The Paraguayan Chaco is a settler frontier where cattle ranching and agrarian extractivism drive some of the world’s fastest deforestation and most extreme land tenure inequality. Disrupting the Patrón:…
The way I approach my surroundings significantly changed after two years of working theoretically as well as hands-on with objects…
When we think of robots, we tend to think of things like R2-D2, the Terminator skeleton, or a piece of machinery that automates the construction of goods in…
Material objects—things made, used, and treasured—tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the Indigenous Sámi living in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, whose…
An anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for the current onslaught of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in the U.S. HOW THE RIGHT DEMONIZES TRANS PEO…
“Introduction to Visual Anthropology: Focus on Photo-ethnography.” The first half of the lecture will be about Visual Anthropology in general; the second half will be about my Tachinomiya…
Meet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance with hot chili peppers. The world over people…
Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? by Ian M. Cook, is the first to consider the why, what, and…
In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador (Rutgers University Press, 2023) relates the stories of the people of Penipe, Ecuador living in and between several villages…
The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security…
The screen is dark, the music sombre. There are sounds of muffled voices and explosions. The dark screen breaks to reveal blue skies as the words “2011: A…
Marielys Padua Soto originally posted a list of “10 things you should know” in a post on LinkedIn and she kindly expanded the list and allowed me to…
In my new book, The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry (University of Chicago Press, 2022) I study the work of repair and maintenance necessary…
Graham M. Jones Magic’s Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy University of Chicago Press, 2017 240 pp., 25 halftones, notes, bibl., index Editor’s note: This essay was origin…
On April 9 the Middle East historian Jere Bacharach, emeritus professor at the University of Washington, passed away. He was an amazing individual, great scholar and friend. He…
Photo and text from the Asahi Shimbun, 4/16/23. Thanks to L.D. for forwarding it to me. Eleven men were injured, three seriously, when a “danjiri” float toppled over…
Interview with Robyn Taylor-Neu https://www.routledge.com/Dragging-Or-in-the-Drag-of-a-Queer-Life/McGlotten/p/book/9780367439521 Robyn Taylor-Neu: It’s conventional (for this blog ser…
Chimit, a Buryat professional in his late 20s, had been considering moving to Europe for at least a decade, but this plan proved hardly feasible with his low…
On Unsustainable Refugee Livelihoods and the Politics of Time in Humanitarian Governance. Estella Carpi with Amina al-Halabi[1] In this short article, in an attempt to question the politics…
A Ghanian American poet-anthropologist crafts her own African diasporic and Indigenous identity through weaving herself into a famous story of African resistance and survival. “A Birth and a…
Avatar 2 seems like its channeling every Hollywood Vietnam War fantasy ever – what is up with that? Western cowboy military in the delta and includes an apocalypse…
Mark – A Call to Action (Trailer) FINAL from Anchor Media Group on Vimeo. Source: https://vimeo.com/815400131?fbclid=IwAR3QXITgvcS_FgUybR3IHJ5ktQJFuvXVz35nkHbSmKARrC7YiCFpAd3X25A
Photo and text from PR Times, 4/15/23. The certified NPO Good Aging Yells has been working with world-famous photographer Leslie Kee since 2015 with the aim of positively…