Listening to Your Gut
By Senske de Vries Before the thesis-period actually started I was somewhat hesitant about how this would be. I had heard from others that they hated working on…
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Ethiopia
[no-caption] Jenn/Flickr In the poem of the same name, Ethiopia’s special place among African groups is put in high relief. Ethiopia symbolized hope of independence for Nigerian nationali…
Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography
By Keith Hart The Promise and Limits of Ethnography I am usually rather concerned when I observe how unreflectingly my … More
NAFA, History, and Documentation of the Annual Conferences
A number of people have worked with and for NAFA over the years. My period was in the early 1980s, when I was a graduate student in anthropology…
Wednesday Round Up #56
The Commute: A four day paddle to work Beau Miles at it again, finding adventure in his backyard while discovering broader patterns in our world. He drives to…
Reading Lists: Residential Schools and Canadian Colonialism
Content warning: this article covers topics of colonialism and genocide in Canada. In early June of 2021 news reports emerged about the remains of Indigenous children buried in…
Nicole Curato, “Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedies to Deliberative Action” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Nicole Curato’s Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedies to Deliberative Action (Oxford UP, 2019) investigates how democratic politics can unfold in creative and unexpected o… Visit New Books…
Terminal I Juanda Airport (Journey to Lombok)
Bersiap Papan Informasi Tahun 2019 menjadi tahun penuh perjalanan luar kota bahkan lintas pulau. Saat itu belum terjadi pandemi. Tidak ada batasan untuk berpindah ruang. Postingan kali…
Being autistic professional in tech & design – a perspective
In my coaching practice, I occasionally work with clients who are autistic. Before this, I was only familiar with autism as a form of neurodiversity with implications for…
Behind Many Masks: An Ethnographic Account of a Pandemic Borderlands
In June of 2020, four months into a global pandemic and a month after I graduated from college (via a YouTube livestream while sitting on the couch in…
From Indiana Jones to International Business consultancy
This article talks about how cultural anthropology plays into international business and the importance of understanding and respecting different cultures to have effective meetings with international…
How to Work With a Developmental Editor
[no-caption] Rawpixel/Getty Images Ask SAPIENS is a series that offers a glimpse into the magazine’s inner workings. I sometimes shudder to think of my authors’ faces when they…
Tyson Yunkaporta, “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” (HarperOne, 2021)
Although it is not described as such anywhere in the book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (HarperOne, 2021) is indeed a systems-thinking book—one that offers a much-nee……
Optimism Day! Getting to Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19 (a tweeted photo essay of jab2).
June 14 2021: ANTICIPATION…. I’m at the @GoAHealth immunization clinic at 12:35, for a 13:10 appointment. Parking lot full. Queue around the building. I join the queue, take the fresh…
Optimism Day! Getting to Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19 (a tweeted photo essay of jab2).
June 14 2021: ANTICIPATION…. I’m at the @GoAHealth immunization clinic at 12:35, for a 13:10 appointment. Parking lot full. Queue around the building. I join the queue, take the fresh…
The Macabre and Magical Human-Canine Story
Researchers found this dog skull in a Czech Republic site inhabited by humans some 28,500 years ago, offering a clue to understanding the ancient story of domestication. Mietje…
Knowledge Production, Toxic Corporate Capital, and the Anthropologist’s Entangled Ethics
The dominant disciplinary literature on cultures and practices of extractivism relies on a separation of “the field,” and the insights gained there, from our professional lives as anthropologists…
Book Review: Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-1970 by Lise Butler
In Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-1970, Lise Butler explores the relationship between social science and public policy in left-wing politics through the figure of social…
Sophie L. Gonick, “Dispossession and Dissent: Migrants and the Struggle for Housing in Madrid” (Stanford UP, 2021)
Since the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe. Housing in particular has become increasingly precarious. In response, many movement… Visit New…
Malini Sur, “Jungle Passports: Fences, Mobility and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
Since the nineteenth century, a succession of states has classified the inhabitants of what are now the borderlands of Northeast India and Bangladesh as Muslim “frontier peasants,” “savage…
Alternatives to “How are you?”
What have you been up to today? Did anything make you smile today? What are you looking forward to this weekend? It became very clear in 2020 that…
Culture, Community, and Collaboration on the National Mall: A Review of ‘Curatorial Conversations’
Olivia Cadaval, Sojin Kim, and Diana Baird N’Diaye. Curatorial Conversations: Cultural Representation and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 304 (hardcover) or 360 (paperback) pp., 71 b&w …
Claire Maree on her book, queerqueen
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/queerqueen-9780190869618 Laura Miller: Although there is a growing literature on queer sexualities and identities in Japan, there are fewer studies …
The Dirt
The Dirt is a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in the field. Here is The Dirt for June, 2021.