Millennials in the U.S. have been characterized as uninterested in religion, as defectors from religious institutions, and as agnostic about the role of religious identity in their culture.…
This browser does not support HTML5 audio . In October 2021, I flew from the capital of Chile to the driest desert in the world—the Atacama Desert, a…
Growing up in the middle of Alaska, there was a window to another world on the wall of my living room. It was like no place I’d ever…
By Emma Louise Backe Wanda by César Castillo Marquez Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is essentially a horror movie with the trappings of Marvel’s characteristic action…
Hu Tai-Li, Doyenne of Visual Anthropology in Taiwan has passed away, 9 May 2022 Hu Tai-Li had a PhD from City University of New York. She became known…
Page 99 of my dissertation contains three paragraphs. The first one closes an argument started on the previous page, while the third opens a new subsection. The paragraph…
By Bhargabi Das I would like to begin by giving a little context of my research and my family and possibly how they overlapped over the course of…
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Uli Beisel On the occasion of the EU-Africa Summit in February this year in Brussels, several African Heads of State and public…
The Jahriyya Sufis—a primarily Sinophone order of Naqshbandiyya Sufism in northwestern China—inhabit a unique religious soundscape. The hallmark of their spiritual practice is the “loud” (jahr) remembrance of…
Collaborative Damage: An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization (Cornell UP, 2022) is an experimental ethnography of Chinese globalization that compares data from two frontlines of China’s global intervention—sub-Saharan Africa…
In the book Ethnicity and Democracy, Mona Chettri offers a rich ethnography originating from fieldwork conducted in three EH borderland areas: Darjeeling (India), Sikkim (India), and Ilam in…
I recently heard about another park I had not been to in Salem, Joryville Park. I went assuming it would be mostly grassland but was surprised that this…
It makes some sense to check the most often quoted, beloved bits, and expand them a little to see what that author might also have been saying Sometimes…
What is technology? One may argue technology is solely the application of science to practical tasks. Is it? Let's look at the definitions of technology first. According to…
Hi all,It’s really not easy to stay positive in the #globaldev universe, is it…’Frustrations’, ‘held back democracy’, ‘blame’, ‘losing faith’, ‘monetise data’ & ‘intellectual masturbation’ are just …
Recently, I started an online learning project to help Cambodians with Youjia, one of my friends from Singapore. My project started simple. Initially I searched online, found out…
collectivism and individualism in the coastal fishing after 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami This was once Arahama – the vibrant fishing suburb of Sendai, right by the coast.…
Investigating the development of Filipino popular dance and performance since the late 20th century, Choreographing in Color: Filipinos, Hip-Hop, and the Cultural Politics of Euphemism (Oxford UP, 2020) reveals how…
How does queer life fit into Buddhism and ritual? What role do gay men and trans women play in the practice of spirit mediumship and how do queer…
SAR Announces 2022-2023 Native Artist Fellows …
Jack Lambert corral in winter, circa 1969. If you’ve walked or driven past the corner of Garcia Street and Camino Corrales lately, you may have noticed something…
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2021 Roy A. Rappaport Prize Finalists. We asked them to outline the…
Our friend Eduard Khudi and his wife Valentina sent these photos today, of the first reindeer calf of the year, born the 27th April in the Yamal tundra…
Co-author Jamie Hodgkins holds her daughter as she co-directs the excavations at the Arma Veirana site in northwestern Italy. Fabio Negrino/University of Genoa Many women* in science who…