Ecological engineering illustrated in a painting
Check out this painting. Kungkarrangkalpa Tjukurrpa, 2015 by Australian indigenous artists Exhibition opens at The Box, Plymouth (and thanks to cousin Clair Drever for drawing my attention …
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ISSH2021 conference agenda and abstracts
Issh2021 conference-programmeDownload These are the abstracts and agenda for the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2021 (17th-18th Dec 2021). So…
Vignettes on Change and Permanence in India and eastern Africa
By Jonathan Walz In recent decades, people and places in India and eastern Africa have, with increased frequency and scale, been impacted by environmental disasters, population growth, magnified…
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Hi all, The holidays are moving closer-which means that next week will be the last Friday link review of the year!Unfortunately, as we take a look this week…
Assange and how truth does not set you free
******************** On thursday 9th Dec 2021 the first 15 minutes of my lecture on Media outlined the reasons why the extradition of Julian Assange should be opposed and…
Head of a Maiden
My poem “Head of a Maiden” is my response to the recent New York Times article “Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A.”…
Priya Fielding-Singh, “How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America” (Little Brown Spark, 2021)
Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings…
Cultural Dimensions of health – Introduction
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Review: Research Methods in Digital Food
Joseph Leer and Stinne Gunder Strom Grogager, eds. Research Methods in Digital Food Studies. Routledge. London and New York. ISBN: 978-0-367-81926-2 (hbk);ISBN: 978-0-367-81927-9 (pbk…
The Food Security Myth: Struggle Toward Food Sovereignty in Benin
Segnide J. Guidimadjegbe Oregon State University I was born and raised in Benin, a West African Country that is used to be called “Dahomey.” Very young, my sibling…
The Clay Always Has Something to Say: 2021 Native Artist Fellow Brandon Adriano Ortiz-Concha
Guest post by Emily Santhanam, 2020–2021 SAR Anne Ray Intern Walking toward the crowd, I felt a burn of energy in the air. People w…
Call for Films: Riga Pasaules Film Festival 2022
Submission deadline: 19th December 2021 Healing If the documentary’s vocation towards the truth is not merely to represent it, but in engaging the viewer beyond the film frame,…
When Carbon Credits Drive People From Their Homes
A sign inside the Alto Mayo Protected Forest promotes “conservation agreements that change lives,” including ecotourism and sustainable coffee. Blanca Begert The Mayo River begins in the …
The Emotional Logic of a Black Poetics: Truth, Metaphor, Beauty, Joy
In this free live event, Poetry Editor Christine Weeber and SAPIENS Public Anthropology Fellow Eshe Lewis will speak with Justin D. Wright, a doctoral student in sociocultural anthropology…
Chris Gregory: What is the false coin of our own dreams?
I confess that the first time I met David I was not impressed. It was in 2006 at a conference in Halle. David gave a 50-minute summary of…
Ute Hüsken et al., “Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs” (SUNY Press, 2021)
The autumnal Navarātri festival—also called Durgā Pūjā, Dassehra, or Dasain—is the most important Hindu festival in South Asia and wherever Hindus settle. A nine-night-long celebration in hon… Visit…
Automating the Beast: Modern Police Power and the (Digi)Dog
As an undergraduate, I worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. For one of those jobs, I was a kennel attendant at a veterinary clinic and earned $7.75…
AMAA on Cooking Data: Culture and Politics in an African Research World by Cal Biruk
Questions developed by the members of CU Denver’s ANTH4600/5600, S2021: Kaylynn Aiona, Delilah Chavarria, Darcy Copeland, Keaton Green, Ari Jones, Caitlin Konchan, Chris Kuelling, Kuba Kwiecinski, Ro…
Catching a Looter
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has conducted a major investigation into an antiquities dealer who bought looted materials from archaeological sites and museums. Read about it here…
Does DNA Simplify or Complicate Repatriation Claims?
University of Cape Town archaeologist Simon Hall leads a visit to the farm in Sutherland, South Africa, from which the remains of several individuals were taken a century…
Nishaant Choksi, “Graphic Politics in Eastern India: Script and the Quest for Autonomy” (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Investigating the communicative practices of indigenous Santali speakers in eastern India, this book examines the overlooked role of script in regional movements for autonomy to provide one o……
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Keith Hart Self in the World: Connecting Life’s Extremes (Berghahn, Spring 2022) Keith Hart’s Self in the World is the story of a brilli…
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