section Editor for SAFN, I…
NAPA Sponsored Sessions at the 2023 Society for Applied Anthropology Wednesday, March 299:00 am – 10:45 am (W-09) Visible and Invisible Racial Minorities in Response to Social and…
Interview by Sarah Ihmoud https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=34196 Sarah Ihmoud: Crossing a Line offers a refreshing and indeed critical ethnographic approach to understanding Palestinian …
CLEAR is excited to share the results of the 2020-2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Food Pricing Project!
Katherine Davies’ book Siblings and Sociology (Manchester UP, 2023) draws upon innovative qualitative data sources to explore the significance of siblings throughout the life course, demonstrating why sociologists ought to pay…
In recent years the authors of a slew of books and articles have debated whether China is moving toward or away from the rule of law. Against this…
An anthropologist and Menominee Indian Nation citizen recounts the story of independent-minded Frank, a man who kept tribal lifeways in the early 20th century. “A Free Man: The…
A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of Knowledge (Utah State UP, 2021) questions intellectual foundations and charts new…
By Luciana Massaro Writing ethnography can be an intimidating experience. As anthropologists we face the challenge to write and interpret what research participants share with us in a…