Old “Arab” Postcards
If you would like to look at (or buy) old postcards and images from and about the Arab world, including North Africa, this site of cardcow.com is worth…
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Indian Food Delivery Networks During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Over the past decade, the concept of the gig economy has gained momentum in academic discourse. Often linked to temporary employment created by multinational technological corporations through digital…
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An Obituary for Alfred Kroeber (or…Can American Indians Speak?)
Image: The title “Kroeber Hall” being removed at the University of California-Berkeley on January 26, 2021. (Photo Credit: Irene Yi) In 2017, the theme of the annual meeting…
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[Recording/podcast] Ask Amy anything about UX research careers with DeltaCX
This week I spent time with UX’er extraordinaire Debbie Levitt to answer live audience questions about UX research and careers. The recording is also available on the DeltaCX…
Ela Drążkiewicz: Blinded by the Light: International Precariat in Academia
I was reluctant to contribute to this blog series. The recently published EASA report (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020) draws attention to precarious labour in anthropology. However, in…
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Hi all, Another week completed-great online teaching seminar with a fantastic group of colleagues from all around Europe, delivered my second newsletter with ‘3 mid-week links’ & I’m…
Writing Life No. 7: An interview with Omar Dewachi by Lina Pinto-Garcia
Two years ago, I was suggested to take a look at the work of Omar Dewachi, an Iraqi scholar who, like me, has taken a deep interest in…
Now Open: APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology competition.
Recruiting: APLA Junior-Senior Mentoring
We are now recruiting mentors and mentees for the APLA Junior-Senior Mentor Program!
Egyptian agriculture in 1920
reaping There is an early 1920 video on Youtube with views of agriculture, bread making, spinning and weaving in Egypt at the time. No details are provided on…
Who First Made the Caribbean Home?
Volunteers and students from the United States and the Bahamas helped excavate the dunes where the Lucayan ancestral remains were found. William F. Keegan Locals in the Bahamas…
Stories by Samer El-Kanshawi
check out Samer’s Arabic stories here…
Military coup in Myanmar: back to square one?
In the early morning of 1 February, the day that a newly elected government was supposed to convene, Myanmar’s military staged a coup, taking government leaders captive and…
They’re not Binging TV, they’re Feasting: Rethinking Media, Honor and American Culture with Grant McCracken
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant’s new book The New Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising…
M. C. Riggio et al, “Festive Devils of the Americas” (Seagull Books, 2015)
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into…
Smith on Heroin. A Short Film by Smith & Willing
For more information about Smith & Willing, see: www.smithandwilling.com Smith and Willing are fictional characters and in the following interview that accompanies this film, they discuss …
When research becomes dangerous: Anthropologist facing jail smuggles himself out over snowy mountains
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutila…
The UC Berkeley – 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship
SAFN board member Scott Barton sent in this great opportunity for journalists who write about food systems. A lot of people with backgrounds in anthropology become journalists, so…
When research becomes dangerous: Anthropologist facing jail smuggles himself out over snowy mountains
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM)…
Wednesday Round Up #35: Article Version
Doing something a bit different with this one – just straight-up research articles that I have found interesting and/or relevant. Striatal activity topographically reflects cortical activity Th…
How to Make Medical Anthropology Useful to Healthcare Practitioners, Activists, and Policy-Makers: Lessons Learned by Robbie Davis-Floyd
Introduction: A Brief Summary of My Medical Anthropological Activist Work For three generations of practitioners, activists, and policymakers in the fields of childbirth, obstetrics, midwifery, an…
Stephen Campbell: What can workers expect in post-coup Myanmar?
International media coverage of the February 1st military coup in Myanmar has been rather consistent. The focus, overwhelmingly, has been on the detention of State Counsellor and Nobel…