Cultures of health and sickness A. David Napier and Edward F Fischer July 7, 2020 – Le Monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2020/07/04uganda A group of researchers, led by…
Hi all, It was a very intensive week so I’m lacking the energy for a witty introduction right now… Enjoy! My quotes of the weekThe real story is…
“The Two Singapores” is an ongoing interview miniseries run by Somatosphere to interrogate Singapore’s COVID-19 response, in particular in its handling of the explosion of cases among migrant…
The Friday anthropology seminars are finally coming back on September 25th. We are beginning with Loretta Lou’s talk on freeganism and freecycling in Hong Kong (see below). The…
RAÚL VILLARROEL Given the great shockwaves caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which in recent months has shaken the whole world, there is cause to suspect that this…
The Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust, the lynching of African Americans, the colonial slave trade: these are horrific episodes of mass violence spawned from racism and hatred. We like…
A quinceañera is a traditional fifteenth birthday celebration for young women (though in contemporary times, it can also be for young men) in many Latinx communities. While the celebration…
This open access book, available in French or English, is pitched at the intersection of policy and ethics. A description below and a link to the site to…
The global pandemic has brought death uncomfortably near for many of us. The way our governments, economists, scientists, and fellow citizens have reacted and tried to govern over…
America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral Army ants will sometimes walk in circles until they die. The workers navigate by smelling the pheromone trails of workers in…
“Since when did people start naming plants?” my mother asked me. We were at the dining room table, scrolling through pictures of plants on my iPhone. The photos—close-ups…
The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan (University of New Mexico Press) is a recent addition to the growing scholarship on Ainu identity…
Public Performances: Studies in the Carnivalesque and Ritualesque (University Press of Colorado) offers a deep and wide-ranging exploration of relationships among genres of public performance… Visit New Books…
“The Two Singapores” is an ongoing interview miniseries run by Somatosphere to interrogate Singapore’s COVID-19 response, in particular in its handling of the explosion of cases amo…
Language plays a pivotal role in our perception of reality. As humans, we have harnessed language as a power of great force in our existence and is something…
From the award website: The SMA’s Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies Special Interest Group is recognized for rapidly mobilizing a wide range of valuable information resources in re…
From a distance we watch as desperation grows and in awe we witness how people attempt to build new shelters on harsh concrete, prepare food on windy sidewalks…
In Managing Multiculturalism: Indigeneity and the Struggle for Rights in Colombia (Stanford University Press) Jean Jackson narrates her remarkable journey as an anthropologist in Colombia for… Visit New Books…
In the thoroughly researched, lucidly narrated new book Shareholder Cities: Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India (University of Pennsylvania Press), Sai Balakrishnan (Assistant… Visit New Books in…
(We are republishing ‘legacy content’ from our PLOS Neuroanthropology weblog, which has been taken down, along with many of the other founding PLOS Blogs. Some of these, I…
SAR Remembers Sally Merry …
Between July 2015 and July 2018, when I did ethnographic fieldwork on the politics of care, hospitality…
Since 2016, the European Union has made efforts to streamline and simplify the administrative procedure for international refugee protection…
ases of abuse and violence against Indonesian migrant domestic workers abroad regularly make headlines nationally and internationally…