Sexworkers’ long history as political experts: Thierry Schaffauser
The other day Thierry Schaffauser posted some reflections on facebook on the history of sexworkers as thinkers and leaders in activism for social change. Objecting to the exclusion…
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Consciously (Re)Quarantined
As nations across Europe find the inevitable domino of new national lockdowns knocking into them, we may all approach ‘this time’ differently from the last. During the interim…
James Staples, “Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India” (U Washington Press, 2020)
Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route… Visit…
Discard Studies Twitter Conference Schedule
The Discard Studies Twitter Conference is going live on November 16th and 17th! Here is the schedule. #Discard2020
Wapato Canoes
There are several types of canoes for the region which served the purposes of the tribes. The most well know is the Chinook canoe or western style canoe…
Colonial Spectres
What would it mean to be no longer ‘in country’ in Australia? How would the legacies of British colonialism, and the attempted extirpation and survival of Australia’s indigenous…
My Mankiller Story
Now that I am immersed in native studies, I am finding that everyone has a good Mankiller story, as in a story of working with Wilma Mankiller the…
Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community Recognized with Book Prizes
The annual business meeting of the Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA) was held today and one of its key moments was the bestowal of the annual CMA Book…
Links & Contents I Liked 383
Hi all, This week’s link review is guaranteed free from the other topic that has been dominating this week’s news…we are focusing on changing power dynamics in #globaldev,…
Climate Change May Have Been a Major Driver of Ancient Hominin Extinctions
New research suggests some of our species’ closest relatives died out because of significant changes in climate, findings that may offer a warning for humanity today. Aliraza Khatri/Getty…
Zainab Saleh, “Return to Ruin: Iraqi Narratives of Exile and Nostalgia” (Stanford UP, 2020)
With the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis abroad, hoping to return one day to a better Iraq, became uncertain exiles. Return to Ruin: Iraqi Narratives of Exile and…
Caroline Starkey, “Women in British Buddhism: Commitment, Connection, Community” (Routledge, 2019)
Based on detailed ethnographic research, this book explores the varied experiences of women who have converted to Buddhism in contemporary Britain and analyses the implications of their exper……
Steven M. Ortiz, “The Sport Marriage: Women Who Make It Work” (U Illinois Press, 2020)
Steven M. Ortiz’ new book The Sport Marriage: Women Who Make It Work (University of Illinois Press, 2020) offers an in-depth analysis of and perceive insight into what is…
Spelling a Nation’s Name
Ruined buildings serve as reminders of the lives lost and displaced by the Kosovo War more than two decades ago. Erina Baci I’ve been rewriting a grant application…
Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi (book review)
I actually read Ulf Laessing’s Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi during my summer break and finally finished turning my initial notes into a longer review. Ulf Laessing’s book is…
A Technology of Empowerment and Governance: The IUD/IUS and Sexual Health Care in Toronto, Canada
The intrauterine device (IUD) and the intrauterine system (IUS) have a long and complicated history. The IUD is a contraceptive device inserted into the uterus, which serves as…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Me
In the depths of the Depression, two girls were born to Jewish parents in New York City. One, in 1933, was Ruth Bader, later Mrs. Ginsburg. The other,…
APLA On Demand
In addition to APLA’s livestream events at the 2020 AAA fall event, Raising Our Voices, APLA is sponsoring a number of on-demand events including podcasts, talks, and a…
Bamboo Basket Hampers Used by Tobacco Farmers in Nanhua County, Yunnan, China
While doing background work on FEI Xiaotong and ZHANG Zhiyi’s studies of the basketry industry(*) in Yunnan, China, my colleague W. discovered this webpage with a pair of…
Wednesday Round Up #22
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced…
APLA Livestream Events
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology is pleased to announce its schedule of sponsored livestream events for the 2020 AAA fall event, Raising Our Voices. Don’t miss…
Global Mental Health: a special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry by Eliza Williamson
This special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry addresses the growing field of Global Mental Health. As the organizers state in their introduction to the issue, “Over the past decade,…
Indigenous Mental Health: a special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry (OA) by Eliza Williamson
This open-access special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry examines mental health among Indigenous populations, with an emphasis on research. As the organizers state in their introduction, the articl…
Loneliness: a special issue of Transcultural Psychiatry by Eliza Williamson
The October 2020 issue of Transcultural Psychiatry addresses the concept of loneliness anthropologically. As the special issue editors state in their introduction: “In recent years, loneliness has…