#BookReview: Terraformed
Terraformed by Joy White aims at making sense and contextualising the vulnerability and inequality experienced by the Afrodiasporic population of the UK. The author describes her effort as…
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Words, numbers, culture: Thinking with Sally Merry at the Universal Periodic Review
Jane K. Cowan (University of Sussex) will give a talk titled ‘Words, numbers, culture: Thinking with Sally Merry at the Universal Periodic Review’. Julie Billaud (Graduate Institute in…
Does “Reasonable” = “Racist”?
What can anthropology contribute to the critical conversation about race in America, following the welcome jury decision in the Derek Chauvin trial? After they amassed and presented a…
Mental Health in Guyana’s Prisons: a direct legacy of the country’s colonial history?
This oped was written by our research team from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana. The mental health of those who live and work in Guyana’s…
Exploring Faith and Space with Hillsong Church
Mimicking a rock concert, I had to pre-book my space for the Hillsong service online before attending. Once on-site, I was scanned in by ushers with radios and…
Links & Contents I Liked 403
Hi all, This week contains a few deja vu moments about aid cuts (UK), conflict & the periphery (Sudan), revolutions & digital tools (Myanmar), child sponsorship (has impact,…
Anglo-American hegemony in contemporary anthropology: Some personal dilemmas
Disclaimer: Over the last few days, I have had a writing episode. Nothing had come out of my brain for months. I was teaching online and worrying about…
Megan Ryburn, “Uncertain Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Bolivian Migrants in Chile” (U California Press, 2018)
Megan Ryburn’s Uncertain Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Bolivian Migrants in Chile (University of California Press, 2018) is a multi-sited ethnography of citizenship practices of Bolivian… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
The Ethnography of Immigration: In Conversation with Dr. Tahseen Shams
How are immigrants’ lives shaped by cultural and political dynamics in their homeland, hostland, and “elsewhere” countries whose geopolitical dynamics affect their experiences (such as South … Visit…
New book on, The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth
The Red Nation A powerful guide to Indigenous liberation and the fight to save the planet. One-part visionary platform, one-part practical toolkit, The Red Deal is a platform…
The Death of Outer Space Dreams: Hard Decisions and a War of Utopian Demands
By Savannah Mandel Sometimes we have to make tough decisions as adults. That’s what I’m learning as I enter my mid-twenties. Maybe you’re debating between becoming a vegetarian…
Wednesday Round Up #46
The Re-Enchantment of Humanism: An Interview with Sylvia WynterPDF of an article/interview. Here is a description:“Sylvia Wynter is a radical Jamaican theorist influenced, among others, by Frantz Fano…
The Fight to Secure Rights for Rainforests
The Sarayaku community hopes to convince Ecuador’s highest court that their territory is entitled to exist unmolested. Similar rights have been granted to the Ganges River and Te…
Robert T. Tierney, “Tropics of Savagery: The Culture of Japanese Empire in Comparative Frame” (U California Press, 2010)
Tropics of Savagery: The Culture of Japanese Empire in Comparative Frame (U California Press, 2010) is an incisive and provocative study of the figures and tropes of “savagery” in…
Daniel Heifetz, “The Science of Satyug: Class, Charisma, and Vedic Revivalism in the All World Gayatri Pariwar” (SUNY Press, 2021)
The first in-depth study of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a modern Indian religious movement. The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern religious movement that enjoys wide…
2021 J. I. Staley Prize Awarded to Laurence Ralph for Renegade Dreams, Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago
2021 J. I. Staley Prize Awarded to Laurence Ralph for Renegade Dreams, Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago …
What Dog Breeds Say About Race
In the Philippines, the most sought-after dogs are those that have a breed—and preferably a certificate that proves their provenance. Be it Alaskan malamute, German shepherd, or Siberian…
Candace Fujikane, “Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartography in Hawai’i” (Duke UP, 2021)
In Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawai’i (Duke University Press, 2021), Candace Fujikane draws upon Hawaiian stories about the l… Visit New Books in…
Images from the 19th century “Bible World”
There were many books written by Christian missionaries and clergy during the 19th century. While the text itself has long since been outdated, the engravings are still fascinating…
Marshall Sahlins and European anthropology
(The good folks over at the AJEC blog asked me to write a short piece on Marshall Sahlins and his relationships with European anthropologists. With their permission, I’m…
SAR Learns! $50,000 Awarded to Support Indigenous Artists
SAR Learns! $50,000 Awarded to Support Indigenous Artists …
Unlikely Blessings
[no-caption] Glenn H. Shepard Jr. When I discovered the poetry of Paul Celan as an undergraduate, I had little idea his words would later guide me through dark…
Inside Number 9: The Evolution of a Sociology Textbook
In this feature essay, Phil Sutton takes readers inside the writing of the ninth edition of Polity’s flagship sociology textbook, Sociology, co-authored with Anthony Giddens. He discusses the…
Kas Saghafi, “The World after the End of the World: A Spectro-Poetics” (SUNY Press, 2020)
In this episode, I interview Kas Saghafi, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis, about his book The World After the End of the World, published through…