Bettina Ng’weno is Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California, DavisNairobi, known as the Green City in the Sun, has taken shape through…
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
Alex Mayhew’s Making Sense of the Great War examines how British soldiers coped with the horrors of the trenches during the First World War. Delving into primary sources…
In many parts of Africa, investments and migration from China have sparked tensions with local residents—but some Chinese migrants are finding a welcoming community in Mandarin-speaking Zambian Witnes…
Growing public outrage with the political responses to conflicts and complex emergencies have led to increasing calls for solidarity with affected populations that identify a shared humanity. Disencha…
The docu-fiction film explores the changing meaning of Rapanui wooden sculptures. The trailer is now available online.
In a new squib on SubstackTM this morning (which I admit I did not read all of because, due at work and there is a techno-paywall requiring download…
Why a Product Leader Is More Critical Than a Tech Co-Founder Late last year I had the opportunity to provide guidance to a femtech founder who wanted to…
Two ethnographic filmmakers enter the government maze in India, documenting how citizens make claims on the state while imagining alternate bureaucratic encounters. ✽ Enter the Reception Room, and…
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives…
“Taking Pictures of Snakes at Midnight: An Anthropological Perspective” on the relation between snakes and humans, and nature and humans, in Hong Kong, by Ryan Xin Xie. Venue:…
Each a Tiny Enclosure of an Essential Resource Guest post by Anand PandianJohn Hopkins University For the last eight years, I’ve been wrestling as an anthropologist with where…
“After one candidate, the only one in a suit, described the many virtues of community involvement, a heckler shouted, “Frank, what clubs are you part of in the…
When Frantz Fanon (1961) framed the legitimacy of anti-colonial armed struggle in The Wretched of the Earth, he likely did not imagine that his arguments would resonate, some seventeen…
ABSTRACT: This project began as a 35 mm film photography collection to document the presence of waste in the Northwest border of Tunisia, as the materiality of waste,…
I like this sentence, but think it has to be cut because it really has no actual content in the context—though I am a bit grumpy to have…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE “You have to face the person,” Ellma [1] told me when I asked her how to break spells. “You must tell the person three times: ‘You are…
Dr. Prashant Khattri Department of Anthropology University of Allahabad, Prayagraj-211002 prashant_khattri2002@allduniv.ac.in S Source-…
The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with…
Part of a series discussing Romani Chronicles of Covid-19: Testimonies of Harm and Resilience, edited by Paloma Gay y Blasco and Martin Fotta (Berghahn: New York and Oxford, 2023).…
Our healthcare system often overlooks or undermines women’s unique experiences. We spend many more years in ill health than men, and it’s time to change that. In bringing…
A legal scholar turned anthropologist connects South Africa’s colonial and apartheid past to corruption she witnesses while shadowing parole officers. ✽ I am sitting in the back of…
The Problem With iPad-only Controls in Hotel Rooms — And How to Get It Right In Hospitality aloft hotel interfaces Picture yourself checking into a hotel during a work trip.…