Shaligram Interpretive Practice (Color)
While the classic (and most typical) color for a Shaligram is black, various Puranic and Tantric texts describe Shaligrams as being black, red, yellow (honey-colored), white/whitish, sky-colored/blue…
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Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon
In 2018, the Colombian anthropologist Arturo Escobar remarked: We are facing modern problems for which there are no longer modern solutions What he’s referring to is that the…
Where Have All the Children Gone? Against Children’s Invisibility in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Julie Spray & Jean Hunleth To cite this article: Julie Spray & Jean Hunleth (2020) Where Have All the Children Gon…
What to Do with Surveillance Capitalism?
To cite this article: Jenny Huberman (2020) What to Do with Surveillance Capitalism?, Anthropology Now, 12:2, 94-100, DOI: …
War Through the Looking Glass: Portraits of Former FARC Guerrillas in the “Truck Camera”
To cite this article: Alexander L. Fattal & Julián Mejía Villa (2020) War Through the Looking Glass: Portraits of Forme…
The Habitus of Agglomeration: Crowding and (Non) Compliance in an Indian City
Karen Coelho & Mathangi Krishnamurthy Introduction: Crowds and the City Distancing, isolation and the thinning out of…
Lesley Gill: Can the Left Revive the ‘Pink Tide’ amid a Global Pandemic?
As Covid-19 has washed over Latin America like a tsunami and the pillars of shaky economies have shuddered under lockdowns, the priority of profits over public welfare stands…
Future of Tourism Video Podcast: An Anthropological Perspective on Tourism
originally published January 13, 2021 at Future Tourism Group Meagan McGuire is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Seattle’s Southside Tourism Authority. She has a maste…
Future of Tourism Video Podcast: An Anthropological Perspective on Tourism
originally published January 13, 2021 at Future Tourism Group Meagan McGuire is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Seattle’s Southside Tourism Authority. She has a maste…
Organizational Transformation
Research as a Vehicle for Organizational Transformation A week or so ago I had the opportunity to speak with Lou Rosenfeld about my career, and our second Advancing…
Writing Life No. 4: An interview with Tom Rice by Carla Greubel
Figure 1: One of Tom’s writing space, Exeter, UK “An acoustemologist, that’s probably the best professional description for me” – Tom Rice is a Senior Lecturer at the…
What Makes Vaccines Social?
[no-caption] Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Now is a pressing time for vaccinating the U.S. population (and the world) against COVID-19. But there are social hurdles that need to be…
Links & Contents I Liked 390
Hi all, Happy New Year! Your favorite weekly #globaldev link review is back with a special 2020 review-2021 preview section & plenty of new interesting readings!Enjoy! My quotes…
Thesis Review: Ethical Constellations of Muslim Food Practice in Mumbai
Photograph: coming soon I’m delighted to post this exciting PhD thesis review, which nicely complements the recently posted review of the book Food, Faith and Gender in South-east…
Jonathan Padwe, “Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands” (U Washington Press, 2020)
Cambodia’s troubled history has often been depicted in terms of conflict, trauma and tussles between great powers. In Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Camb……
When the Deserving Poor Refuse to be Virtuous and Humanitarian Aid Fails to Imagine a Good Life
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Humanitarian virtues Wars change life conditions. There are the sheer number of civilian deaths and the flow of forcibly displaced people. There is family disintegration, weakening o…
Ask Like a Pro – UX Research Training Series
Are you an aspiring user experience researcher looking to develop your skills in designing and conducting research studies? Michele Ronsen of Curiosity Tank has opened up spots for…
Influenza on the Reservation
The tribes removed to the Grand Ronde Reservation in 1856 never realized the safety and security of a reservation they were promised in seven treaties. They were forced…
“Seen from an anthropological view, humanity is at risk of extinction”
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
Sanderien Verstappen: Hidden behind toilet rolls: visual landscapes of COVID-19
During the lockdowns of spring 2020, short videos became a popular means of reflecting on new experiences of quarantine and social distancing. Passed around on social media platforms,…
"Seen from an anthropological view, humanity is at risk of extinction"
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
What a “Safe and Dignified” Burial Means During a Pandemic
Bamileke community members typically mourn the deaths of loved ones through drumming, singing, and other collective rituals. Bobyphoto/Wikimedia Commons A few months into the pandemic, a …
Quaran-Teens Class of 2021: Challenges to Identity
[The following students are high school seniors at “KTH School” taking International Baccalaureate Social and Cultural Anthropology. After their final IB exams were cancelled, they decided they would…
Matjaz Ursic and Heide Imai, “Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City” (Palgrave, 2020)
In Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City (Palgrave, 2020), Heide Imai and Matjaz Ursic focues on overlooked contextual factors that constitute the urban creative climate or innovati… Visit New Books…