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…
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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…
The Shifting Borders of Value: Water and Wellbeing along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Is access to water a right? Should water be free? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself that? This is exactly what surrounds the discourse of water use…
How Destination Marketers can Inspire Emotion Through Storytelling; the Science Behind a Good Narrative
Anyone familiar with the podcast and NPR radio series, This American Life, knows that Ira Glass can tell a really good story. There is something about his slow recitation, perfectly…
How Destination Marketers can Inspire Emotion Through Storytelling; the Science Behind a Good Narrative
Anyone familiar with the podcast and NPR radio series, This American Life, knows that Ira Glass can tell a really good story. There is something about his slow recitation, perfectly…
Thinking through the ‘Biosocial’: Rhythmic Reflections in Pandemic Times by Simon Williams
Much has been written of late on the ‘biosocial’ in the social sciences and humanities — see for example Ingold (2013), Meloni et al (2016), Lloyd and Muller…
Review: Freedom Farmers
Monica M. White. Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN # 9781469643694. xviii+ 189 pp Joan Gross (Oregon State…
Yoram Bilu on his book, With Us More Than Ever
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30536 Interview by Yael Assor Yael Assor: The book first came out in Hebrew and was then translated to English. I was wondering why did you decide to…
Indigenous Water Ontologies, Plurilegal Encounters and Interlegal Translation
Lieselotte Viaene (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) will talk about “Indigenous water ontologies, plurilegal encounters and interlegal translation: some reflections from the field”. Andrea Ballestero…
Rachel B. Gross, “Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice” (NYU Press, 2021)
In 2007, the Museum at Eldridge Street opened at the site of a restored nineteenth-century synagogue originally built by some of the first Eastern European Jewish immigrants in…
Matthew O. Jackson, “The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors” (Vintage, 2019)
Social networks existed and shaped our lives long before Silicon Valley startups made them virtual. For over two decades economist Matthew O. Jackson, a professor at Stanford University, has ……
Ep #73 Corporate Clapbacks and Twisting Traditions: This Month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · Ep #73 Corporate Clapbacks and Twisting Traditions: This Month on TFS This week we bring you another panel in our new format! This time,…
How a legacy of colonialism hinders vaccination efforts in Indigenous communities
By Soham Govande Today, hopes are held high that the COVID-19 vaccine will gradually bring an end to the pandemic. Due to systemic health disparities, disadvantaged groups such…
Immerse Yourselves!
Imagine Gustav Klimt’s tender motifs, with their gleaming, golden elements, projected onto huge concrete walls. This fascinating vision has become an immersive exhibition at the new ‘Les Bassin…
Leanne Simpson: A short history of the blockade
Lianne Simpson’s new book, A Short History of the Blockade is now out with the University of Alberta Press. She gave this talk recently on it:
Letters
Die Komödie des Despotismus, die mit uns aufgeführt wird … Der Staat ist ein zu ernstes Ding, um zu einer Harlekinade gemacht zu werden. Man könnte vielleicht ein…
The “macrobiotics friends association”: nurturing life amidst chronic disease in Vietnam by Le Hoang Ngoc Yen
“I will never return to that Zone of Death! You too should try to follow this diet to nurture life.” Aunt Minh[i](Fieldwork notes, February 2018) We first met…
Part 1. Marshall Sahlins, a legacy of connections
I would like to thank the AJEC blog for inviting me to remember my mentor and dissertation supervisor Marshall Sahlins, and particularly his connection to Europe. Famously, Sahlins spe…
Punctuated Lives – Staying Healthy with Lynch Syndrome by Laura Louise Heinsen
Every two years, a letter from the Gastroenterology unit drops into Maria’s mailbox. It is a call to attend her regular surveillance colonoscopy to check for potential precancerous…
The Enduring Urgency of Black Breath
Breath is a powerful material and spiritual force, a point not only of harm but also recovery. It can show us how Black people experience multiple convergences of…
The Enduring Urgency of Black Breath
Breath is a powerful material and spiritual force, a point not only of harm but also recovery. It can show us how Black people experience multiple convergences of…