Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality – Chapter 12 – Subversive humanitarianism
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…
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…
How much of our identity is shaped by genetics, and how much by society? In Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins, Shoumita Dasgupta examines how genetic science can…
An article in the Baltimore Banner by Rona Kobell (https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/hampton-national-historic-site-east-towson-URF5WGM5TZCAZMJAZBGRU7JYMY/) reminded me about the…
An anthropologist reflects on the racist undertones of some U.S. efforts to eradicate the spotted lanternfly, an insect from Asia deemed invasive. ✽ A bright red flash whips…
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This article provides a brief look into the ways identity can be constrained with regard to biometric technology. It discusses technological limitations where biometric identification systems may fai…
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2025 APLA Book Prize in … More
My dissertation Making Chinese Orthodox explored the Chinese Orthodox Church as a site of interaction between Russian and Chinese states. Page 99 comes at the end of the…
To bring some post/decolonial history to a walking-tour literary festival, I’m offering Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. The novel’s protagonist is Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman who comes to …
In two erasure poems, a poet-anthropologist imagines alternative futures using text from the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, through which the British “sold” Kashmir to a despotic Dogra ruler.…
The podcast, A Day in the Life of a Digital Anthropologist, takes listeners on a journey into the daily lives of digital anthropologists and explores what it really…
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By Jaime Landinez, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2024 Roy A.…
A Reckoning in Seven Movements I. To Begin With Fire There are nights I wake with my hands curled into fists,nights when I cannot unclench my teethbecause somewhere…
Administration has a difficult history in South Africa: apartheid was centrally an administrative project, through segregation and exclusion. Areas of […] The post A Crisis of Fiduciary Regulati…
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…
SAR Moments: Revisiting the Language Warrior’s Manifesto AI Summary …
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…
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. 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 …